I'm like a broken record on here. I guess pretty much everyone is. Michael Lombardi probably wrote it best. Culture starts at the top, and trickles down. The owner wants to win his way, and after trying the hire and fire route turned to Bruce Allen. I'll give him credit for sticking with a guy for more than a couple of years, but Allen has been a total disaster.
So Snyder's lack of seeing the need for culture fizzles down to Bruce, and Bruce plays politics and steers the culture even worse because until Washington he had never had a single role where he was in charge of talent acquisition. He was a cap manager and never even in a draft room. Heck, I think that's why Trent is sitting out. He wants Bruce gone and that's not happening yet. So you've got two guys that don't know how to do it making the decisions, and the coaches and players under them know those two are clueless.
That fizzles down to Gruden, who is trying really hard but doesn't have the players, doesn't have a medical staff that can keep them healthy, and has a laid back attitude towards player conditioning. He is also incapable of game planning and real time decision making. He is saddled with bad coordinators for a variety of reasons, but mainly because others know Washington has a losing culture and don't want to be here.
Then that fizzles down the the players, who like Gruden try their best but aren't put in the right schemes to succeed. And the losing culture becomes part of their personality because they can't overcome all the obstacles that come from the top down. Some stay here, because there's money to be made and hey, practices are easy and there are worse NFL cities to live in.
And that is why Snyder's teams are 139-183-1 and 2-5 in playoff games in 20 years.
And that is why Bruce Allen's team are 80-115 and 0-3 in playoff games in 13 years.
Those two do not understand how to build a winning culture. Organizations can certainly get by as mediocre, just like the Redskins do. But as for being among the best, it's all about culture from the top down. And that culture not just resulting in each individual down the org chart trying, but seeing successful results for them trying.
Jay is obviously gone. I don't see Manusky lasting past the bye week. And I think Bruce will leave after this year on his own accord. But whether with or without Bruce, this whole thing is getting blown up. I've sworn never to go to another game, wear a jersey, or support the team until Bruce is gone. So that's where I stand personally. But for the fans that are still in support mode, at least you are going to get new coaches.
