DEHog wrote:So we are to believe that the drinking has gone on during his entire tenure here? Not once did we hear about it, so the Skins enabled his drinking? I’m quite sure Scot had a moral clause in his contract about drinking; you’re not going to give millions to a guy with a known drinking problem without protecting your business. If that’s the case what changed this time….sorry but I struggle to believe this, the Skins are doing everything possible to resign Cousins, hard for me to not believe Scot is a casualty of that!
No I’m the type of person that believes when someone needs help you help them! You don’t use them and then wait until it’s convenient to use it as an excuse. At the first sign his drinking was a problem they should have put him in rehab, the second time you let him go. Easy to talk about it now, but where was the talk while it was happening, the Skins PR machine is average at best, but they kept this under wraps the whole time...when was this public knowledge?
Had to take out DSB's first response due to restrictions on quoting.DaSkinz Baby wrote: Pretty much yes. It was public knowledge that Scott never stopped drinking and he admitted to that in The ESPN Magazine article. With respect to to offering help, people have to want help to get help, Scott feels as though he has a handle on it. Now did the public know he was at the games drunk? I doubt it but I know I pretty much am drunk at the game(s) All I know is that alcohol seems to flow rampant at Redskins Park and even a player has come out and said that Scott and Bruce are drunk there all the time, they are functioning alcoholics. The Redskins PR department sucks and let's be honest the handwriting was on the wall, Scott wasn't allowed to speak to the media, then wasn't at the combine. Meanwhile because the reporters are seeing things to do the old bait and switch what does Bruce Allen do, he speaks to the media (something he doesn't do nor does his like to do) speaking about how Kirk Cousins will sign a long term deal, but yet Kirk has bypassed Allen and went to Snyder asking for a trade. Then Bruce extends Jay Gruden and puts out a rumor about the Redskins signing Tony Romo. Sorry this is nothing but dysfunction. Bruce Allen is living off his fathers' merits and Snyder is dumb enough to fall for it hook line and sinker. We are again a laughing stock and Scott isn't the problem. Heckle and Jeckle are.
But I am in 100% agreement with DSB.
Don't be naïve here DEHog --- you weren't going to hear about the drinking problem. Snyder is diabolical. Therefore the only way you will hear about it is if he can use it to his advantage..... and now is the time he can. It has become clear that SM wanted Cousins signed LAST YEAR --- to a deal that would have been considered VERY VERY good for the skins. And the skins are NOT doing everything they can to resign Cousins. Not even close.
There are TONS of people that are functioning alcoholics that work in high stress jobs. It's business. The only way a boss will care is if it isn't good for business. Please. Do you think Dan Snyder ---- one of the most egotistical, maniacal, unethical dudes out there ---- actually cares about Scot or anyone else for that matter????? Come on now. We all know better than that. You're talking about a dude that literally STOLE minority owners from other redskins bidders in a move similar to extortion in order to submit the successful bid to acquire the team.
But DSB ---- totally agree. Everything said and done by dumb and dumber 2.0 is just one big PR move. Snyder (the butthurt RGIII fanboy) and his b!tch boy sidekick never liked Cousins nor wanted to give him the deal he EARNED. Everything they said was an effort to increase his trade value. The reason they exclusive franchised him wasn't because they wanted him ---- it was to PREVENT HIM FROM DISCUSSING A ONE-YEAR WAIT WITH SF OR ANY OTHER TEAM. After contract discussions, Cousins saw this and responded by requesting a trade and reporting it to the media. If he is smart (as it is clear that he is), he will continue to use the media as a tool. Meanwhile dumb and dumber 2.0 have proven they are just that by catastrophically failing to correctly manage this circus.
Meanwhile, I am beginning to believe with confidence that Scot hasn't fully relapsed to the point he needed to be fired. If he actually had relapsed, they wouldn't have fired him at this point. That is a fact. I believe 100% that Scot and D&D 2.0 had disagreement on Cousins and FAs, which lead to his firing. And as it has been with LITERALLY EVERY OTHER DECENT FOOTBALL MIND THAT HAS BEEN FIRED BY SNYDER (Schott, Shanahan, and now Scot) --- the ousted party will be once again be proven right.