Grade Dan Snyder

[Schneed10]

I'm giving him a D because I'm grading him on his full body of work to date. If you divide his tenure into one marking period each year, the guy pretty much gets Fs for the first few marking periods. Lately I think he's done much better and deserves Bs and Cs. Overall, he's averaging out to a D for me.

- He gets an F for the ridiculous spending spree of 2000.
- He gets an F for firing Norv when we're 7-6 and in reach of the playoffs (seriously, is Terry Robiskie going to do better than Norv Turner??)
- He gets an A for hiring Marty Schottenheimer, but an F for failing to keep him.
- He gets an F for the Steve Spurrier hire. That was ridiculous.
- He gets an F for the handling of Laveraneus Coles, that was also ridiculous.

BUT...
- He gets an A+++ for luring Joe Gibbs back.
- He gets an A for learning his role on the team and taking a back seat to Gibbs on personnel decisions.
- He gets an A for generating revenues which allow him to comfortably spend on free agents.
- He gets an A for willingness to pay free agents, I'd hate to have a cheap ass owner.
- And he and Schaffer get an A for salary cap management.

Going forward I think he'll be a solid owner because he's learned from his mistakes. But those mistakes earn him a D, based on what he's done to date.