Written by Will Brinson at CBSSports.com
The Redskins continue to traffic in chaos with moves like firing the GM on the first day of free agency and reportedly considering NFL Network’s Mike Mayock to replace him . Despite the obvious dysfunction in the franchise, president Bruce Allen claims that everything is going just fine.
Allen, speaking to Washington-area reporters at the owners’ meetings in Phoenix on Sunday night, explained why he decided to fire ex-GM Scot McCloughan.
“At the beginning of the league year, we needed some clarity,” Allen said via John Keim of ESPN.
Every account of the Redskins situation depicts a classic D.C. power struggle , with McCloughan coming in, helping the Redskins find success and Allen unwilling to stand by while he received credit. No one can agree how to handle Kirk Cousins’ contract and the result was a boondoggle of successive franchise tags.
Allen denied the power struggle saying he and McCloughan on are “on the same page.”
“I’ve heard all this different speculation,” Allen said. “That’s ridiculous. Scot and I have had conversations [before the firing]. We’re on the same page.
“There’s a personal side in that I brought him to the Redskins and hoped for, obviously, not just a different outcome but a better situation for him and for the Redskins. Yeah, that hurts. I do wish him the best. I like Scot. It feels like our friendship obviously will be strained.”
You think?
Speaking to Liz Clarke of the Washington Post, Allen again used the word “clarity,” which means it’s probably the key talking point the Redskins PR staff wants you to hear, since it was used twice in different individual sitdowns.
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