I'm sure alcoholism played a role in that but he still had some good drafts with the Redskins and Cleveland too.
"Shortly after leaving the 49ers, McCloughan was hired by Seattle Seahawks general manager and close friend,
John Schneider, to be a senior personnel executive on the team.
[11] McCloughan accepted, and later assisted with the team's drafting of notable players in later rounds of the draft such as
Russell Wilson,
K. J. Wright,
Kam Chancellor,
Richard Sherman and
Byron Maxwell.
[2] He also had success in earlier rounds helping to draft players such as
Earl Thomas,
Russell Okung,
Golden Tate,
Bruce Irvin and
Bobby Wagner in either the first or second round. McCloughan remained in this position until April 2014, when he again resigned due to personal issues.
[1][12] After he left the Seahawks, McCloughan started up his own college scouting agency in
Ferndale, Washington, where he evaluated incoming draftees for a handful of NFL teams.
[1]
In January 2015, McCloughan was hired as general manager of the
Washington Redskins.
[13] Despite helping build to the team to two straight winning seasons since his hiring, McCloughan was fired by the team in March 2017, again allegedly due to his issues with alcoholism.
[14] Following his departure from the team, McCloughan returned to running his scouting agency.
[15] He also worked as a consultant for the
Cleveland Browns during the
2018 NFL Draft, as well as for the
Philadelphia Eagles from 2017 to 2019.
[16][17]" From his Wiki