D.C.-area sports fans have been having a rough few months (or is it years?) and now, another team faces an uncertain future.
On Monday, the Washington Commanders announced that Ron Rivera is out as head coach after a bumpy four-year run.
It comes just weeks after the owner of the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards, Ted Leonsis, said he plans on moving both teams to Northern Virginia.
Rob McGarrah, on his way back from a morning get-together with friends at Bethesda Row, told WTOP that he and his pals are all disappointed in the state of D.C. sports.
“We don’t want to see Youngkin clean up off our teams,” he said, referring to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. “We’d like to have some wins, but we’d also like them to stay right here.”
McGarrah is not sad to see Rivera leave the Commanders though. “He just was a disaster,” he said.
Another person paying close attention is William Booker, who has lived in the D.C. area for 27 years. “It’s depressing,” Booker said.
While Booker’s heart is with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Yankees, he said he wants the D.C. area to have organizations committed to winning.
“I was a season-ticket holder for the Wizards for years,” he said. “It didn’t feel like that was what their energy was. It felt like they were happy to have people in the crowd, but weren’t really trying to make moves in the right direction.”
Booker and other fans said they were hopeful that the new owner of the Commanders, Josh Harris, would lead the team in a better direction.
One fan said he’s confident that with a new younger and energetic head coach, the Commanders could be in the playoffs in the next year or two … maybe with a Super Bowl run after that.
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