Scot McCloughan Will Return To Washington Redskins But Timetable Uncertain
The Washington Redskins are going to be without their general manager Scot McCloughan for an unknown amount of time. His absence could impact the team, but he will eventually return.
One of the stranger stories from the Washington Redskins in the past couple of days has been the status of their general manager Scot McCloughan. With the NFL Combine hitting full swing on Thursday, it was reported that McCloughan would not be in attendance as he deals with “family matters.” McCloughan’s biggest strength is his ability to evaluate talent in the NFL Draft, so his absence raised a lot of questions.
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Later, it was reported that McCloughan was dealing with the loss of his grandmother. Still, that did not stop some speculation that something was wrong with the general manager, especially in wake of comments that Chris Cooley made about McCloughan’s old drinking habits.
On Thursday, Redskins president Bruce Allen tried to put to bed the rumors about McCloughan. Allen was focused on downplaying McCloughan’s absence. ESPN’s John Keim said the following in a piece about McCloughan and Allen:
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"Allen said McCloughan remains in place, doing the work the team hired him to do. Multiple agents have said they’ve been in contact with McCloughan in the past week; one said he spoke to him three times. A report by 106.7 The Fan in Washington said that McCloughan was asked on Feb. 20 to leave Redskins Park. McCloughan and his agent both strongly denied the report, as did his wife, Jessica, on Twitter.Earlier in the day, Allen would neither confirm nor deny the report to a Washington Post reporter, but added McCloughan would return to work when everything is “OK.”“As soon as the family matters are cleared up, we’ll be OK.”"
Needless to say, this situation needs to be monitored over the coming months. If McCloughan is struggling for any reason, the Redskins need to make sure that their decision makers are in a place where they can help McCloughan while still keeping the team afloat. Of course, all of the speculation about McCloughan could be false. He could actually just be dealing with a death in the family.
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Regardless, we wish nothing but the best for McCloughan and hope that he returns to the team soon.