Dan Snyder losing respectability?

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I wouldn't argue with one single thing you said, but when ownership was transfered form the Cooke Foundation and Daniel Snyder asumed ownership, there was no criteria established that the new owner had to have a football background, or any previous association with the world of sports. Had that been the case, then perhaps Snyder would not have been able to purchase the team. Snyder is what he is, and unfortunately he's what we have to live with unless he decides to sell the team.

You miss my point. I am not saying there needs to be a criteria for an owner to know about football before he buys a team. Jack Kent Cooke was not a football man either but he knew to stay clear and let the professionals do their jobs. I don't care if the Pope buys the team, I just don't want the Pope to think he can be our President and GM like Snyder thinks he can.
Snyder wants to be like Jerry Jones but he does not have the background to do it.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

You miss my point. I am not saying there needs to be a criteria for an owner to know about football before he buys a team. Jack Kent Cooke was not a football man either but he knew to stay clear and let the professionals do their jobs. I don't care if the Pope buys the team, I just don't want the Pope to think he can be our President and GM like Snyder thinks he can.
Snyder wants to be like Jerry Jones but he does not have the background to do it.

Jack Kent Cooke had vast knowledge of how the professional sports world operated because he had previously owned sporting franchises', not in football but Hockey and Basketball.

Mr. Cooke was also more hands-on than many people realize. He came very close to firing Joe Gibbs at the beginning of his first tenure here, it's just that during that time, every little thing wasn't scrutinized and made public the way it is today.