OPINION:
So Redskins team owner Dan Snyder has fired his right-hand man and hired a new coach (“Redskins fire Bruce Allen; team president no longer with the organization,” Web, Dec. 30). Yet, I fear the results will be a replay of the script from which he has been reading since taking ownership in 1999. Replacing key personnel might be a step in the right direction, but I fear these are baby steps where one giant step is needed. Unfortunately, as long as Mr. Snyder is the owner, the Redskins will continue to be inept, struggling, NFL bottom feeders performing to either empty seats or seats filled with opposing fans in their own stadium. Until Mr. Snyder sells the team to a person or organization qualified to manage it in a professional manner, nothing will change.
Barring that, Mr. Snyder should fight his urge to treat the team as his own personal tinker toy, and stay out of day-to-day operations. Hire competent coaches and personnel managers and step aside. Let them do their work without interference from above. Go to the stadium on Sundays with your guests, Mr. Snyder, and enjoy your team — but don’t get involved with something for which you are obviously not qualified.
BERNARD L. MORNINGSTAR
Ijamsville, Md.
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