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At this point, I don't think an extension is really going to do much good for Mike Shanahan or the team. He can fire Haslett and Kyle, or let them go onto other things, whatever, but even those changes I don't think are enough. I think Shahanan is a brilliant offensive mind, I think he's done a lot of good for the organization as a whole but as a coach on Sunday he's struggled and, well, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

So I probably tell him we will honor your contract but we are not offering an extension. My guess is he says thanks, but I'm not sticking around to be a lame duck coach and goes on his way.

The first thing I would do after that (maybe even before) is accelerate the inevitable, what's been talked about at Redskins Park for the better of a year and promote Bruce Allen to President. Or whatever title is you want to give him, but put him in charge of the business side of things like has been planned.

I let Bruce, Dan, and AJ Smith (mainly because this is already happening) decide on a General Manager. Whether it's promoting someone like Morocco Brown, or bringing in someone from outside.

And then I let the GM decide who will be the HC