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Ever since Scot McCloughan was fired by the Redskins on the first day of free agency, the former general manager has remained silent as the Redskins have entered damage control -- even after Chris Cooley speculated that drinking problems contributed to the demise of McCloughan's job. 

On Tuesday, McCloughan finally spoke about what happened in an interview with 106.7 The Fan, a CBS Sports Radio station. Surprisingly, he spoke glowingly about the perpetually dysfunctional franchise that fired him. 

McCloughan, who said he's "pulling for them," is taking the high road.

"There's good players there, and there's good character there, there's good chemistry there," he said, according to The Washington Post. "And that's what I tried to build and build and build. I wish I could have been here longer to see it come to fruition, but I can't, so it is what it is. But still, I'm gonna pull for them. I don't have any grudge. It is what it is. Again, it's a marriage that didn't work."

He even described the firing as mutual, which we've all heard before, but usually it's coming from our friend when their significant other has dumped them. 

"You know, it's too bad what happened here, but it was mutual," he said. "And there's a lot of good people in this organization, from the ownership down throughout he whole building. Players, coaches and Dan [Snyder] was nothing but great to us. It just didn't work out. And as you guys are well aware, it's a big business and it just didn't work out. I hate leaving there because I've got so many close friends, not just guys that I drafted but there's a lot of good people.

"And you know what, it's going to be a good team. Kirk's going to play his tail off like he always does, and hopefully they get something done long term, but there's guys around him that are just as special," he continued. "It was so good to see in the weight room, in the training room, in the equipment room, the secretaries, the front office, the coaches. It's a good organization. It's a really good organization. It just wasn't meant to be."

In all seriousness, taking the high road is a good move for McCloughan. He's an excellent talent evaluator -- evidenced by what he did to help turn Washington into a contender and his previous history in Seattle and San Francisco -- but he's had some troubling exits in the past due to alcohol use. A clean exit (well, as clean as this one can be after its strange ending) is good for his chances to land another job in the NFL.

In the meantime, McCloughan said that he is moving back to Colorado, where he'll get his scouting service going again. Meanwhile, the Redskins still haven't hired a general manager, and team president Bruce Allen indicated recently that they might just go without one.

As our Will Brinson wrote Tuesday:

"As far as what we are going to do, it hasn't changed since March," Allen said. "We are going to be in the process of looking to see what we need to add to our personnel department to enhance the people that are here. There is some good quality people out there that's available that we are talking to. We are going to put together the right team with the Redskins that is going to help us win."

And, really, Allen sounds like he doesn't think the Redskins need to hire someone. 

"No, there has been no decisions made," Allen said. "The process, we are going to take our time. We want to get it right what we do. There is no submission to the league on a form or anything like that. We are going to keep talking and decide what is the best thing for the Redskins."

So, McCloughan's future actually sounds more stable than that of the Redskins. Maybe getting fired wasn't the worst outcome for him.