Dan Snyder: Change was 'necessary', is 'disappointed' with Haynesworth

Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder had a rare, brief meet up with reporters today at the unveiling of a new youth football field in Northern Virginia.  Snyder had a little to say about the direction of the franchise, new redskins QB Donovan Mcnabb, and disgruntled DT Albert Hayenesworth.

On making stunning changes to the coaching stand and front office by brining to Washington Bruce Allen as GM and Mike Shanahan as President and Head Coach, Snyder said . . .

“We had two rough years. This feels really like we’re going in the right direction,” Snyder said. “Really excited about it. I’m having a lot of fun. This guys are incredible and really fun to work with.”

“It’s exciting. You can feel the energy, the excitement out of Mike [Shanahan] and Bruce [Allen] and now adding Donovan really gets us going,” he said. “We have a lot of confidence — we’ve restored our confidence.”

To do that, changes needed to be made. Snyder replaced Vinny Cerrato with Allen as general manager, ousted Jim Zorn and hired Shanahan and oversaw the trade for McNabb. Given the state of the team at season’s end, change was needed, the owner says, and he can feel a culture change.  ”It was necessary. We were 4-12 and going in the wrong direction,” he said. “All of the changes are to get us going in the right direction.

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Dan Snyder: Change was ‘necessary’, is ‘disappointed’ with Haynesworth