Bruce Allen and Dan Snyder Are the Problem in Washington, Not the Coaches

Let's just come right out and say that we absolutely back the Washington Redskins' sacking of head coach Jay Gruden on Monday morning. The 52-year-old was reticent on the sidelines through the first five weeks of 2019, and it soon became palpable that he wanted nothing to do with the rebuild that awaits the franchise.

Gruden's abysmal 35-49-1 record since taking over in 2014 is nothing to defend, but he isn't close to the sole problem in the nation's capital.

That burden lies with owner Dan Snyder and team president Bruce Allen, who continue to prove that they have no idea how to run a professional sports franchise. Heck, they don't even know how to properly fire a head coach.

Redskins devotees will be the first to tell you that firing Gruden is nothing more than a cop out move, insinuating that the HC and not the braintrust is the problem.

Let us remind you that Allen, the freaking president of the organization, said in the offseason that the Redskins were "close" to becoming a well-rounded football team. What does that say about his knowledge of the game and overall familiarity with his own freaking roster?

Since Allen took over as the 'Skins president of football operations, the organization is more than 30 games under .500, with an atrocious 42-75 record.

Allen and Snyder aren't even embracing a rebuild that awaits them, as they continue to keep All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams in football purgatory rather than trading him for a first-round draft pick! Each time you peel a layer off of their most recent transactions (football and business), you come across more incompetence.

Do we really have to dive into the Dwayne Haskins predicament from Week 4's loss to the Giants, and the news that followed dating back to April's draft? No, we don't, because it's the same old story.

Since Snyder purchased the Redskins from Jack Kent Cooke in 1999, Washington's record is a putrid 139-185-1! What does that say about his football wisdom?

The next HC Allen and Snyder hire won't fix anything. He'll serve as a bandaid on a life-threatening wound. Change and winning won't materialize until the two execs step down and concede their ineptitude.