A.J. Smith to be Redskins GM?
 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/12/23/sonny-jurgensen-says-the-redskins-will-consider-promoting-a-j-smith-to-general-manager/]Sonny Jurgensen says the Redskins will consider promoting A.J. Smith to general manager - The Washington Post[/url]

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I am starting to have a hard time believing that we will make that move -- especially if the rumors that we are going to keep haslett are true.

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This is a huge offseason coming up. Smith has been known to be a very competent general manager for the Chargers. He's responsible for putting all that talent on the field that enabled San Diego to compete under Marty and Norv. After the failings and missteps of Bruce Allen he would be wise to step down from that GM post and promote Smith.

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I didn't even know he was already part of the franchise?

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[quote=Bishop Hammer;1101427]I didn't even know he was already part of the franchise?[/quote]

A.J. Smith was hired as a senior executive after the 2011 season.

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Wonder if in talks about the team, between Smith, Snyder, and Allen, since 2011, maybe Smith was proven right about some things?

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[quote=HailGreen28;1101430]Wonder if in talks about the team, between Smith, Snyder, and Allen, since 2011, maybe Smith was proven right about some things?[/quote]

There's no telling how much input Smith had if at all in the players that the Redskins drafted, scouted, or signed in free agency. I would think Scott Campbell and Morocco Brown had more say in the scouting and drafting of players than Smith had. Of course up until last December Mike Shanahan had full control of the Redskins roster.

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AJ Smith is not the answer. I don't have issues with his talent evaluating, but I don't like him as our GM. We need to go out and get that Eric DeCosta kind of guy. A guy who's waiting in the wings to prove himself. AJ's ego will prevent him from being the GM we should have, as noted with his dealings with his own players in San Diego.

Mind you, this is the same mother fucker that fired Marty after a 14-2 season.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1101433]AJ's ego will prevent him from being the GM we should have, as noted with his dealings with his own players in San Diego.[/quote]

I've heard something about that. I don't know exactly what happened in SD.

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I think this would be a step in the right direction. Perhaps there would be better options than Smith, but at least he's had previous success as a GM. I don't know what Allen's exact role was with Shanahan, but I think those years coupled with this year is more than enough evidence that he doesn't have it. Promote Smith, and just as importantly, let him do his job.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1101433]AJ Smith is not the answer. I don't have issues with his talent evaluating, but I don't like him as our GM. We need to go out and get that Eric DeCosta kind of guy. A guy who's waiting in the wings to prove himself. AJ's ego will prevent him from being the GM we should have, as noted with his dealings with his own players in San Diego.

Mind you, this is the same mother fucker that fired Marty after a 14-2 season.[/quote]

The problem with your logic is you are under the assumption Snyder will hire a real GM, he isn't... So the question is... Who would you rather gave as the GM... Smith or Allen? Give me Smith every day, and twice on Sundays...

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[quote=NC_Skins;1101433]AJ Smith is not the answer. I don't have issues with his talent evaluating, but I don't like him as our GM. We need to go out and get that Eric DeCosta kind of guy. A guy who's waiting in the wings to prove himself. AJ's ego will prevent him from being the GM we should have, as noted with his dealings with his own players in San Diego.

Mind you, this is the same mother fucker that fired Marty after a 14-2 season.[/quote]

AJ Smith didn't fire Marty, but Marty was fired b/c he and Smith couldn't get along. I believe ownership went with Smith.

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I think the absolute scariest thing going forward will be if the Cowboys somehow win the Super Bowl. Not just for the obvious reasons, but rather the real tragedy would be for Snyder to be able to look at Jerry Jones holding a Lombardi trophy and think, 'maybe being hands on isn't exactly a bad thing.'

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[quote=REDSKINS4ever;1101428]A.J. Smith was hired as a senior executive after the 2011 season.[/quote]

2012

Smith has been pretty influential as far as the draft the last two years. He's already on our payroll, I got no issue with giving him more official control. Is send Scott Campbell packing

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In 1974 he had a tryout as a player for the Redskins

[url=http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._Smith]A.J. Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]