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Originally Posted by Mattyk
Let's just call it the debbie downer thread, lol, j/k
Seriously though, I'm in wait and see mode like a lot of folks. At face value though, this feels different to me than past moves. This is the first time we've seen Snyder step aside and completely hand off the football ops. There's no way either Allen or Shanahan would have agreed to come here unless they were 110% sure that Snyder will be playing the role of owner, and owner only. Snyder had established relationships with both guys coming in so I think there's a trust factor there and that's important to him.
I'm excited, Allen and Shanahan bring an element of credibility to the front office that we've been sorely lacking. I think we're finally seeing a move in a new direction for the organization. A move that will emphasis some proven and more traditional methods of putting together a winner, not this willy-nilly approach of going for the big names, trading away picks on a whim, and ignoring glaring needs until everything bottoms out.
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Thats my thought completely. And you would have to be completely detached from reality if you weren't in some degree of wait and see mode, but as others have mentioned something just feels different this time and I suspect it has to do with a couple of things like Snyder getting his ass kicked in every way possible, and the whole out with the old in with the new approach as well as the sense of credibility factor. Snyder is by no means a stupid man, hes made stupid mistakes but hes not stupid and hes a brilliant business man. So if you factor in his passion for the Skins and his disgust for losing money I think he realized what he had to do.