[Oakland Red]

I think we are posting our thoughts here.

Dear Mr. Snyder,

Our respect for your wisdom will grow if you choose to keep the system and the coaching personnel that Joe Gibbs has put in place. Firing the staff en masse in a "Saturday Night Massacre" move is a sure way for the team to lose the momentum that it has built up, and I am afraid that the results will reflect very poorly more than anyone on yourself should you do this.

Your wise choice of Joe Gibbs as coach and team president has brought about a stabilization of the Redskins and put us on a track for ever greater success, and you have been a fundamental part of this re-orientation of our team, which fans have noticed and appreciated. A choice for the Massacre is going to be seen as a reactionary move designed to re-impose a "Snyder dictatorship."

We don't need a dictator-owner. Rather we need one that recognizes that the team has its own life and evolutionary process, and that to let it continue to evolve, instead of cutting out its brain (coaching staff), which is working great, and implanting a new brain, is the path to greater success, fan enjoyment, and esteem for yourself.

You are the steward of the team, a team that is really the property of the fans of the Washington Redskins in spirit. The spirit of the Redskins is what makes the team special.

Your reputation can be saved if you choose an orderly transition to Gregg Williams as the new head coach of the Washington Redskins, and the retention of the full coaching staff.

Choose the role of wise steward, Mr. Snyder, not dictator.

Thank you,
Oakland Red
Redskins Warpath member