Brian Mitchell played for the Burgundy and Gold (Washington) for ten seasons (1990-99). Friday on The Team 980, Craig Hoffman asked Mitchell “What would you advise Josh Harris to work on pretty immediately when he gets in as the new owner of the Commanders?”
Mitchell responded, “Well, first of all, hire football people that can handle the job. And don’t think that you know everything. Because I don’t think anyone knows everything. I think Dan felt he knew everything just because he had success in another business.”
“Then allow some people that are already in the building to stay in the building. They changed everyone when they walked in. They went from having seasoned women and (male) employees that knew the business of professional football, and they brought in young attractive women that was just in there and didn’t know the business of football and was trying to learn.”
“Now they are losing the team because of a lot of stuff that happened with those younger women that did not know what was going on.”
“They came in thinking they knew and thought they could use whatever they could use to make something go forward. (No), allow the business people and football people to do their job and do not become too close to any football player. I don’t care if he’s a quarterback or whatever. Let the coach and the general manager handle that situation. You stay away in a sense.”
