Vinny Cerrato out, Bruce Allen In!

Post #1 » by **Icness** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:03 pm

Much to the relief of Skins fans everywhere, Vinny Cerrato just resigned as GM. Got a text from one of his underlings a few minutes ago, he's gone. More to the story when I find out

Post #2 » by **LyricalRico** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:01 pm

Bruce Allen, the son of former Redskins coach George Allen, will be the new executive vice president of football operations and general manager of the Washington Redskins, according to readio station ESPN 980.

Allen served as a senior executive with the Oakland Raiders from 1996-2003. He then was general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004-08, when he and Coach Jon Gruden were ousted in a sweeping, season-ending change despite the fact the pair won a Super Bowl together.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redski ... -reds.html

Post #3 » by **Rafael122** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:06 pm

I keep hearing Allen and Gruden is a package deal. I don't know...didn't Gruden sign a contract extension with ESPN?

Post #4 » by **LyricalRico** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:26 pm

Rafael122 wrote:I keep hearing Allen and Gruden is a package deal. I don't know...didn't Gruden sign a contract extension with ESPN?

I was thinking the same thing. I don't think Gruden can get out of his deal right away. But what if they let Zorn finish out his contract and then in 2011 see if they can get Gruden from ESPN? It would at least give them a bridge so that they stay in the WCO rather than having to completely re-tool (again).

Post #5 » by **LyricalRico** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:38 am

Well, no Gruden or Holmgren. And now this about Shanahan:

A close friend of Mike Shanahan's said the Chicago native and two-time Super Bowl winning coach with the Denver Broncos would be "extremely interested" if the Bears' head-coaching job were to become vacant.

"The job is really attractive to Mike," the friend said. "It's home [with relatives of his, including his dad, in the Chicago area, and wife Peggy's family still in the Bloomington area]. It's a great challenge because that roster needs to be made over, and the one guy there to build the team around is the one guy he has already built a team around and with whom he has a tremendous comfort level, Jay Cutler."

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/colum ... id=4770648

If we miss out on Shanahan, what then?

:dontknow:

verbal8 · Post #6 » by **verbal8** » Tue May 4, 2010 11:12 am

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/daniel-m-snyder/swanson-snyders-longtime-hench.html

It looks like the changes are continuing.

verbal8 · Post #7 » by **verbal8** » Tue May 4, 2010 8:48 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050403588.html?hpid=topnews

I wonder if this debacle is connected to the Skins PR guy wanting to spend more time with his family.