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Originally Posted by Longtimefan
That was a very good article relative to Dan Snyder, I didn't know how he met Joe Gibbs or how long he had known him.
I have always felt that Snyder has taken a lot of undue critisizm in the media from people who do not really know anything about the man. They sometimes have a tendency to say thimgs they've heard someone else say and run with it. I've been a fan through all four owners the team has had, and while Snyder does not rank with JKC, he's done everything from a financial standpoint to make the team a winner. How many of us at thirty seven years old, and paid eight hunderd million dollars for something, and not want to have any say as to how it's run or operated? He's young, and has made mistakes (who hasn't?) I want him to turn out to be the finest young owner in the NFL, and wish Joe Gibbs was twenty years younger.
We should all be happy that John Cooke didn't get the team because he didn't have any money to put into it. Had he purchased the team we would be saying just the opposite of what we're saying about Snyder and his spending.
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Snyder is not qualified to make good football moves. He's not an NFL personel guy who will go to Emporia State and look at a prospect. Yes stay invloved, ask questions but trust your men to make good football moves. Just like JKC did, and most other good NFL owners do.
I would have been VERY HAPPY if John Cooke had kept the team. You know why? Becasue we would have a qualified GM in place and the Redskins would not be run like a fantasy football team. There would be stability in the coaching staff. John Cooke would have NEVER hired a college coach who didn't have a clue what he was doing. And I bet that players like Champ Bailey, Steven Davis, A. Pierce and other core guys would not have left town
The reason he didn't have any $ is becasue his Dad left most of his $ to the JKC Foundation. That's the million $ question. Why didn't he just leave the team to John? Most NFL teams are passed down to the children like in the cases of the NYG, KC Cheifs and Cleveland Browns.