Should Snyder listen to his players?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

yup, simple chain of command. This is one thing DS can really be faulted for; playing chess w/Lavar, hangin w/Portis. I even remember a reporter saying that after a game Bruce Smith went to the danny in the locker room to complain about his lack of playing time.

Bruce Smith did worse than go to Dan Snyder, he (and Fred Drasner) used to go to Snyder's father and had Snyder's father berate Dan Snyder for not seeing to it that Smith got more playing time

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Bruce Smith did worse than go to Dan Snyder, he (and Fred Drasner) used to go to Snyder's father and had Snyder's father berate Dan Snyder for not seeing to it that Smith got more playing time

Are you kidding Smoot? This sounds so unprofessional and Mickey Mouse it's not even funny.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Are you kidding Smoot? This sounds so unprofessional and Mickey Mouse it's not even funny.

Sometimes some players gather the wrong impression by thinking they're friendly with the owner...Bruce Smith, LaVar Arrington and now Clinton Portis. I'm always mindful of that old saying "If you play with a puppy he'll lick you in the face".

[53Fan]

[QUOTE=Longtimefan;609391]Sometimes some players gather the wrong impression by thinking they're friendly with the owner...Bruce Smith, LaVar Arrington and now Clinton Portis. I'm always mindful of that old saying "If you play with a puppy he'll lick you in the face".[/QUOTE]

......or pee on your leg. Either way, he needs to act more like an owner than a fan. It is possible to be both but seperate the two.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Are you kidding Smoot? This sounds so unprofessional and Mickey Mouse it's not even funny.

Not kidding. I mean I'm not around the team much anymore, but I was there a lot from 1998-2002 and Snyder is much better off with Dwight Schar and Fred Smith (especially Schar as I understand it) because he had a very weak ownership group surrounding him when he first took ownership (and part of it was that he simply had to, these were the guys with money).

I mean I didn't really encounter Gerald Snyder much. He definitely had a close connection to certain players, especially Smith. Drasner, on the other hand, all he cared about was the star power of surrounding himself with NFL players. He was the brash one really.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Bruce Smith did worse than go to Dan Snyder, he (and Fred Drasner) used to go to Snyder's father and had Snyder's father berate Dan Snyder for not seeing to it that Smith got more playing time

You've got to be kidding me. Ugh. Deep, deep dysfunction.