It is my opinion Scot McCloughan did a good job in his two years as GM of the Redskins, but it appears bigger things were going on behind the scenes via the Washington Post.
After weeks of speculation, the Washington Redskins fired General Manager Scot McCloughan on Thursday, a little more than two years into a four-year contract.
An official with direct knowledge of the situation attributed the decision to McCloughan’s ongoing problems with alcohol, which also led to his firing from front office positions with the San Francisco 49ers in 2010 and Seattle Seahawks in 2014.
“He’s had multiple relapses due to alcohol,” said the official, who spoke on a condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on personnel matters. “He showed up in the locker room drunk on multiple occasions. . . . This has been a disaster for 18 months.”
“He didn’t make the best of his third chance in the NFL,” the official said, alluding to the two previous jobs McCloughan has lost for alcohol abuse.
“He’s been drunk at work,” the team official said. “He’s been drunk at games.”
According to the Post, McCloughan doesn’t seem himself as an alcoholic, but if it is costing him jobs, he may want to revisit that thinking and get the help he needs.
There are also reports that the Redskins are using this as an excuse because of the power McCloughan wanted over the franchise.
So, maybe these are all lies, because he did so an excellent job stabilizing a dysfunctional franchise.
Who do you believe?