skinfan2k Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 https://deadspin.com/dan-snyder-reportedly-dumped-a-marketing-campaign-becau-1831851331 The article highlights that Dan Snyder did not appreciate the marketing campaign "We hail" designed by ex-chief operating officer Brian Lafemina. The slogan apparently was too close to the Nazi slogan “Sieg Heil!”, which translates to hail victory. Is this really what this guy is concerned about? Not the health of this organization but a stupid slogan. Meanwhile, he has time to buy a $100M yacht. I guess he doesn't want to invest this money into more important things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetThePointsSoar Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Ok. Dan Snyder is one of my least favorite people right now. But... A. Why is this even news?!?!? B. What, if anything, did he do wrong here? He's done a lot wrong outside of this, but this is dumb, a waste of time, and nothing to see here, move along IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakedtater1 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Ok, picks of this yacht or it don't exist.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyJ Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 To be honest, I HATED the "we hail" slogan. If that was Lafemina's I take back everything I said about him, good riddance. I'm joking, except for not liking "we hail". It sounds so trite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 It's not necessarily about the slogan but its the micromanagement of issues like this and worrying about these kinds of details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan4128 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 We hail. HTTR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakedtater1 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Nevermind I just seen pics of it in the Bruce Allen thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 If he was only concerned with the accuracy of the slogan he'd have just slightly changed the wording to "We Fail!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 59 minutes ago, SkinsFTW said: If he was only concerned with the accuracy of the slogan he'd have just slightly changed the wording to "We Fail!!!" That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Kev Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I'm surprised that Dan wasn't involved in approving the campaign before it was launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Considering that two of the top five most well known fight songs heavily feature "hail" and that OUR fight song in particular features, "Hail victory" this story is either made up or Snyder is a moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin said: Considering that two of the top five most well known fight songs heavily feature "hail" and that OUR fight song in particular features, "Hail victory" this story is either made up or Snyder is a moron. Option 2 . To me it seems like Hubris is living in his own "autistic" world and he doesn't give a crap about anything or anybody. Snyder will definitely stop at nothing to bring shame upon this team. Maybe fans should go to the game wearing We Hail T-Shirts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsFTW Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Or have them modified with "We Fail" and upside down Redskins helmets as a sign of revolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 8 hours ago, skinfan2k said: It's not necessarily about the slogan but its the micromanagement of issues like this and worrying about these kinds of details The funny thing is, as the article points out, "sieg heil" translated into english is "hail victory". Which is a line in the Redskins fight song. So snyder has a problem with a slogan that only faintly resembles the english translation of "sieg heil", but has no problem with the actual english translation of that phrase in the fight song? 🤔 Sounds more to me like something being used as a pathetic excuse to justify firing Lafemina and his colleagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 You guys know Snyder is Jewish, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 By the way, this part from the Deadspin article: "The Times’ tale hinted that use of the Nazi Party’s favorite chant was among the reasons Snyder fired chief operating officer Brian Lafemina last month." "Hinted"....meaning, the article from the Times included an insanely subtle speculation that the "we hail" campaign might have also played a role in how Snyder viewed Lafemina's performance here. I read the Times article. "Hinted" was way too strong a word to use. And neither the Deadspin article or the Times write-up mention Snyder being Jewish. I would imagine that could possibly play a role in how he perceived things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemoveSnyder Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Classic. You win again Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I hope this thread isn't a trap. Shouldn't marketing campaigns get owner approval before executing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clskinsfan Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 16 hours ago, LetThePointsSoar said: Ok. Dan Snyder is one of my least favorite people right now. But... A. Why is this even news?!?!? B. What, if anything, did he do wrong here? He's done a lot wrong outside of this, but this is dumb, a waste of time, and nothing to see here, move along IMO. Do you really need to ask this question? Have you looked at any "news" lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyst Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Are we able to disucss this because I’d like to, but almost anything we say is political given it is about political history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 10 hours ago, SkinsGuy said: The funny thing is, as the article points out, "sieg heil" translated into english is "hail victory". Which is a line in the Redskins fight song. So snyder has a problem with a slogan that only faintly resembles the english translation of "sieg heil", but has no problem with the actual english translation of that phrase in the fight song? 🤔 Sounds more to me like something being used as a pathetic excuse to justify firing Lafemina and his colleagues. Apparently in the past he has omitted the line hail victory when he has sung the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbunny Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 It was a dumb slogan, imo. I never liked it. But you know what's a lot closer to "Seig Heil"? Yeah, "Hail, Victory." Which is the rough translation. I view this the same way I viewed Snyder accusing the City Paper of anti-semitism because they printed a photo of him with hand-drawn horns and a mustache: a laughable reach and a desperate playing of the race card. Nin. Com. Poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I swear some of you people are ****ing hilarious. If Dan does nothing and a news agency prints Dan allowed the phrase which resembles nazi, you grill him for not getting rid of it and being insensitive, and he should be concentrating his efforts on this instead of football operations.... He did do something, and you grill him for that and he should be more worried about the product on the field.... I'm no lover of the management...but come on..some of you are hating just to hate now. It's getting quite facepalm hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Xameil said: I swear some of you people are ****ing hilarious. If Dan does nothing and a news agency prints Dan allowed the phrase which resembles nazi, you grill him for not getting rid of it and being insensitive, and he should be concentrating his efforts on this instead of football operations.... He did do something, and you grill him for that and he should be more worried about the product on the field.... I'm no lover of the management...but come on..some of you are hating just to hate now. It's getting quite facepalm hilarious. I dont know, speaking of Sieg heil, I feel like not hating on him just to hate on him would kinda be like praising Hitler because a decision he made was good. its never good to praise Hitler, even when he correctly chooses not to put A1 on his steak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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