Redskins-Shanahan standoff: Team could attempt to withhold remaining money due

[El Supremo]

The Washington Redskins were sorting through their options Monday regarding Coach Mike Shanahan and one of the possibilities is firing Shanahan for cause and attempting to withhold the money due to him for the remainder of his contract, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.

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Several people with knowledge of the situation agreed it is likely that Shanahan and the Redskins will part ways by the end of the season, at the latest. The major remaining uncertainty, these people said, is how and when the divorce between Shanahan and the team will be crafted.

Shanahan’s contract runs through next season and pays him approximately $7 million per year. It is believed that under normal circumstances, the Redskins would owe Shanahan the remainder of his contract if they fire him and he would forfeit the rest of his contract if he resigns.

But if the Redskins fire him for cause, they could contend that Shanahan violated his contract and therefore forfeited his right to the money due to him under the deal, according to those people with knowledge of the matter. The Redskins likely would contend that Shanahan was involved in the dissemination of a report Sunday by ESPN that he considered quitting his job after last season because of the relationship between team owner Daniel Snyder and quarterback Robert Griffin III, according to those people.

all at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2013/12/09/washington-redskins-mike-shanahan-standoff-team-could-attempt-to-withhold-remaining-money-due-under-his-contract-if-they-fire-him/

Hey! Shanny could always become the manager of his ritzy restaurant nearby to me:

[KamaAina]

1. I'm a fan of their lunch special

a burger for $3.10.

[joeybee12]

2. Shanahan needs to go, however, the Washington RacistNames need to pay him...

Cheap bastards trying to weasel out of it...I hope they try, he sues, and Snyder and his minions end up paying even more than the $7 million.

[Auggie]

3. Fuck them both

Shanahan AND Snyder. They deserve each other.

[joeybee12]

4. Why do you dislike Shanahan?

He sucks, but he's not evil like Snyder.

[Auggie]

7. Can't put my finger on it ...

just strikes me as a weird guy. In the 49ers 1995 Super Bowl parade he was the only guy not smiling or waving at the crowd. I was on Market Street and saw him hiding in the shadows wearing a real real sourpuss expression, like he wanted to be somewhere else.

I always wondered if he took the S.F. job to steal Walsh's system and/or bury his miserable tenure with the Raiders. For whatever reason it worked, and he lucked out finding a team with an established QB in place.

He hasn't done much since 2005, winning 48 and losing 61. One playoff appearance.

[joeybee12]

8. I remember seeing him in the 1998 Denver victory parade...

I lived and worked in Denver and the parade went right past our building...he looked happy there....

[madinmaryland]

9. Good point, Auggie. I had forgotten about his history on the west coast.

Without the three years of Elway in Denver, Shanahan has really had no success. The only one in the DC area who said the Shanahan's hiring was a disaster waiting to happen was Michael Wilbon (He nailed it)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2013/12/09/michael-wilbon-called-this/

* “Forgive me if I don’t break open a bottle of champagne over this latest Redskins coaching announcement. We’ve been down this road a time or two before.”

* “With each hire, things were supposed to different. Things were going to function better. The owner was going to be less involved. The offense was going to be more efficient. . . . Under each new coach, the Redskins were going to sit on top of the world.”

* “The Washington Redskins have been losers too much over the past 15 years, too dysfunctional in too many ways, too repeatedly stubborn to receive anything close to benefit of the doubt.”

* “Shanahan could be exactly what the doctor ordered to heal the Redskins. It’s certainly in him. But I’ve got to see it first. I need to see the Redskins stop grossly overpaying players. I’ve got to see them become a stable organization. I’ve got to see them stop squandering draft picks in stupid trades.”

* “In other words, the Redskins can choose whomever they want to coach, but it doesn’t matter at all if the management style doesn’t change dramatically, immediately. Celebrity football, whether it’s Spurrier or Shanahan coaching, doesn’t work. Apparently, they haven’t learned all that much at Redskins Park.”

[fishwax]

5. That didn't work out well for the Raiders

Shanahan hated Al Davis, who undermined him throughout his short tenure and fired him four games into his second season. Shanahan always made a big deal of the fact that Al Davis never paid him the 250,000 he owed him for the rest of the season. He also made it a point to crush the Raiders on the football field. (As the Broncos HC, he was 21-7 against the Raiders.)

I don't think Shanahan is quite the coach that he once was, but he could still be successful in the right organization. (Whereas any coach would have trouble being successful in Dan Snyder's organization.)

[madinmaryland]

6. GODDAMMIT!! I would be having a fucking ball if I still lived in the DC area!!

Long live Dan Snyder as the owner of the Washington NFL franchise!!