Every local reporter in this area with sources within the organization say Snyder did everything stipulated in Shanny's contract. He did not meddle, and the supposed relationship with RG3 was overblown. Bruce Allen was also influential in getting Snyder to understand what was and wasn't appropriate contact with players. The mistake Snyder made wasn't giving up total control, it was giving total control to Mike Shanahan.
Now my opinion was that Shanahan should've been allowed to play out his contract, so that RG3 didn't have to learn a new playbook in addition to developing his mechanics and QB skills. It has been a given that the best QBs have only had to learn one playbook and one offensive scheme within their first four years. This allows them to dedicate more work hours towards developing the skills a quarterback needs to be great, and not losing those work hours to relearning a whole new scheme/playbook.
Regardless of my choice, Shanahan deserved to be fired. Information has come out this week that Shanahan has constantly overruling Haslett's gameplans, and even usurping playcalling duties on occasion. In fact, the 4th down completion from Romo to Dez against DeAngelo Hall in single coverage that lost us a game a couple of years ago was all Shanahan. He forced the defense to go Cover 0 when they should've backed off and given Hall help over the top, but Shanahan overruled Haslett. This has been verified in the media by one former defensive assistant coach and one veteran player.
Why have a coordinator that you constantly overrule and change his gameplans? Just fire him then. Spending what little cap space we had all on your son's side of the ball also didn't help either.
