The Donovan McNabb era in Washington official came to an end yesterday when Mike Shanahan announced that he had bench him for the last 3 games of the season. The era came to an end for a multiple reasons, the main being that the Kyle Shanahan, offensive coordinator for the Redskins, did not think McNabb fit the offensive scheme that he was running. Though, I do agree that Donovan was not playing well this season, his struggles are more compounded into the dysfunction of the organization. In my opinion, the Washington Redskins are the worst run franchise in sports. Since Dan Snyder bought the team in 1999, the organization has been going downhill. The way in which he wanted to build a team, with quick fixes from free agents, has been the main reason for this downfall of this once proud franchise.
With all the failures that the organization endured over the past 10 years, Dan Snyder decided that he needed to change his philosophy in building his team. He then went out and hired Mike Shanahan and Bruce Allen to run his football operations for his organization. As it turned out, he hired 2 men who have the old Snyder philosophy. This is the main cause for McNabb's faults this year. Shanahan has not managed any facet of this team correctly. His handling of the Haynesworth situation to the way he has constructed this team, he has not been able to change the culture of this team. With all of his decisions, he has failed both the organization and the fanbase and it proves to almost everyone, the Redskins are still the worst run organization in sports.
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