Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

[woodpecker]

17 hours ago, RVAskins said:

Didn't our previous owner say he didn't know how to use email? I suspect he didn't know how to use a computer either. He was such an ID10T.

He couldn’t. At first he had someone reading stuff to him, but they accidentally made eye contact with him in the hallway and got fired. After that Vinny just told him all the fans adored him.

[TradeTheBeal!]

Happy 1st anniversary of Dan Who? Day!

 

 

[Bifflog]

It's been a hell of a year...

 

 

[Riggo#44]

31 minutes ago, Bifflog said:

It's been a hell of a year...

The euphoria has not worn off either. This feels like the Caps' and Nats' titles, honestly.

[RVAskins]

13 hours ago, Gurgeh said:

 

I'm pretty sure it was more the case he didn't want to use email. What someone claims you said in a phone call is deniable, but something in writing from your own email account is much more difficult to refute.

Are you saying our previous owner wasn't honest and trustworthy? I'm shocked. 😀

Edited July 21 by RVAskins

[NoVaSkins21]

42 minutes ago, Riggo#44 said:

The euphoria has not worn off either. This feels like the Caps' and Nats' titles, honestly.

It's gotten even better with the HR hires of Peters, DQ, and the rest of the staff

Edited July 20 by NoVaSkins21

[Riggo#44]

9 minutes ago, NoVaSkins21 said:

It's gotten even better with the HR hires of Peters, DQ, and the rest of the staff

Add to that players, execs, scouts all WANT to come here. Monumental shift from the place careers go to die.

[RVAskins]

Even if we struggle early, we're in a much better place.Harris is without a doubt, the right person to own this team.

[Jumbo]

 

I hid several posts to avoid any more complaints than I got, or extensions of the "boomer tangent."

 

Keep the stupid "boomer" denigration, and any similar shots based on age, race, gender or other broad sociopolitical demographics,  out of the stadium. Okay morans? 😁👹

[SkinsGuy]

5 hours ago, RVAskins said:

Are you saying our previous owner wasn't honest trustworthy? I'm shocked. 😀

 

 

[dunfer]

 

the people that hate him...really hate him. Everyone else is whatever.

 

Supposedly he got the lights turned back on in here, so we will see where that goes from here on out. Thats his only bright spot.

 

Im a whatever guy, but imagine if he was a keeper, josh would keep him

[formerly4skins]

14 hours ago, dunfer said:

Supposedly he got the lights turned back on in here, so we will see where that goes from here on out. Thats his only bright spot.

I'll never understand, "guy who runs financial side of the business makes sure unpaid bill gets paid" being something to pat this clown on the back for.

 

He literally headed the office that manages team finances and the business operation...and it sounds like his lackeys caused the issue in the first place by missing/losing/ignoring invoices from the hosting company.

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

The team name and stadium are intertwined when it comes to the chances of the Commanders returning to their former longtime home in D.C. Sen. Steve Daines (R., Mont.) has effectively held up legislation that would give The District a 99-year lease for the federally controlled land where the old RFK Stadium continues to be dismantled. 

Daines voiced opposition to the legislation that passed the House earlier this year until the Commanders give some meaningful public recognition to recognize the contributions of Walter “Blackie” Wetzel, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who contributed to the design of the logo used from 1972 to 2020. Ryan Wetzel, a grandson of the late Walter Wetzel, told FOS last week that plans are in place for the family to attend Washington’s home opener Sept. 15, and a plaque to honor Walter Wetzel at Commanders Field is in the works. 

Daines, however, is pushing for the Commanders to bring back the old logo, something there is still resistance to on the team and league level, according to multiple sources with intimate knowledge of the matter. 

Washington has brought back the franchise’s traditional gold pants, and the NFL has recently begun to use old footage on social media that doesn’t obscure the old logo, something that the league avoided since Snyder—who was under pressure by a then co-owner and others—abandoned the old name and logo in July 2020. The NFL didn’t return multiple requests for comment about the new use of old team footage on social media.

 

If Daines and potentially others in the Senate (including Maryland’s two senators) aren’t satisfied with the RFK Stadium bill, D.C. could be effectively off the table. And even if the bill passes the Senate and is signed by President Biden, there are no guarantees a stadium will be built on the land as the lease allows for other uses, like parks and residential development.

 

The Commanders are committed to playing at Commanders Field through 2027 and will likely have to play at least one more season at the lowest-ranked stadium in the NFL. While there’s an outside chance that Washington could play at a new home in ’29, one source said it’s more likely that a fresh domed stadium will be ready closer to ’30—which would mean six more seasons at their current venue. The Commanders own the land and the stadium, and the team has made millions of dollars in upgrades to make the next few years tolerable for fans, including an all-inclusive food and beverage premium suite space that will debut this season. 

“It’s clear the fans are receiving a better experience because of their leadership,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told FOS. “From faster entry into the stadium from parking lots, to improved food and beverage options, to sound system upgrades, it shows that they are working around the clock to provide a world-class experience to their fans.”

 

Moore and other state legislators are pushing to keep the team in Landover with a new stadium next to the existing one—which doesn’t have a lot of fan support outside those who live near the 200-acre plot. Virginia is currently studying the creation of a stadium authority toward finding a home for the Commanders in northern Virginia. 

Meanwhile, Commanders ownership has been mum on its intentions for where the next stadium will go, although sources close to the franchise told FOS that team officials are monitoring the developments in the Senate on the progress of the RFK Stadium bill. 

 

Over the first year under Harris, there were positive signs on the business side, including: 

• A 53% increase in suite revenue, the largest improvement over that span in the NFL
• Total ticket revenue climbed 28.4% 
• Season ticket sales were up 12% and club seats sold at a higher rate than any NFL team

“There is a real excitement surrounding the Commanders franchise that hasn’t been seen in a very long time, and that is happening because of folks like Josh Harris, [and co-owners] Mark Ein, Mitch Rales, Magic Johnson, and the entire ownership group that has clearly poured their heart and soul into this franchise,” Moore says.

Edited July 21 by Skinsinparadise

[CommanderInTheRye]

GMFB is back and so is Riverboat Ron.

 

All kidding aside, Ron’s a decent human being, not a great or frankly even a good coach (imho), but a generally decent man.

 

He genuinely seems as if he’s finally come to some level of acceptance with where he is now in his life. He tells some interesting stories and he doesn't come off bitter, as he has in some previous post-Commanders interviews and on the surface, at least, he appears reasonably happy.

 

I wish him a bountiful harvest…

 

 

 

 

 

 

[88Comrade2000]

Having Ron on tv is an insult.

[Koolblue13]

29 minutes ago, 88Comrade2000 said:

Having Ron on tv is an insult.

I bet you want GMFB to fire him, don't ya.

[RVAskins]

50 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said:

I bet you want GMFB to fire him, don't ya.

I just want him sitting there with his arms crossed, not saying anything.

[oraphus]

Last thing i want to hear is Rons dumb opinion on anything..  he pretty much got NOTHING right when he was here. He should have just accidentally lucked in to a good move by sheer luck... but somehow he was a complete and total failure as a GM and coach at everything football related..  good riddance 

[NoCalMike]

I think the "new car" feeling when it comes to Josh Harris hasn't worn off because the impact of new ownership was mostly aesthetic in 2023.  Yes there were real movies being made up and down the organization, however Week 1 of 2024 will be the first big test of Harris's time as the new owner. Technically speaking there are still some Snyder/Ron fingerprints on the roster but its changing and this is going to be the first time we get a good look of the effects of the earliest changes being made. 

[88Comrade2000]

6 hours ago, NoCalMike said:

I think the "new car" feeling when it comes to Josh Harris hasn't worn off because the impact of new ownership was mostly aesthetic in 2023.  Yes there were real movies being made up and down the organization, however Week 1 of 2024 will be the first big test of Harris's time as the new owner. Technically speaking there are still some Snyder/Ron fingerprints on the roster but its changing and this is going to be the first time we get a good look of the effects of the earliest changes being made. 

Realistically, there’s only so much change one can do to the roster in one year.

 

It’s a prove it year for many of the holdovers. We will find out if it was the player themselves or if it was the coaching they got.  Those that fail will not be here in 25. 
 

24 is really the first year Josh can make a stamp on this team. In a couple of years, it will be completely a team representing the vision of Josh and his gm and coach.

Edited July 30 by 88Comrade2000

[HTTRDynasty]

 

[redskinss]

 

This is a really good watch if you have some time to kill.

 

 

[Koolblue13]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40689344/nfl-test-hawk-eye-line-gain-some-preseason-games

 

NFL to test Hawk-Eye for line to gain in some preseason games

Its Hawk-Eye tracking services for line-to-gain measurement adds cameras to stadiums to track players, officials and the ball. The optimal tracking system notifies officials instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand.

 

 

Not really FO related, but pretty awesome.

 

[CommanderInTheRye]

35 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40689344/nfl-test-hawk-eye-line-gain-some-preseason-games

 

NFL to test Hawk-Eye for line to gain in some preseason games

Its Hawk-Eye tracking services for line-to-gain measurement adds cameras to stadiums to track players, officials and the ball. The optimal tracking system notifies officials instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand.

 

 

Not really FO related, but pretty awesome.

 

 

 

About damn time!

 

If technology can increase the objectively verifiable accuracy of the game I'm all-in.

 

Of course, the devil is always in the details.

 

 

From the article:

 

"We're reducing a significant amount of time, 40 seconds for each time of use that basically is making the game that much more impactful," said Neal Manowitz, Sony president and chief operations officer. "And then also the system is accurate down to less than half an inch, which is incredibly, incredibly accurate. Hopefully the fans appreciate the objective view, or at least half the fans each play will be appreciating it."

 

For first down measurements or presumably goal line plays that are closer than 0.5 inches (which occur, but are relatively rare) they'll presumably revert back to the handheld sticks and/or the officials judgement.

 

 

Edited July 31 by CommanderInTheRye

[redskinss]

5 minutes ago, CommanderInTheRye said:

 

 

About damn time!

 

If technology can increase the objectively verifiable accuracy of the game I'm all-in.

 

Of course, the devil is always in the details.

 

I'd love it if they could determine with technology exactly where the ball is when the runner is down but it looks like all this is going to do is replace the chains if it works but it's a start.