Chris Cooley Does A 180 On Donovan McNabb Trade

Thats why you need to liquor up your hired goon and send JimmyK after him!

there is a strong likelihood that his initial reaction was simply wishful thinking and more reflected a refusal to call out the people signing his paycheck/denial about what an obviously bad move the McNabb trade was. I mean, we have to remember that Daniel Snyder is the type of person who fires a very popular radio broadcaster solely because he was too critical of a lousy, poorly coached team and attempts to prevent fans from bringing in signs pointing out how lousy the team – hence, you can’t expect a Washington player to call out ownership there.

While it was pretty clear from a fan’s pespective that this was Daniel Snyder’s latest fiasco, it may not have been clear for players – it may not have been clear by the games how as many of us said at the time getting McNabb did absolutely nothing to address the offensive issues in Washington – their o-line still stunk, they had an over-the-hill running back, and mediocre wideouts. And of course, when have you ever heard a player say “out team stinks, we are going to be lousy” at the start of the year.

I don’t think its really fair to go after Cooley for being wrong due to the factors I mentioned. McNabb to the Deadskins may have been a slow motion train wreck to the people on the outside, but you can’t expect a passenger on the train to see that the bridge is out 2 miles ahead as the engineer and conductor decide that the proper strategy is to incresae speed and jump over the river.

chris cooley was right it was a boneheaded trade, he just had the wrong team getting the better of the deal

….chances are that is it for you. Exceptions include Al Harris and Reggie White. But the list is long: D. Staley, T. Vincent, B. Taylor, C. Simon, L. Sheppard, T. Thomas, J. Runyan, etc.