2022 Commanders off season thread part 1

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

Haven't seen this posted here... Your team captain tweeting he'd enjoy dining with "military genius" Hitler...

My gawd it never stops...

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...ng-dine-hitler

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In fairness to JA, He did give out a legit reason... We can't be so sensitive about everything. Hitler was knows as a genius, so if you love history and military history , he's be a pretty good mind picker... Also Allen has apologized...

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

In fairness to JA, He did give out a legit reason... We can't be so sensitive about everything. Hitler was knows as a genius, so if you love history and military history , he's be a pretty good mind picker... Also Allen has apologized...

Yeah I'm not saying what he said was absolutely horrible, and he did apologize.
But come on, as a team captain is it too much to ask that you don't tweet out that out of all humanity, dead or alive, past or present, the 3 persons that you'd like to have diner with are your grand dad, Michael Jackson and Hitler ?
Is it too much to ask the team captain of an organisation which already is in a PR nightmare to think for a split second and go "ok you know what, let me keep that one for a party with my close friends and put Einstein, Julius Caesar or Neil Armstrong instead..." ?

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

Yeah I'm not saying what he said was absolutely horrible, and he did apologize.
But come on, as a team captain is it too much to ask that you don't tweet out that out of all humanity, dead or alive, past or present, the 3 persons that you'd like to have diner with are your grand dad, Michael Jackson and Hitler ?
Is it too much to ask the team captain of an organisation which already is in a PR nightmare to think for a split second and go "ok you know what, let me keep that one for a party with my close friends and put Einstein, Julius Caesar or Neil Armstrong instead..." ?

Is it too much to ask that people don't lose their minds overreacting?

So he'd like to pick Hitler's brain and have a conversation with him - fine.

[OnceWeWereKings]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Is it too much to ask that people don't lose their minds overreacting?

So he'd like to pick Hitler's brain and have a conversation with him - fine.

I just cant believe that he spun the wheel, and this was the answer that he landed on.
it really is a moment where you are just kind of shocked that someone would say that in a public forum.
its a real head scratcher.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

Is it too much to ask that people don't lose their minds overreacting?



So he'd like to pick Hitler's brain and have a conversation with him - fine.

Personally I don't really care about what he said, it's just fascinating to me that, as a team captain, he didn't know that people would overreact, and that Twitter is not important to the point where he had to give his most honest answer. Like, this is the world we live in, this is Twitter, you're a famous person and a team captain, in my book you should know what's coming if you tweet something like that.
I have zero interest in the moral debate and I see exactly what he wanted to say, my interest is this team and to me it's fascinating that even the apparently smartest people in the building don't know better.

In short, to your question I'd say: yes, it is too much to ask because you know people are going to overact, so as a team captain, know better.

[OnceWeWereKings]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

Personally I don't really care about what he said, it's just fascinating to me that, as a team captain, he didn't know that people would overreact, and that Twitter is not important to the point where he had to give his most honest answer. Like, this is the world we live in, this is Twitter, you're a famous person and a team captain, in my book you should know what's coming if you tweet something like that.
I have zero interest in the moral debate and I see exactly what he wanted to say, my interest is this team and to me it's fascinating that even the apparently smartest people in the building don't know better.

In short, to your question I'd say: yes, it is too much to ask because you know people are going to overact, so as a team captain, know better.

This is what I meant. I don't care one way or the other what the answer was...but it's quite tone deaf to not think of the reaction from the world.
Esp with the dysfunction and controversy with the team at this point in time...it's just one more thing.
Also, I wonder what Snyders reaction is to this, tbh. I know that he's made it a point to say that people were being anti-semetic in the media when they put the devil face on him........so I can't imagine what his reaction is to someone on his team saying this. I'm sure it's nothing that we will hear about and will be talked about behind closed doors...but I would love to be a fly on the wall.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

Personally I don't really care about what he said, it's just fascinating to me that, as a team captain, he didn't know that people would overreact, and that Twitter is not important to the point where he had to give his most honest answer. Like, this is the world we live in, this is Twitter, you're a famous person and a team captain, in my book you should know what's coming if you tweet something like that.
I have zero interest in the moral debate and I see exactly what he wanted to say, my interest is this team and to me it's fascinating that even the apparently smartest people in the building don't know better.

In short, to your question I'd say: yes, it is too much to ask because you know people are going to overact, so as a team captain, know better.

That's funny. He should "know better". It's entirely possible he didn't care what the reactions would be - or overreactions. Not everyone is walking around on eggshells hoping they don't offend someone by their honesty.

I'm actually surprised he apologized. An apology wasn't warranted.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

That's funny. He should "know better". It's entirely possible he didn't care what the reactions would be - or overreactions. Not everyone is walking around on eggshells hoping they don't offend someone by their honesty.

I'm actually surprised he apologized. An apology wasn't warranted.

And he would be entitled to not care what the Twitter/media reaction to it is, I just think as a team captain, and with all this team has had to deal with recently, and will have to deal with in the foreseeable future, it would've simply been smarter to anticipate the (highly predictable) overreaction and go a more consensual route.
Now, I deleted my twitter account a couple of weeks ago, and only used it a couple of years in the end, so I won't be the one to tell you how great, smart and important a place it is ...