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Originally Posted by Paintrain
Help me understand that statement. Correct me on my history if it's wrong. When Snyder bought the team in '99 we had records the previous 6 years of (1993) 4-12, (1994) 3-13, (1995) 6-10, (1996) 9-7, (1997) 8-7-1, (1998) 6-10. We had a record of 42-52-1 (.450) between the years after Gibbs retired and Snyder purchased the team. Since Snyder bought the team the winning percentage is .476. He's made the team the 2nd highest revenue grossing team in the world. He's tried, and failed miserably, to do anything his money can buy to improve the team and build a winner but sadly he's only brought us UP to the level of mediocre!
A lot of people act is if he took things over from Cooke and drove a Ferrari into a brick wall. Guys, we were already an IROC-Z T-top, he just tried to throw a spoiler kit onto it and sell it as a Ferrari.
Look, I am FAR from a Snyder apologist but I'm not a fan of hyperbole or media parrots either. [/rant]
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Nice post. Also, Snyder (it shouldn't be forgotten) has spent 10 years as the owner. He may not know much more about Xs and Os than when he bought the team-though I suspect he does, but he definitely has more knowledge of the NFL than any of us and than he did when he first bought the team.
But anyway, not a fan of hyperbole either.
01-07-2010, 10:25 AM
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