The Buttery Males Thread

[skinsfan69]

When will people realize that Snyder isn't going anywhere? He is 100% owner and is here to stay.

This organization is the rock bottom of the NFL. Shitty stadium, shitty training facility, fans that are totally checked out, loser ownership, bad team w/ no QB, constant scandals going on, no team name. Ron must go to bed at night thinking was it worth it taking this job? It truly is the worst head job in the NFL.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

When will people realize that Snyder isn't going anywhere? He is 100% owner and is here to stay.

This organization is the rock bottom of the NFL. Shitty stadium, shitty training facility, fans that are totally checked out, loser ownership, bad team w/ no QB, constant scandals going on, no team name. Ron must go to bed at night thinking was it worth it taking this job? It truly is the worst head job in the NFL.

Yeah we have to keep in mind the level of support the NFL showed Snyder, when not only allowing him to buy out his minority owners, but going out of its way to lend him part of that money.
If there was anything bad enough to force him out they wouldn't have gone that far. The backfire potential would be way to big.

[MTK]

[rocnrik]

I’d like to see the almighty Owners good ole boys club get axed like lowly Jon gruden … not gonna happen.. they hide behind the little guys while they get away with crap like Snyder has …I’d like to see see Snyder gone .. truth is the name is gone so might as well wipe the slate clean and start with new ownership..

[MTK]

What's worse the person taking off their shirt or the person asking for that to happen? Seems like there's an easy answer here as far as who the victim is.

[mooby]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/10/27/bu...n=end-of-story

Good read here - a week old - but good read from an insiders' perspective on the emails. The interesting part was this tidbit about why Bruce Allen was hired (hint; not for his football knowledge).

Originally Posted by Andrew Brandt

Allen was a master politician, and a favorite of many in power in the NFL through his stints in Oakland, Tampa and Washington. His father (George) was a highly successful coach in Washington; his brother was the governor of Virginia and, while Bruce was in the league, a U.S. senator. Snyder hired Allen to leverage those relationships—with Capitol Hill and with the league office—for the ultimate gain of WFT. The communications with Pash show Allen doing exactly what he was hired to do: gain a slight edge over other teams with Park Avenue.

[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by mooby

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/10/27/bu...n=end-of-story

Good read here - a week old - but good read from an insiders' perspective on the emails. The interesting part was this tidbit about why Bruce Allen was hired (hint; not for his football knowledge).

That makes some sense but why give him the de facto GM role too? His football knowledge has already been shown up as severely lacking, so it would have made much more sense to hire a genuine GM under/alongside him. All goes to show to me that Snyder may be a savvy businessman and to some extent politician, but he doesn't (even after all these years) know squat about running a football team.

[OnceWeWereKings]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

That makes some sense but why give him the de facto GM role too? His football knowledge has already been shown up as severely lacking, so it would have made much more sense to hire a genuine GM under/alongside him. All goes to show to me that Snyder may be a savvy businessman and to some extent politician, but he doesn't (even after all these years) know squat about running a football team.

Because to Dan, this whole thing isn't about football at all. It's about maximizing profit margins and power.

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by OnceWeWereKings

Because to Dan, this whole thing isn't about football at all. It's about maximizing profit margins and power.

Bingo!

[mooby]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

That makes some sense but why give him the de facto GM role too? His football knowledge has already been shown up as severely lacking, so it would have made much more sense to hire a genuine GM under/alongside him. All goes to show to me that Snyder may be a savvy businessman and to some extent politician, but he doesn't (even after all these years) know squat about running a football team.

I assume Dan hired Allen to be his 1B - as president Allen would be in charge of hiring the football people who know what they're doing. Which - my memory is a bit hazy - he did initially. Mike Shanahan probably got GM power while he was here. When he left and Gruden came in - Gruden got Scot Mccloughan. After that experiment failed Allen probably took GM power himself which eventually helped contribute to his departure.