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Jay Gruden fired as Redskins coach after brutal start to his sixth season
Yahoo ^ | October 7, 2019 | Frank Schwab

Posted on 10/07/2019 6:38:53 AM PDT by C19fan

Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s patience ran out with Jay Gruden.

Gruden got more time than any other coach under Snyder, but it didn’t pay off. Gruden was fired hours after losing to New England, in the middle of his sixth season after a terrible start to the year. Washington fell to 0-5 after a 33-7 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday. Washington had been outscored by 78 points in its first five games. Gruden was 35-49-1 as Washington’s coach. He’s the first head coach fired this season.

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To: central_va

Dan Snyder is the worst owner in the NFL

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He’s number #1 at something. Total loser he is.


21 posted on 10/07/2019 7:01:27 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: central_va

I bet Rush Limbaugh could build a winner if he owned the team, but I digress.


22 posted on 10/07/2019 7:06:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Starboard

You guys have also had to endure Peter Angelos’ stewardship of the Orioles.

A two-fer.


23 posted on 10/07/2019 7:06:51 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Redskins have lots of many so there is no excuse. Poor management....


24 posted on 10/07/2019 7:06:56 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: C19fan

He’ll be working in Las Vegas by this time next year, I predict.


25 posted on 10/07/2019 7:07:44 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Paid For By The Father of Lies. There is no truth in them.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

many=money


26 posted on 10/07/2019 7:08:57 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: C19fan
Have a few friends in that area. Though I rooted for the Orioles as a boy growing up in Eastern N.C. and still have a soft spot for them in my heart, I despise the whole area and really don't like or care for the rest of their sports teams. But... As I was watching the Nationals begin their annual nose dive last night, I found myself pulling for them if for no other reason than to put off my friends' inevitable heartache for a week or two.

And yes, Dan Snyder needs to suck it up and sell.

27 posted on 10/07/2019 7:09:35 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

“I remember when the ‘Skins had a 30 year wait for season tickets....”

Can they even give them away at this point?
Jack Kent Cook loved that team and put together a front office that was good at publicity and a coaching staff that could win.

Prior to living in Richmond, Va in the late 80’s I had no animosity towards the skins. Just didn’t care about them.
Two years of hearing THAT DAMNED SONG (Hail To The Skins) every year and I grew to HATE them.
Still want to throw up when I think about them and that song.


28 posted on 10/07/2019 7:10:14 AM PDT by oldvirginian ("I know not what course others may take but as for me Give me Liberty or give me death")
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To: C19fan

It’s not the talent on the sidelines, it’s the talent on the field........or lack thereof.................


29 posted on 10/07/2019 7:13:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: C19fan

Duh! Like the Skins were supposed to beat the Patriots?!?!?

Seems like they are destined to always be in the cellar.....


30 posted on 10/07/2019 7:24:16 AM PDT by Arlis
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To: C19fan; All

Snyder fails to realize that he can’t buy a super bowl.
He collects players like a little kid collects toy action figures. The Redskins need a coach who’s going to walk into Snyder’s office and tell him, hey, you want a winning team? Keep your upper office away from the locker room. You concentrate on selling merchandise, and leave the players to me. MY players, MY rules. I train ‘em, I discipline them, and you guys stick to the business side of it. Until the ‘Skins get a coach that can come to that understanding with the upstairs office,and enforce it, they’ll continue to fail.


31 posted on 10/07/2019 7:35:49 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Yeah, let's GO THERE. I'm ready...)
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To: Hatteras

Favored to win against LA!

32 posted on 10/07/2019 7:36:55 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Damn good pre-season coach.


33 posted on 10/07/2019 7:37:41 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: C19fan

Imagine getting called into the office at 5am just to get fired. Jay had to know it was coming. I would have just sent a text message calling out sick. Lol.


34 posted on 10/07/2019 7:38:11 AM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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To: oldvirginian
Jack Kent Cook loved that team

Yep. He sure did! Best owner they ever had. He understood where the lines were to be drawn. So, so sad to see how far they've fallen. It's never going to get any better-not until Snyder sells them.
35 posted on 10/07/2019 7:38:57 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Yeah, let's GO THERE. I'm ready...)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Oh, MAN. That would be great!


36 posted on 10/07/2019 7:39:52 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Yeah, let's GO THERE. I'm ready...)
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To: allendale

They ought to be shown a door alright, the door to a prison cell. *rimshot*


37 posted on 10/07/2019 7:41:50 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The Orioles imploded. No other way to say it.

They sold off everyone of any value and decimated the farm system of promising players. A disgraceful episode in team history, far worse than anything even Dan Snyder would do.


38 posted on 10/07/2019 7:43:50 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: gimme1ibertee

Absolutely correct. What winning coach would want to come to Washington and put up with Snyder’s BS?


39 posted on 10/07/2019 7:46:50 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Buckeye McFrog
If he was Hue Jackson he’d continue on for another three or four years.

Jackson was fired midway through his third season as head coach with the Browns. Gruden was 5 weeks into his sixth season with the Skins.
40 posted on 10/07/2019 7:52:46 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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