“I knew it wasn’t going to happen overnight. One thing I told Dan Snyder was: ‘If you don’t plan on me being here for five years to do this the right way, then you shouldn’t hire Mike Shanahan. But I’m going to do it the right way. And if you believe in my background and you believe in what I’ve done, then you should hire me. But if you’re going to ask me to take shortcuts, I’m not going to take shortcuts. I’m going to do it the right way.’ And he said he would.”
"I’ve staked my reputation on a lot of players throughout my career,” he says. “And when these people [become] players, people forget about that very quick. What do they say? ‘Oh, I knew he was going to be good.’ ”
“When you’re feeling good about your guys, it’s a lot more easy to feel relaxed. I haven’t been relaxed at all the last year and a half, because it’s 24 hours a day putting a team together. There’s film study. There’s a lot going into the evaluation, putting a staff together. It’s a grind. But I really do love it.
“And when we do have this thing turned around, people will see it, and say, ‘Oh my God, that’s the way you do it.’ ”
If you ask me I'd have to say it's Shanny's team, sink or swim... "the Danny" almost sunk us and I think he has seen the error of his ways.
Shanny wan't to rebuild his legacy and give his son the upper hand when he hangs it up for good.
He had limit players available last year and grabbed who he could like _______ <------ insert any name here that was brought off the street last year (it could be anyone Kemo, AC, Holiday, Galloway, Johnson, McNabb or Grossman) while Shefter, Allen and he fixed the cap issues that would have arrived with the new CBA (see that team in Texas). Came into came with 12 Rookies and more than 30 free agents. No real big names and a roster full of hunger guys with no roster spots locked uo.
That's not how "the Danny" does things... Even with Marty and JJG there was always the free agency splash that hasn't made it to the beltway this off-season.
It's Mike's team and "the Danny' is simply a inpatient fan once again and Mike Shanahan believes in his plan for the Redskins
MAN I HOPE I"M RIGHT
