Washington president Jason Wright is huge fan of passion behind ‘Redwolves’ movement

Jason Wright made note of the passionate support of Redwolves name in Washington, which he hoped to harness going forward.

With the breaking news on Monday morning that the Washington Football Team had hired Jason Wright to be the newest team president, making him both the first Black president in NFL history, and the young current president in the league (38), Washington Twitter circles were abuzz all day celebrating the news.

What is most exciting about the new hire is learning that Wright, who played in the NFL for several years, will be at the forefront of the coming name-change in Washington, which should take place somewhere over the next year or two. As it is such a hot topic among fans in D.C., Wright was not shy about discussing what the process would be like for changing the name going forward, and he made sure to note that one name in particular — the Redwolves — seems to have an incredibly passionate group of fans pushing for that to be the choice.

“I think within 30 seconds of being announced, someone tweeted and blew up my Twitter with Redwolves propaganda,” Wright said with a laugh on the Washington Football Talk Podcast. “This is a very aggressive campaign around Redwolves, which is wonderful! The passion is fantastic, and that’s what’s kept this franchise afloat, frankly. You have fans that are so engaged on this, and we are absolutely going to harness that. That’s what’s going to carry the momentum forward on this culture change.”

There are a number of candidates for the new name, of which the Redwolves is only one that many fans seem to be debating between. Regardless of where the team decides to go, they’ve made it clear that fan and sponsor input will be incredibly important going forward as they try to find the right answer and help cement the culture change that is currently taking place.

“I love it, I love it,” Wright said. “Wherever we may land might piss some folks off, I have no idea. But my guess is that if we do it right, everybody will understand how the process went. They will have seen their input go into some aspect of the new identity, whether that’s the name, or the uniform, or the way we’re choosing to approach the community going forward. Hopefully, every fan will be able to see themselves in it, and therefore we walk out of this in just such a tight-knit new way.”

If you aren’t convinced that Wright is the right person for the job in Washington by his comments on Monday, I’m unsure of what more to tell you. Something is taking root in Washington, and Wright will undoubtedly be a major part of it going forward.

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