naptownskinsfan Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 This is a great article. I am providing some excerpts, feel free to comment on those, or share more. The full article, which I recommend reading, can be found by clicking HERE Quote Through a spokesman, Snyder declined to be interviewed for this article. In response to a request, the spokesman and a member of an outside public relations firm offered the possibility of speaking to Snyder, but on the condition the interview ran in full, in place of this story — an arrangement The Washington Post declined. Snyder rarely speaks in public and hardly ever grants interviews to media organizations. Quote “If you’d have told me that the Redskins would have been an afterthought in the D.C. market, I would have told you you were crazy,” one NFL power broker said. “But you’re starting to see that. And it’s a concern.” Quote Two decades later, Snyder is increasingly viewed as an outsider within the cushy confines of NFL ownership. He still participates at owners meetings, and when he does his input is seen as valuable, multiple people familiar with those meetings said. But he is less active on league matters than he used to be, those owners said, and less active than most owners. An NFL spokesman did not make any officials from the league office available for an interview for this story. “The league office doesn’t want to touch that guy with a 10-foot pole,” the NFL power broker said. “They know he’s just going to scream and yell and get mad. It’s like, what’s the point?” Even NFL peers who want to defend him, who view him as a committed business partner and a doting father of his two daughters and son, have difficulty overcoming his temperament. More than one person familiar with him described — or agreed with the description of — Snyder as someone who behaves the way a little kid imagines a rich person acts. Quote A former executive of the league office said Snyder has tried to mold himself after one of his allies: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. In 2017, Snyder’s affinity for Jones and his style came to the fore during the league’s national anthem controversy. The former league executive recalled Jones yelling at NFL officials who argued players should not be disciplined for kneeling during the national anthem, and who believed the league should not accede to President Trump’s rhetoric. “Dan would repeat what Jerry was yelling,” the former executive said. “Literally, he’d sit there yelling, ‘Yeah, that’s right!’ … He wants to be Jerry when he grows up. I think he looks at the swashbuckling Jerry Jones in Dallas and says, ‘Hey, I can do that, too.’ He watches what Jerry does and mimics it in a way that just doesn’t fit.” Quote And yet, personnel turnover has remained constant during Snyder’s 20 years. Last year, the Redskins lured marketing executive Brian Lafemina from the league office. Peers viewed it as a coup. One called Lafemina “a top-10 executive in sports.” Lafemina publicly acknowledged that the Redskins, as had long become obvious, no longer had a waiting list for season tickets. Regular season attendance at FedEx Field last season was down by nearly 24 percent as of last December. Snyder fired Lafemina after eight months, effectively blaming him for Washington’s attendance drop. Following his departure, more than 40 business-side employees left. One person close to Lafemina called his ouster “a perfect example” of Snyder’s refusal to hear uncomfortable truths. Multiple people familiar with the dynamic said Allen undermined Lafemina, treating him as a threat rather than an ally. Lafemina, now the chief business operator of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, did not return messages seeking comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Draper Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Excellent article. Thanks for posting as I dumped the Post once Dr Evil bought it. Since we live in conspiracy theories: what if Danny was never a Redskins fan, rather a cowboy fan and all of this ( his ownership) has been a false flag Manchurian candidate operation to destroy the team and fan base ? It’s been working flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Awful, he took a team which was a FG away from the NFC Championship game and destroyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lavar703 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I’m all for Snyder and Allen hating but if you think a guy who built a billion dollar business from nothing isn’t smart enough to build a stadium then I don’t know what to tell you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins212689 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 59 minutes ago, lavar703 said: I’m all for Snyder and Allen hating but if you think a guy who built a billion dollar business from nothing isn’t smart enough to build a stadium then I don’t know what to tell you... How is he gonna get a new stadium if he can't even get people to come to the one he has now? The Skins have to win at least 2 playoff games for them to get a new stadium by 2028 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Skins212689 said: How is he gonna get a new stadium if he can't even get people to come to the one he has now? The Skins have to win at least 2 playoff games for them to get a new stadium by 2028 IMO. Plenty of bad teams are getting new stadiums. He’s going to get a new stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, lavar703 said: Plenty of bad teams are getting new stadiums. He’s going to get a new stadium. He'll have a new stadium, but it might be at the site of Fed Ex, unless things drastically change. He thought there would be a bidding war between DC, MD and VA, and so far, it's been anything but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, lavar703 said: Plenty of bad teams are getting new stadiums. He’s going to get a new stadium. He'll get a new stadium and it’ll be mostly empty bc he hasn't shown the ability to hire good football people who can build him a consistent winner. I hope that changes with the talent we’ve drafted in the last three drafts, despite Dan & Brice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Doc Draper said: Excellent article. Thanks for posting as I dumped the Post once Dr Evil bought it. Since we live in conspiracy theories: what if Danny was never a Redskins fan, rather a cowboy fan and all of this ( his ownership) has been a false flag Manchurian candidate operation to destroy the team and fan base ? It’s been working flawlessly. I could buy it. It would certainly explain quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins212689 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, lavar703 said: Plenty of bad teams are getting new stadiums. He’s going to get a new stadium. Can you name those teams? Radiers and Rams I know of. Nethier of those team's have waaaayyyyy more Visiting Fans than Home Fans. We are asking fans not to show up at games here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 13 hours ago, Skins212689 said: Can you name those teams? Radiers and Rams I know of. Nethier of those team's have waaaayyyyy more Visiting Fans than Home Fans. We are asking fans not to show up at games here. Also, the Raiders were playing in a dump at the Coliseum, and are potentially relocating in the same way that the Rams did. So there are reasons for them to get new stadiums. Snyder is going to get stuck renting Byrd Stadium at Maryland, which he will barely fill up, while they demo Fed Ex and build the new stadium on top of the old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 10 hours ago, naptownskinsfan said: Also, the Raiders were playing in a dump at the Coliseum, and are potentially relocating in the same way that the Rams did. So there are reasons for them to get new stadiums. Snyder is going to get stuck renting Byrd Stadium at Maryland, which he will barely fill up, while they demo Fed Ex and build the new stadium on top of the old. If they have to rebuild on the Fed Ex field site, they can do some renovations to RFK and play there for a few years until the new stadium is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Yet another example of the liberal agenda being pushed through the media. All that nonsense, and not one mention of Snyder's new yacht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Slateman said: Yet another example of the liberal agenda being pushed through the media. All that nonsense, and not one mention of Snyder's new yacht. Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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