Shanahan presser thread

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I thought a great metaphor for the future was Snyder NOT sitting at the table with Allen/Shanahan during the presser, and not speaking. He simply shook their hands and stepped aside. Very telling.

Very choreographed if you ask me. I had a chance to watch it last night and as much as I hate to agree with Sally Jenkins on anything, i think she nailed it on this issue:

washingtonpost.com

In the front row sat owner Daniel Snyder, in an obvious attempt to be discrete, if there is such a thing as obvious discretion. That Allen was the guy who introduced Shanahan and not Snyder was an unmistakable gesture, a kind of pantomime. It suggested that Snyder is at least cognizant of the perception that he has been interfering.

But it doesn't matter where Snyder sits, or how little he says in public. What matters is what he does through private channels. What matters is that those channels exist at all. Changing the Redskins' culture won't be a matter of externals, but of internals. It will have to happen below the surface, on unseen levels, in a thousand small, invisible and subterranean ways.

Anyway, i'll keep the rest of my "tempered enthusiasm" in the appropriate thread.

The most noteable thing i noticed in the presser was the fact that shanahan said he would be interviewing current staff members who would like to stay. part of me would like shanahan to completely clean house so this team could truly be his, but its very smart on his part to interview the people already in house. If he truly wants to assemble "the best staff possible," then there's no reason to exclude the coaches here. I wonder, perhaps the reason bugel hasn't "retired" yet is because he may stay on as our OL coach. Anyone else think thats a possibility? if so, how would you feel about it?

On the one hand, I like Bugel and think he's one of the best position coaches of all time. On the other, like I said earlier, i'd like Shanahan to clean house and start with a clean slate. Bugel, like those 3 superbowl trophies that were conspicuously absent yesterday, is a symbol of times past. its time to look forward.