LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 22: London Fletcher #59 of the Washington Redskins walks off the field after the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Redskins 24-23 during an NFL game at FedExField on December 22, 2013 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) Former Redskins linebacker London Fletcher exits the field after his final home game in a Redskins uniform. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Retired Redskins linebacker London Fletcher had some sharp criticisms of his former team prior to their loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

“As I looked at his press conference, I looked at Jay Gruden’s press conference, this is an organization that has lost itself and doesn’t know how to find its way back,” Fletcher said on CBS Sports Network’s “That Other Pregame Show.”

On Monday, Fletcher went in on the organization, expounding on his thoughts over the weekend in a radio appearance with 106.7 The Fan’s Chad Dukes, Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier.

“It’s not an environment that’s really conducive to winning for a sustained period of time, from top to bottom,” Fletcher said. “You have to have a plan in place and say, ‘You know what? This is what we’re gonna do, this is a winning formula,’ and then stick to the formula. From my seven years, prior to [when] I got there, even now – and I count myself as being a part of it because I didn’t help get it as good as I wanted it to be once I left – you have to have a plan, that, ‘You know what? This is gonna be a winning plan, let’s stick to this plan, let’s stick to the script,’ so to speak, and ‘do it the right way.’ And that hasn’t been done before I got there, while I was there, since I’ve left, and I don’t know if they know what they’re doing, in terms of saying ‘Hey, this is what we’re gonna do to be a winning franchise for the next decade.’ I like Jay Gruden as a head coach; I think from a play-calling standpoint, I like some of the things he’s done. Maybe he can be that guy, but there needs to be some more changes that take place.

“There’s too many people who talk in that building about what’s going on in the building. At some point in time, you have to shut up and keep everything in-house, and let’s focus on how we can go and become a winning organization for a sustained period of time.”

While Fletcher declined an opportunity to mention any names, he did elaborate on a Redskins locker room which he says is rife with players airing out in-house matters to media, echoing Santana Moss’s recent comments about “dry snitching.”

“You’re the media, you got your sources,” Fletcher said. “Whoever’s a source — an anonymous source — you’re talking too much. That’s one of the things that I hated more than anything, was an anonymous source. If you have something that you want to say, put your name to it or don’t say it at all, or address that person, that player, whatever the case may be. Or if you don’t feel like something is getting done correctly, well offer some solutions on how we can get it done as opposed to try to tear something apart and being a negative person or a negative influence in the locker room, or in the organization, because it’s not just the players. Whether it’s people in the front office, coaches, whatever, people talk too much.”

“Santana had a great quote about the ‘dry snitching,’ and I understand exactly what he means,” he would add. “You need to keep in-house business in-house business, where, not wanting to give some reporter, somebody outside of your organization some information that they shouldn’t get. That’s just not going to be an environment that gives you sustained winning, success. Eventually, it’s gonna lead to what you have right now, and what you’ve had over the last decade. So that’s the thing that I’m most disappointed in myself, and I tried to help alleviate a lot of that from just eliminating that part of it, and let’s really focus on keeping our business our business, and trying to become an organization that wins year in and year out, that’s always competing for division championships, and giving yourself an opportunity to do some bigger and better things.”

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