Mike Shanahan's final day at Redskins Park is symbolically bizarre

As most people expected, the Washington Redskins have fired head coach Mike Shanahan and his staff. It seemed inevitable given the team's 3-13 record in 2013 and increasing reports of friction between Shanahan and 

On his final day of work, Mike Shanahan pulled his black Audi onto the driveway at Redskins Park a little before 9 a.m. and sat in a jumbled mess. At the property's entrance, a security gate blocked reporters' cars from entering. As the vehicles formed

Oh, Daniel Snyder and the Washington Redskins. You're such a disaster. The team fired coach Mike Shanahan on Monday, which wasn't a surprise at all. What also wasn't much of a surprise? How it all went down at Redskins Park. The whole process played 

Four years ago next week, Mike Shanahan sat in an office at Redskins owner Daniel Snyder's estate in Potomac and signed a five-year contract to become the team's new head coach — a contract that implied more than a $7 million annual salary. Shanahan 

the two-time Super Bowl champion who would finally clean up the mess? Mike Shanahan lasted four seasons. A improbable seven-game winning streak at the end of 2012 was his only achievement. Leaving in Robert Griffin III in last year's wild card game