Last Updated on January 8, 2015 6:53 pm by admin
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Washington Redskins have hired Scot McCloughan as general manager.
The Redskins made the deal official Thursday after two days of talks that will result in a major shift in how the team puts together its roster.
McCloughan is a former executive with the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks. He will have authority over the draft and free agency, giving the club a highly respected personnel evaluator in charge and separate from the coach for the first time since Charley Casserly was dismissed in 1999.
Bruce Allen has been the Redskins’ GM for the last five seasons. He will relinquish those duties but remain team president, concentrating on business and other off-the-field matters.
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