Trouble in Redskins Park?

[metalskins]

Cooley has always seemed like the frat boy type to me.

[Meks]

Lol perfect.

[mooby]

I can't even joke about this, SS's tease reads like a doom-and-gloom type of situation. I'm gonna put my foot by the door juuuust in case... because I can't handle finally climbing out of the dumpster only to go diving back in.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by mooby

I can't even joke about this, SS's tease reads like a doom-and-gloom type of situation. I'm gonna put my foot by the door juuuust in case... because I can't handle finally climbing out of the dumpster only to go diving back in.

Which tease?

[Schneed10]

I'm definitely bracing for some bad news of some sort.

Since Cooley made those comments, the Redskins have been asked about them and have chosen to make no comment. If you were a good leader, then either Snyder or Allen would step forward and denounce those comments by Cooley. They're too incendiary to do otherwise.

Or if not stepping forward yourself, then making McCloughan available to denounce them himself.

Having no comment on the matter, and no suspension or discipline of Cooley, is not a good look. While I'd love to think that Snyder, Allen, McC and Gruden have huddled and collectively decided to let this blow by, that's not in-keeping with previous experience. That would be a sign of good leadership. They do not possess that trait.

My concern is high. I believe there truly is smoke.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm definitely bracing for some bad news of some sort.

Since Cooley made those comments, the Redskins have been asked about them and have chosen to make no comment. If you were a good leader, then either Snyder or Allen would step forward and denounce those comments by Cooley. They're too incendiary to do otherwise.

Or if not stepping forward yourself, then making McCloughan available to denounce them himself.

Having no comment on the matter, and no suspension or discipline of Cooley, is not a good look. While I'd love to think that Snyder, Allen, McC and Gruden have huddled and collectively decided to let this blow by, that's not in-keeping with previous experience. That would be a sign of good leadership. They do not possess that trait.

My concern is high. I believe there truly is smoke.

100% agree...well said. I thought the same thing, how is there no comment or someone stepping up from the organization to support McC? It's totally insane. I swear, if they get rid of McC I'm gonna be livid. Much more worried about losing McC than cousins.

I blame Bruce, I've said it from day one.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

100% agree...well said. I thought the same thing, how is there no comment or someone stepping up from the organization to support McC? It's totally insane. I swear, if they get rid of McC I'm gonna be livid. Much more worried about losing McC than cousins.

I blame Bruce, I've said it from day one.

I'm just gonna assume Bruce can't handle someone else getting the credit. Congrats, he had a good 2014 draft. Every other year was terrible. He's lucky he wasn't canned after the Shanny disaster.

I also am starting to believe McC is back on the sauce. If that happened to be the case I wish he would tame his personal demons, but I'd deal with it if it didn't affect his job performance.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm definitely bracing for some bad news of some sort.

Since Cooley made those comments, the Redskins have been asked about them and have chosen to make no comment. If you were a good leader, then either Snyder or Allen would step forward and denounce those comments by Cooley. They're too incendiary to do otherwise.

Or if not stepping forward yourself, then making McCloughan available to denounce them himself.

Having no comment on the matter, and no suspension or discipline of Cooley, is not a good look. While I'd love to think that Snyder, Allen, McC and Gruden have huddled and collectively decided to let this blow by, that's not in-keeping with previous experience. That would be a sign of good leadership. They do not possess that trait.

My concern is high. I believe there truly is smoke.

Argh. Agreed. I just wonder what Cooley has to gain/lose from saying shit like that when you're working for the company.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Argh. Agreed. I just wonder what Cooley has to gain/lose from saying shit like that when you're working for the company.

I feel like he's saying it for the same reason he says other dumb shit, which is ratings. But the conspicuous silence out of Redskins Park is a bad sign. And we know he has connections so there might be some truth to it. We'll see but I don't have a good feeling about this, in between this drama and the Kirk shitshow this has been a bad start to a key offseason where we will either regress or keep getting better.

[SirLK26]

What are the odds on whether this McCloughan era ends in a raging dumpster fire ala 2013?!

[Schneed10]

Quite possible it's shock jock ratings motivating Cooley. But I feel like he's too smart to throw out something that incendiary without thinking of the repercussions. I'm not sure where this ends up but I don't like the feel at the moment.

[Alvin Walton]

Not so sure about Redskins park but there is definitely Big Trouble in Little China.

[DYoungJelly]

I can't find a link ATM but I remember McLovin having toned down his drinking to beer only when he was hired. I think the assumption is that he has been drinking the whole time.

I don't believe he was ever touted as sober by himself or anyone in the organization.

Somebody with a better memory help me out.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

I can't find a link ATM but I remember McLovin having toned down his drinking to beer only when he was hired. I think the assumption is that he has been drinking the whole time.

I don't believe he was ever touted as sober by himself or anyone in the organization.

Somebody with a better memory help me out.

Scot McCloughan is NFL's best talent scout, self-employed and living on a farm

"I'd think to myself, 'OK, Scot, why not have a beer? It never affected your life before; you went from being an area scout to being general manager. Don't touch the vodka, don't touch the hard stuff. But if you want to have a beer, have a beer.' So that's where I got to. I stopped going to AA."

That's what he says he will tell NFL teams if they come calling now. He knows he sounds as if he's splitting hairs about the distinction between beer and hard liquor, and he's aware of the fact that conventional wisdom says recovery is an all-or-nothing proposition -- even if some evidence suggests most heavy drinkers, which McCloughan says he's not, are functional. "If I was an alcoholic and had a beer, I'd have two, then four, then six, then ... you know, you can't stop," he insists. "I can. I can have a beer and I'm fine. I don't need any more."

[FlyerSkin]

Nothing about this in the main stream media on the national level yet, so who knows. Cooley is an idiot for even talking about this stuff.