What the hell happened?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by squrrelco3

I never said they had the obligation to tell us jack...all I am saying is often times when you refuse to say something...be prepared for someone else to start saying it for you.

It's the information age...people are going to latch onto whatever they can find...I'm not excusing the "I'm giving up my season tickets" members of the fan base for their behavior at all. All I am simply saying is with the way the team handled the situation, they should have known that the rumors and innuendo were inevitable.

I mean Bram Weinstein said on Riggins' show last week and I'm sure that SmootSmack can confirm this, the more you try to hide a secret, the more the press is going to dig, scratch, and claw to figure it out, sometimes the consequences can be rather nasty. Unfortunately the past couple of weeks were an example of how that approach can go very wrong.

Well, the problem is lately the "press" has turned into everyone with Internet access (if even that). Suddenly, everybody on this and other message boards is a member of the press trying to connect dots, tracking flights, etc. and the word starts to spread and rumors start to flow. And it just gets really ugly and really unnecessary. To be sure, the actual press is not absolved of blame but it's largely fueled by the insatiable quest for information that dominates our society today.

But it's also just that we don't care as much about other teams as we do about ours. So we don't pay attention or even care when the Falcons (for example) are secretive and leaning one way then going another.

As for the team's role in all this. Honestly, if I'm Snyder and Cerrato I wouldn't give a you know what what the fans think. The goal is to put together a winning team and have the fans' support based on the team's performance on the field. Who cares if the fans hate the Redskins in the off-season.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well, the problem is lately the "press" has turned into everyone with Internet access (if even that). Suddenly, everybody on this and other message boards is a member of the press trying to connect dots, tracking flights, etc. and the word starts to spread and rumors start to flow. And it just gets really ugly and really unnecessary. To be sure, the actual press is not absolved of blame but it's largely fueled by the insatiable quest for information that dominates our society today.

But it's also just that we don't care as much about other teams as we do about ours. So we don't pay attention or even care when the Falcons (for example) are secretive and leaning one way then going another.

As for the team's role in all this. Honestly, if I'm Snyder and Cerrato I wouldn't give a you know what what the fans think. The goal is to put together a winning team and have the fans' support based on the team's performance on the field. Who cares if the fans hate the Redskins in the off-season.

Good points.

[backrow]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Good points.

Great points!

In recent years, our team has been the object of tremendous amounts of fan-love, and great expectations, but most of all, publicity.

The Fassel-is-he-it-or-is-he-aint has still garnered the team publicity.

Now, with Mooch as the latest is-he-it-and-is-he-all-of-that has garnered even more publicity.

LDS must be trippin on this new wave of pub, even during a supposed NFL ban on Redskins related or any other teams related news other than the SB teams during the SB week.

I'm beginning to think LDS secretly lives for fame and addoration. Call it: short-guy-syndrome.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by backrow

Great points!

In recent years, our team has been the object of tremendous amounts of fan-love, and great expectations, but most of all, publicity.

The Fassel-is-he-it-or-is-he-aint has still garnered the team publicity.

Now, with Mooch as the latest is-he-it-and-is-he-all-of-that has garnered even more publicity.

LDS must be trippin on this new wave of pub, even during a supposed NFL ban on Redskins related or any other teams related news other than the SB teams during the SB week.

I'm beginning to think LDS secretly lives for fame and addoration. Call it: short-guy-syndrome.

Well if that is true then Snyder is smarter than we give him credit for. So what your saying is that in the back of Snyders mind he said "hey lets keep all of this private" knowing that it would make it even bigger news. I would think that its the opposit way around. They wanted to keep it private so it would not be that big of a deal but the press just could not hold back and started throwing out any and every rumor there was. If you think about it when was the last time Snyder was out trying to get his face in the news. I can't think of anytimes he has done so except to announce Gibbs retirement and ST death. Both time where unusual circumstances where he could not avoid speaking to the press. So to assume he dreamed this all up for his ego is really far fetched.

[squrrelco3]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well, the problem is lately the "press" has turned into everyone with Internet access (if even that). Suddenly, everybody on this and other message boards is a member of the press trying to connect dots, tracking flights, etc. and the word starts to spread and rumors start to flow. And it just gets really ugly and really unnecessary. To be sure, the actual press is not absolved of blame but it's largely fueled by the insatiable quest for information that dominates our society today.

SS, I hope you did not take my comments as an indictment on the actual press or media, it was not meant that way. I think you guys have actually done a very good job getting some nearly impossible to find information, and for the most part the you guys as a whole have been right on in terms of facts throughout this whole situation based upon what little information is available.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by squrrelco3

SS, I hope you did not take my comments as an indictment on the actual press or media, it was not meant that way. I think you guys have actually done a very good job getting some nearly impossible to find information, and for the most part the you guys as a whole have been right on in terms of facts throughout this whole situation based upon what little information is available.

No, I didn't take it as any indictment. No worries