Wilbon's On Point

Mike Wilbon defended Carlos Rogers' assessment of the situation over at the Washington Redskins today, laying the blame for the organization's struggles squarely at the feet of Dan Snyder.

"See, Snyder is great at the business side of the Redskins but the exact opposite when it comes to the football operations side. Football isn't instinctive to Snyder and it's never going to be, no matter how many fat checks he signs, no matter how many times he sits and stares out at practice."

I think Wilbon's analysis is dead-on, and it perfectly expresses what we're trying to say at this site. But I would quibble with his framing of the terms. "Football operations" is really the other half of the "business side." No one wants to pay the Redskins to suck.

I don't think Snyder's business model is a sustainable one. He's intent on squeezing as much money out of fans as possible while failing to provide us with what is ultimately the product we seek: a winning team. B-school 101: maintain a successful company by pleasing the customer.