Bruce Allen may not have the chance to continue into a second decade with the Redskins. The franchise plans to fire its 10th-year football operations boss, J.P. Finlay of NBC Sports Washington reports. This move has been in the works for a bit now, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter). Ben Standig of The Athletic writes that Allen may remain with the club as part of its stadium detail.
Dan Snyder has operated independently from his football staff during part of the Redskins’ coaching search, and the longtime owner has done work on GM candidates as well. Allen’s tenure as team president has not brought Washington much success, with this season producing a 3-12 record.
Allen has overseen a somewhat chaotic Redskins decade. From the Robert Griffin III chapter to an ugly divorce with GM Scot McCloughan to Kirk Cousins‘ departure to the Trent Williams fiasco, the franchise has seen its stock plummet during the 2010s. The Redskins are 62-96-1 during Allen’s 10-year tenure — one that has produced two playoff berths and one 10-win season (2012).
The son of former Redskins NFC champion coach George Allen, Bruce came over after a five-year stay with the Buccaneers. Prior to that, he spent nine years in the Raiders’ front office. The Redskins have only employed two full-time coaches under Allen — Mike Shanahan and Jay Gruden — but they have gone through several quarterbacks and have only completed back-to-back winning seasons once.
While the Redskins have not been particularly successful throughout Snyder’s 21-year tenure, the owner looks set to commence a full-scale overhaul. Coaches Bill Callahan and Kevin O’Connell have a chance to stay on, potentially with a defensive-minded HC, but it certainly looks like the Redskins will have a new front office structure soon. Former Texans GM Rick Smith and ex-Redskins exec-turned-ESPN analyst Louis Riddick have been mentioned as potential candidates to oversee Washington’s football operations. Current Panthers GM Marty Hurney may also be in play, as Joe Person of The Athletic tweets.
Meanwhile, Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network says Redskins senior VP Eric Schaffer, who handles contract negotiations for the team, could see his role increase following Allen’s ouster (Twitter link).
Y’all getting paid by the redskins posts today?
Redskins will be a garbage organization until Snyder leaves and they change their name
Loo @ you. As if their name offending you makes them bad. Grow up.
Well having a disrespectful and borderline cruel name is certainly one reason they’re bad.
Hey, look. It’s snowing.
I’m not gonna waste my time explaining racism to some dumbass on the internet. Get back under your rock.
We know why you have it out for Dan Snyder. So, cool it with the antisemitism bro.
Wait, what?
Lol wut?
Serious question: how much authority does the GM really have there with Snyder owning the team? Just curious if it matters who the GM is, if the owner is making the majority of the football decisions.
Not a Redskins fan, but seems like a owner Snyder – who obviously owns the team – is heavily involved. We’ve seen examples of this all the time from Jerry Jones to George Steinbrenner, the list goes on…
He who has the gold……….
Steinbrenner and Jerry Jones both have a lot of championships.
Oh, I hope so.
Noooooo! This can’t be true Bruce Allen has been the best thing to happen to the redskins in decades!
Sorry can’t buy the so called racist tab, too much pride in that name for too many years to turn it that way. That being said, that team has been awful for twenty years now… stand up Daniel Snyder and take a bow… this is totally on you!
Daniel Snyder: “They will never impeach me!”