Report on why Snyder Fired Allen: "Clear signs that quality GM candidates wouldn’t commit..."

On Monday morning, the Redskins finally pulled the plug. Correctly. There should have been no 11th chance. It was five years late but better late than never.

When news circulated late Saturday afternoon, the immediate reaction and reporting was that Bruce Allen was going to be reassigned to the stadium development plan and not fired or forced to resign.

I never expected Allen to be completely fired but maybe the reason is this per Charles Robinson of Yahoo!

7. On #Redskins, Bruce Allen is completely out because there were clear signs that quality GM candidates wouldn’t commit with him being under the roof in any capacity. I think Dan Snyder would have liked to keep him in the fold for stadium purposes, but it wasn’t going to work.
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) December 30, 2019

It was previously thought that the Redskins would have a very hard time finding a head coach with an impressive resume because of Allen. We haven't heard much about that because it's likely that Ron Rivera already knew what the deal was.

However, I didn't hear as much about the general manager post because that's been harder to figure out as to who it could be. Is it a promotion of Kyle Smith? Marty Hurney from Carolina? Rick Smith (pictured above), the former Texans general manager has been mentioned as well.

Urban Meyer has also been rumored and then there's Louis Riddick, the popular ESPN analyst and former Redskins personnel executive, who loved Dwayne Haskins coming out of the draft.

That would seem to fit Robinson's next point.

8. As for #Redskins GM search with Allen out of the fold, there will be a big premium on a candidate’s belief in Dwayne Haskins. Dan Snyder is sold on Haskins being the centerpiece of the org and wants someone who shares that vision + brings a plan on how to build around Haskins.
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) December 30, 2019

Just for the record, I've been mentioning Riddick for quite a while in various forms of multi-media, in particular on my "Locked on Redskins" podcast.

Just a gut feeling: I would not be surprised one bit (and you shouldn't be either) if next year at this time, the #Redskins have Louis Riddick & Kyle Smith in two influential front office roles with Kevin O'Connell as the #Skins head coach.

**I am NOT reporting this***
— Locked On Commanders Podcast (@LOCommanders) May 28, 2019

To finish up his thoughts on the Redskins - Robinson added this on how other teams are viewing the Rivera sweepstakes.

10. #Redskins seem to be 100-percent Ron Rivera, although he’s playing this pretty close to the vest for it seeming to be so far out there. I’d be stunned if it wasn’t Rivera at this point and other teams seem to feel boxed out on him already, like it’s a foregone conclusion.
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) December 30, 2019

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