Does Dan Snyder Know What He's Doing?

As a die-hard Skin's fan since I can remember, I've been thoroughly disappointed with the teams direction in recent years. Like most Redskin's fans that remember the glory days of the eighties, I've come to expect a lot more from the burgundy and gold. In Joe Gibb's first tenure with the team he was Obi-Wan Kenobiesque in his knowledge and direction. The team seemed to be superior in every facet (i.e. Owner, GM, Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Quarterback, Kicker, popcorn vendor; you guys get the point.) However, after the 92' season, all that seemed to change.

The Redskins were suddenly introduced to the reality of free-agency and the salary cap, which was built on the premise of "parity". Certain teams, including the Redskins had built dynasties and didn't appear to be slowing down. Subsequently, the league stepped in and said, "wait these other teams need to get better."

After the salary cap, teams had monetary limitations on which players they could sign and many times were forced to release some of their core players. Building a team around guys that love to be Redskins was a staple of the organization through the glory days but came to a halt shortly thereafter.

Now comes Mr Snyder. Snyder took the league by storm as he set the standard for over-spending and provided a model for others never to follow. Snyder is not totally at fault. As he aligned himself with a staff (i.e. Vinny Cerato, Norv Turner) as clueless as he appeared to be, it became apparent, he had no idea how to run a football team. From signing several thirty plus year old players to trading away the best cornerback in the league and a 2nd rounder for a promising running back, Synder failed time and time again.

In his defense, it appears he conceded his lack of knowledge in the area of football when he gave Joe Gibbs autonomy during his recent run as coach and president. Now that Gibbs is gone, he gives Vinny (Oh, is that what a GM does?) Cerato a promotion and is courting a head coach in Jim Fassel that has barely won over 50 percent of his games as a head coach. I would love to find out next January that I'm wrong in my assessment and "The Danny" is finally on track. Only time will tell.

Hail To The Redskins!