I trust that he knew RGIII wasn't coachable.
You have a very expensive and costly Quincy Carter.... We went through it... Now you guys are. Enjoy! Lol
I'd say he's learning to be coachable. His biggest mistakes in his pro career was listening to his father instead of his coaches. His father was the one that filled his head with the nonsense that he was ready to be a pocket passer in his second season. About the only thing that Shanahan has said about Griffin that I believe, is the story that Griffin called a private meeting with Mike and Kyle and demanded certain plays no longer be called. And that Griffin was offended that Kirk was being called different plays in the playbook( Kyle's old Houston offense) when he played against Cleveland.
But accepting all of that means you also have to accept the role Shanahan played in getting them to that point, and that is something Shanahan never does. Whenever he makes mistakes, it's always someone else's fault. Bruce Allen wanted McNabb....he wanted Bulger(would've been just as disastrous). He didn't want to give up the picks for Griffin, Allen did. Yet why did you go along with it when you contractual forced Snyder to give you full control over personnel decisions. It doesn't make sense.
He refuses to understand that drafting Cousins caused the lack of trust issues between Griffin. His lack of communication skills further worsened the situation. If you make questionable moves and never explain why, you leave people to come up with their own explanations.
Quincy Carter never had a season like 2012, don't really see the comparison. And did he ever lead your team to the playoffs?