Hiring a man of Shanahan’s stature ($7 million a year, not his 5’9 height) means success will be defined by a quick 2-3 year turnaround into a perennial superbowl team. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. He is going to peak at 10-6 or 11-5 coach at best and after 5 years he will start to float around the .500 mark. Of course, every team has the expectation that they will win the Superbowl, but for a team as bad as the Redskins its stupid to jump that far ahead. It’s akin to using the moon stone on Pikachu before he learns his quick attacks and evolving him into a Raichu. What that means is Shanahan is not going to build for the future but will continue, like Snyder and Vinny, to fix holes with gum on a leaky bucket.
He will fail because of a simple concept called the separation of powers. Before, Snyder made all the moves with horrible advice from Vinny. Now we have a reactionary measure in which the head coach will act as dictator. But the problem hasn’t been solved, and that problem is that the Redskins have not had a solid GM since Charlie Caserly. Swing whichever you want but these crazy tights and wig wearing hot shots 250 years ago figured out that separation of powers is a good thing when they fought in the revolutionary war. 250 years later, that principle still applies. The owner go do owner things and sign checks. The coach go and do whatever it takes to win. The GM should go manage the team trying to bring players that fit into the system and culture, not just the missing football piece of the puzzle. Together the separation of powers balances everything out and we have a profitable, solid team built on a foundation for the future. That’s not going to happen.
Bruce Allen was brought in known as a salary cap guy… but there is no salary cap next year. So… whoops. That means Mike “Napolean” Shanahan is going to be meddling for his tenure in DC. I’m satisfied with the playoffs but would give me more hope if there was a stronger sense of future.
On a side note, Shanahan is a total creeper and hit on Lindsay Szarniak blatantly and I saw this on ESPN. She asked a question and he had this smile on his face, said he’ll address it tomorrow and then said, “Channel 4 right?” But when Dave Feldman asked a question, he was gloating a bit less (I mean $7 million is a good number ) said he’ll address it tomorrow and didn’t even look twice. Creeper.
