wash post on the RG3 trade — nobody won

Wash-post:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2016/12/14/with-jeff-fishers-firing-we-now-know-who-won-the-rgiii-trade-nobody/?hpid=hp_local-news_rgiii-115pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.ee8529449542
With Jeff Fisher’s firing, we now know who won the RGIII trade: Nobody
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……Why bring this up now? Because Fisher went out of his way to troll the Redskins over his cleverness, sending out his RGIII-acquired players as captains two years before losing his job. Because Rams GM Les Snead once wrote on his whiteboard, “build to dominate using Redskin picks,” right before a thoroughly dominating 17-28 stretch. Because Daniel Snyder, Bruce Allen and Shanahan flew to the Bahamas to celebrate their franchise-resuscitating trade, which nearly imploded their franchise a few years later. Has any disaster been jointly celebrated so many times? Did Chamberlain do Crown Royal shots in the Bahamas after signing the Munich Agreement?

[Jay Gruden can’t resist talking trash to Deion Sanders about a 30-year-old completion]

So let’s remember that trade as evidence that no period of caution is ever long enough. Some analysts have suggested the Nats’ recent trade — a passel of prospects for one big sure thing — could wind up as a win-win. The Nats will fill a gaping need, and the White Sox can rebuild their rotation, and both fan bases will be happy. This is pleasant to think about, like trading a lumber for an ore, and then eating some chips and dip while waiting for your next turn. Sometimes, though, everyone loses, even if you can’t see it in real time.

“I’m going to always call this [a] win-win,” Snead told The Post in 2012. “This is something we’ll have to look at in five years. But even in five years, I don’t think you’re going to be talking about a winner and a loser. I think this will be a win for both sides.”

Well, he’s right about one thing: No one is talking about a winner and a loser. The trade was NFL ebola: Everyone who touched it needs to be quarantined…. see link…

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