. You go be with the family.’ He allowed me to miss a day of practice to be there for my father.”
“Maybe he found the light,” the coach said. “Maybe he understood. Maybe when he called me and had me sit down with him when he was interviewing me … and said, ‘I need you to change our culture,’ he was sincere and meant it.Wright, 40, arrived in Washington to put a polished and positive face on the franchise as the organization’s internal dysfunction had become headline news. He oversaw the transformation of the work environment and business practices while boosting the bottom line.
Given that Wright, the first Black team president in league history, and Snyder worked closely on these and other matters, one question during the wide-ranging interview withcentered on the most significant thing he’s learned from Snyder throughout their time together.Snyder and Wright in October. Close advisers exiting and quarterback switches weren’t the only personnel changes. According to Wright, 80 percent of the organization’s non-football employees have been hired since he arrived; two-thirds of his leadership team are women, and 60 percent of that subset are women of color. “For this organization from where we started reputationally, there’s a big shift,” he said.“I also learned from them that you protect your family,” he said.