Redskins fire GM Scot McCloughan

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Originally Posted by mooby

Does this really change anything? I feel like it confirms what we already know. Allen runs the FO ship with input from Gruden on the personnel side.

I agree. Allen is running the show and will for the foreseeable future. If it weren't for his "Hey, you worked at T.Bay with me so you must be good" policy, I wouldn't mind too much.

I recognize that the NFL is very much a "Who you know" game, but BA seems to take that to a whole other level. The McCloughan experiment probably strengthened his "I'm not hiring outside my circle" mentality.

While not a horrific GM/Head of Operations/Grand Poobah, I just feel Allen lacks that moxie to take the Skins to the next level. Under him, we have had good cap management (yes, largely in part to Schaeffer), restraint - but flexibility - in the UFA market, and each draft he has been a part of has had some good hits. I just get the feeling, however, that there is no self-examination or real long term plan outside of good fiscal roster management. It's more of a "Hey, this looks good. Let's try this."

Someone once described Allen as a person who started out his career on third base but acts like he hit a triple to get there. I have a feeling that's a pretty accurate assessment.