WFT’s Sean Taylor jersey retirement dishonored the man
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Inept.
The Washington Football Team is just inept.
At a level that strains credulity, frankly.
Over the last couple of years, the team has undergone a sea change on its business side, executives and employees cycling in and out, sometimes for the stated goal of improving the culture of the franchise. Through it all — maddeningly so for many, fans included — owner Daniel Snyder remains, and so does the dysfunction.
How else to explain what happened last week?
No, this time we’re not talking about the vile emails from former team president and general manager Bruce Allen to buddies Jon Gruden and Jeff Pash, or the investigation into the pernicious workplace environment for which the NFL won’t release the findings.
This time we’re talking about the craven use of the memory of a murdered star for WFT’s own gain.
On Sunday, Washington retired the number of beloved safety Sean Taylor, who was killed in his own home at just 24 years old in 2007 by burglars who did not know the Pro Bowler and his family would be there.
But as with nearly everything WFT, it was bungled. To borrow a joke told often on Twitter, there’s a reason so many of us think “WTF” first in nearly any mention of the franchise.
The team announced on Thursday that Taylor’s jersey would be retired on Sunday, just three days later. From that moment, it felt unseemly that Snyder and whoever else is making major decisions there believed a shiny object, in this case the legions of fans and players who adored the hard-hitting Taylor, would distract everyone.
No one pay attention to the mountains of manure piling up around one of the most valuable sports teams on the planet. Look over here! We’re going to honor Sean Taylor!
Of course, current WFT president Jason Wright was pushed out in front of the rightfully…
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