1 hour ago, CapsSkins said:

 

If people haven't yet figured out that we're the bad guys, I don't know what to tell you. We are the antagonists. We are the villains.

 

Dan Snyder is Dr. Evil and we're the random henchmen that get mowed down again and again and again.

 

We are literally the Commies. Snyder is Stalin and we are the pathetic saps who get thrown into the meat grinder in waves and waves.

 

In "I am Legend" (the book, not the crappy movie), the main character was forced to the realization that, from the perspective of the current reality, he was the villain/monster.

22 hours ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I have defended Ron more than most.  

 

When I heard them double-down on the "run twice for every pass" stuff on Monday, I was out.

 

That's 1950's @TradeTheBeal! kind of thinking that I just can't get behind.

 

We're going to have to live with it for 2023, but I am now just waiting for what I hope is an entirely new philosophy in early 2024.  

 

They still might win some games next year, though.  They're too good to be really bad.  

Ball-control offense is the ideal attack: protects the QB, tires out defenses, limits turnovers, sets up PA, and keeps the opponent's offense on the sidelines and your defense fresh.

The problem is when you run across a team that drops 21 on you in the first quarter and you just don't have the plays or the guys to close the deficit quickly. When your QB is a turnover machine (why did we get Wentz?) you're screwed; when your Oline is average and you can't run the ball or protect the QB, you're screwed. If we don't have the pieces to move the chains efficiently, starting with an effective QB and strong running game, the slow-tempo/run-the-ball plan is the worst offensive philosophy to adopt

They're all bums, even Gibbs II.

This all stems from Snyder. Asking him to find a quality coach is like asking Ronnie Milsap to spot the prettiest flower.

All this celebrity focus and speculation surrounding the team is a constant reminder how the franchise, under Snyder, has never struggled to generate buzz off the field, and it's pretty alarming. I want the new owner's focus to be on winning games and re-creating a rich, football culture. Anyone's better than Snyder, but I'm not excited about seeing a celebrity group take the club and turn it into another Jerry World.

25 minutes ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

 

The Next Washington Commanders Owner May Not Be The Highest Bidder

• Jeff Bezos has the cash, although owner Dan Snyder has battled Bezos-owned Washington Post for years.
• A partnership with Jay-Z could boost the efforts of the Amazon founder.

 

Dan Snyder’s final major decision as owner of the Washington Commanders could be choosing his replacement — and he doesn’t have to take the highest bidder. 

That could complicate a potential purchase by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the leading contender mentioned to Front Office Sports by bankers and team executives interviewed since Snyder announced Wednesday that he was exploring a sale. 

Beyond Bezos, FOS has confirmed billionaire co-founders of Clearlake Capital Behdad Eghbali and José Feliciano are also interested.

Bezos, with a net worth north of $100 billion, could easily outbid all the other names that have been floated. But he also owns The Washington Post, which was the focus of much of Snyder and co.’s ire before it was turned toward ESPN after its exposé last month. 

But would Snyder actually take less money to spite Bezos?

Dan Snyder Is Exploring Sale of Washington Commanders

“Maybe if the bids weren’t that far apart, but that doesn’t seem like something he’d do,” one banker told FOS.

With the team expected to sell for more than $6 billion, would Snyder sell for, say, $5 billion in this hypothetical?

“If Bezos bid a billion more than anyone, that’s some f–k you money,” another banker said. “I can’t think of anybody who’d turn down an extra billion dollars.”

One tech mogul has already been denied a team despite having the highest bid: Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. Joe Lacob and Peter Guber landed the Golden State Warriors for $450 million in 2010 even though Ellison would’ve paid more.

Ellison’s estimated worth is currently around $100 billion, but he appears more interested in sailing now. 

This is why one of the bankers said the NFL “is running out of billionaires” who have the means and desire to own a team. The league mandates that 30% of the purchase price be in cash. With the team potentially changing hands for $7 billion, that’d be $2.1 billion. 

Bezos, however, could have some help negotiating with Snyder.

TMZ reported a Bezos-Jay-Z partnership is “on the table,” a duo that would be hard to topple. 

Jay-Z is worth an estimated $1.5 billion, making him the wealthiest hip-hop artist. Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation also has a multi-year partnership with the NFL. 

It’s not clear if that’s how Snyder and Jay-Z became friendly, but sources told FOS they keep in touch. 

 

 

Bezos and Jay-Z likely would have zero issues making it through the NFL Finance Committee en route to approval by at least 24 owners. 

Before we get that far ahead of ourselves, Snyder hasn’t even confirmed he’s putting all — or even any — of the Commanders up for sale. League executives and bankers, however, expect Snyder to move forward with selling it all. 

The process will be handled by Bank of America, and details of negotiations won’t be made readily available — including how much Snyder would want for the team. 

There have even been whispers among bankers about the approach by Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver.

Sarver announced he’d sell the franchises amid the backlash from an NBA investigation into allegations he regularly used racially and sexually inappropriate language.

“You tell everybody you’re selling and you act like you’re going through the sales process,” the banker said. “Then, after all that, you come out and say, ‘I was expecting to get more and now I am keeping the team.’”

One banker said Snyder could attempt to do the same thing. 

That could seem like a wild theory, but it’s no more out there than some lists of potential owners. 

 

The league would vote on whether or not to bring on board the person Snyder decides to sell to. They're not going to rubberstamp just anyone Snyder picks, so in effect, they get to choose who the buyer is.

I wonder if Dan will insist on retaining at least a minority stake in the team.

Ron is done.

Good thing about any future ownership transfer, the other owners won't be steered as heavily by Jerry's influence this time around, as we're now almost 3 decades removed from his heyday as opposed to just 3 years.

Why does the team rally around TH and get excited whenever he’s plugged in to cover the supposed starter? It’s like every QB we bring in to start the season can never secure the full support of their teammates and they wait with bated breath for TH to get the call.

Maybe RR and the front office should cease trading high picks for QBs that don’t know how to win locker rooms.

20 minutes ago, 88Comrade2000 said:

If the nfl chickens out and fails to remove Dan; then they have to suggest a gm.

 

The commissioner mediated with the Giants when they hired George Young.

What’s to stop Dan and his cronies from menacing this new GM or sabotaging his or her efforts? We keep acting like this organization isn’t a snake pit filled with entitled and toxic VPs, executives, and family members. They’d make life for this GM or anyone else they perceive a threat or “outsider” a living hell here. How long before this person just flat out quits or, worse, gets sucked into the infectious culture?

The only solution is to clean house. Get rid of Dan, his family, his colleagues, his people, and pretty much anyone he had a hand in hiring.

Doesn’t matter how good a team we think we have or the quality of coach, without a supportive and goal-oriented culture that stresses accountability, this franchise will be doomed to mediocrity.

11 minutes ago, Wildbunny said:

 

The NFL just sent 80k pieces that have been ordered by Congress.

To be clear, these are the emails that didn’t need to be approved by Snyder before sharing, correct? The ones that require Snyder’s approval are still being held privately?

I can’t see Dan surviving this, but at the same time I think the NFL is afraid of what he might do or say. I believe Dan has some incriminating information on a lot of powerful people in the league. He knows he has nothing without this franchise, all his other business ventures have been failures, and being an NFL owner affords him the sort of influence and prestige he’d be unable to recapture as simply another cash billionaire. No one from other big industries and powerful circles would let him in after his name’s been rendered toxic. This is it for him.

3 minutes ago, Busch1724 said:

This new investigation in itself won't cause him to sell the team. The touching her leg under the table can't be corroborated by someone else. The limo thing will be explained away by Dan as trying to offer her a ride to her car since it was parked a distance away. This won't amount to anything.

 

Where it'll get interesting is if the NFL allows the investigation to expand a little further. If they talk to Tiffani, Dan's lawyer who said "Dan, Dan, this is a bad idea. A very bad idea, Dan", and the other witness (is it a guy named Jason?) and other information comes to light; then maybe there's trouble. I'm sure the league will limit the scope and focus. The most Dan gets in this case is maybe a suspension. This time a legitimate, announced suspension. The likely outcome is there's not enough here to punish. 

If Dan’s offenses boiled down to just those events, you’re right, since other owners have done worse and were never punished severely. But I think the underlying point of the investigation is that those offenses are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, and that’s what Snyder and the NFL are fearful of. If this investigation were to be blown up, everything, including email conversations like the one that exposed Jon Gruden who isn’t even directly involved with this team, would be open game.

What is Wilson’s motivation for wanting to leave Seattle?

2 minutes ago, Califan007TheConstipated said:

 

He was coach under Richardson...and lead the team in a cheer for Richardson when the owner had both sexual harassment claims against him and used a racial slur against a black scout.

So Ron is a piece of **** too, then. Nice leadership group we’ve got assembled here…

I hope Ron realizes and accepts that his esteemed reputation in league is also operating as a PR shield for Snyder, and that he quits. That would be a tremendous blow to Dan.

A mere crumb resulting from this investigation caused the firing and certain exile of a popular head coach in Gruden. And that was just collateral damage, and not the primary focus. I can only imagine what the full disclosure will do to Snyder and perhaps other owners/GMs/coaches who were dumb enough to associate themselves with him.

12 hours ago, -JB- said:

He can demonstrably suck now that is fine.  He still has 2 SB rings tho so he’s on a much higher tier than Snyder.

The main architects of those Super Bowls were the two individuals hired by Wellington. The main architects of the two Super Bowls before those were individuals hired by Wellington. Both Coughlin and Belichick have bestowed solemn praise to Wellington the likes of which they’ve not accorded to anyone else whereas no one worth anything has ever spoken highly of his son, because outside of stepping back and permitting his father’s hires to do their jobs and make him richer, he’s not done anything and I’d hardly call him an improvement over Snyder (as an NFL owner).

I’d say fire Ron but even Belichick in his prime would flounder here. If the NFL, protective as they’ve been of this franchise and Snyder, can refer to this team as a toxic work environment, imagine what it’s really like.

Blame the NFL for giving the keys to one of the most valuable franchises in all of sports to a dotcom billionaire frat boy. Of course the league cited the toxic work culture of this place, when the guy in charge has never experienced or promoted any other type of work culture in his entire life.

You could always stop supporting his product. I know I am.

Goodbye all.

Great.

Can't wait until we mimic Dallas and watch him install Gerry as the new team VP in 10 years. He's already helped to handpick a doomed QB no one else had wanted so at least we can rest assured knowing that he's being groomed in accordance with the status quo.

On 3/19/2021 at 1:10 PM, Skinsinparadise said:

 

 

I'm at a loss for words.