Many rumors have swirled around the Washington Redskins organization in the past couple of weeks, a majority of which have to do with a major upheaval in the team and its ownership group.
Team President Bruce Allen is rumored to be out of a job soon, and multiple candidates have been “floated” for the head coaching position in Washington, like Kansas City Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy, Stanford’s David Shaw, or most recently, Urban Meyer, the former coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
While it is nice to daydream about future coaching or managerial changes for many Redskins who are experiencing yet another disappointing year from their favorite team, The Athletic‘s Ben Standig points out that there’s one major problem with all of these rumors that are everpresent in Redskins’ circles: They can’t both be true at the same time.
If the organization is eyeing certain individuals, then Allen is part of the evaluation process since his role involves making such hires. Therefore he’s either staying, or none of these rumors hold weight considering Allen’s replacement, if given freedom of thought, would offer suggestions.
As the president and GM of the team, obviously, Allen’s words would carry some weight with the organization when it comes to major coaching decisions. So the rumors around the team give us two options that we can believe: these candidates that have been floated are actually true, and the Redskins are pursuing them, but that means Allen is likely staying on. Or Allen is on his way out, but the rumored coaches that he is interested in hold no weight.
Standig brings up a scenario where it’s possible that team owner Dan Snyder is the one floating these potential coaching interests, but that seems highly unlikely, as if he were to believe that Allen is on his way out, it would make very little sense to target a coach before hiring a general manager.
So which rumors, in particular, are true if any? That’s impossible to say at this point because it is all based on who you believe. Until something concrete happens with the program, it’s going to be more ‘he said, she said’ in Washington, which is usually fun for water cooler talk, but not typically a great way to run an NFL franchise.
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