I thought this was interesting. (Full article - http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/the-man-who-caused-redskins-problems-cant-be-the-one-tasked-with-solving-them/2014/12/14/40ab206e-83d5-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html?postshare=261418648315471 )
More than 20 players on the roster must be jettisoned before next season, people in the organization say. Problem is, Allen is incapable of providing Coach Jay Gruden with better ones. Allen already proved that while botching the previous offseason.
Hoping to improve the team after last year’s disaster, owner Daniel Snyder empowered Allen to make major changes. Allen made things worse.
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It’s not just that Allen made curious decisions — if you want to win, you can’t guarantee almost $22 million to Brian Orakpo and Jason Hatcher — that ruined the season before it began. Allen’s biggest problem is that, unlike the game’s top talent-evaluators, he apparently sees only a bunch of names and numbers when he studies the roster.
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A.J. Smith, Redskins senior executive, had a successful run as the San Diego Chargers’ general manager. After Mike Shanahan was ousted, Smith assumed a bigger role in decision-making. Smith would be a good choice to succeed Allen as general manager, some in the organization say, if Snyder decides Allen has too much to do.Smith has a much better player-personnel record than Allen — most NFL executives do — but he once picked Norv Turner over Marty Schottenheimer. Enough said.
