Black Monday — the first day of the offseason for all teams who failed to make the playoffs — is guaranteed to be an interesting one for the Washington Redskins.
News broke on Saturday night that team owner Dan Snyder hopes to make some significant changes to the day-to-day operations for the football team, which could see team president Bruce Allen overseeing less of the football operations in Washington.
It is now also being reported that Snyder would like to announce a new head coach hiring on Monday — a day when most struggling franchises choose to cut ties with their play-callers. There are several names that have been floated to take over the head job, including Ron Rivera, Marvin Lewis, and Eric Bienemy. Whoever accepts the job seemingly won’t have to answer to Allen anymore, says The Washington Posts Les Carpenter.
Whoever the new coach is, it appears increasingly likely he won’t be reporting to Allen. Several people with knowledge of the situation said Allen will move to a different role inside the organization, one that probably will involve overseeing the building of a new stadium — one of Snyder’s highest priorities.
If the coaching position is filled on Monday, that will leave Snyder the GM role to worry about, and there have been a few intriguing names floated for that position as well. Certain big-time options like Urban Meyer or Louis Riddick have been thrown out, but there is no real traction on whether or not those people are being seriously considered, or are seriously considering the job.
Whoever ends up filling the vacant roles in Washington, though, is likely to step into their new position on Monday. While several teams around the league are looking to rid of their coaches and start anew, the Redskins could be getting a jump on the rebuilding game, and start building for the future.
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