Tell me about Jack Kent Cooke

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Lotus

portscurmudgeon is correct about JKC's will and the ownership succession problems. I have continued think that this was a great tragedy for the Redskins. What if the Redskins had stayed in the Cooke family instead of entering Snyder's hands?

JKC enthusiastically supported the Redskins in every positive way. He also kept his nose out of practical football business and was not one of those owners who micromanaged personnel decisions or coaching/strategy. He left winning games up to the football professionals, whom he paid well. As such, in terms of micromanaging the team he was the anti-Snyder. Because of this, he was a great owner and we won three Super Bowls with the checkbook in his hand.

well put. The most memorable thing about JKC to me was sadly when he was interviewed by the Wash Post in about 95 or so when the team was falling & he was at the end of his life.

He was asked about Art Monk leaving and said that he wouldn't have changed anything he did or intervened, "because that's when you become a football coach and not an owner, however that was poorly managed." (not a direct quote but similar)

That was a sad time for skins fans & it was even sadder when he passed away. It's always interesting to think about what the team would've been like w/John K. Cooke as owner. He didn't have the drive & ambition of Snyder, and wasn't on par as a business man, but he likely would've followed his Dad's lead & left football to football people.