Let me set the stage here
because we know that the storm clouds are gathering
over commanders owner,
Daniel Snyder. And if there was any doubt, the lengthy espn.com
article from last week and I doubt that anyone read
the whole thing,
that's a little inside secret among people in this business,
we all say Bravo, when somebody writes a 10,000 word article,
but nobody ever reads it all.
I guarantee you no one in this business. Read every word.
Word of that article, but there was enough
to get people to say,
it's getting pretty deep for Daniel Snyder.
And this is gonna be an issue next week
and I had reported on football night in America. There was no
doubt this was going to be discussed in the owners only
session that was scheduled for late yesterday afternoon. But
before they could even commence
the owners only session
enter Jim irsay American Badass
with his thoughts
on whether or not Schneider should be out.
Stid from Club oligarch. Here's are safe from yesterday.
You know, it's a difficult situation,
you know, I believe that
there's a mirror to remove him as owner
of the Redskins.
I think it's something that
we have to review. We have to look at all
the evidence and we have to be thorough
in going forward,
but,
you know, I think it's something that has to be given
serious consideration to Jim. You said that, Dan Snyder
should get removed. Should the Snyder family cells? I said, he
should
there's consideration that he should be removed,
you know, we have to complete the investigation.
But but to me
it's something that I think serious consideration has to be
given to the removal.
And we have complete authority to do that of him or just order
family period.
I think
in general of him,
Being removed in selling the franchise.
So, in other words, the family, in other words, all Snyder's
out has having any involvement in the franchise and will give
Jim
some slack for the slip of the tongue. Early on, when he used
the former name of the team,
that was the only misstep that he had. Everything he said, was
spot-on and he said, what everyone else is thinking?
That's what we pride ourselves on. Yeah, right. This show and
Site that I found it November 1 2001 almost 21 years ago. To
the day has always been premised on the idea of saying
the things that everyone else is thinking but no one else
will say
our say, did it yesterday and credit to him. It was
the elephant in the room and he jumped on his back and he wrote
it all over Dan Snyder
and it was a thing of beauty. It really was.
I fully support everything, he said because I know that he's
far from alone. The Austin is are there 23 others of like
mind? That's really
what's to be determined at some point, down the road. Yeah,
I mean you're right I give him credit to I do.
And again he wasn't like accusing.
Hey he's you know, like you said, one of the 32 oligarchs
he just saying there's Merit there is Merit, which is true.
I mean, we would all agree with that. That there is Merit to
the thought of removing the Snyder family as an owner. Of
course there is it's like the the, the black
Or the bad spot or whatever the hell they call that spot. You
know on the league right now is the Washington commanders
organization and then of course the emails and all the things
that have gone on. I mean other than DeShaun Watson it's by far
the
worst story and football over the what last two or three
years. My cam, I'm right around that range, right? And then
there's at least three years, at least three years, right?
And he didn't accuse he said, hey, we want to see all
the evidence and gather
all the information he wasn't trying to like say no. He's Got
to be out of here. I'm with you, I really give give him
a lot of respect for
acknowledging it. Honestly, if the owners didn't acknowledge
it or at least he didn't acknowledge it yesterday.
I think that almost comes out as like tone-deaf and it's like
insensitive.
So the fact that he did it, I think saves the other 31
from, you know, acting like wait, what the hell do you guys
do when they're? You didn't talk about the thing. That's
like maybe going to ruin the League.
What the hell you meaning for?
So?
Yeah, good for him. I'm with you Mike all the way there,
the behavior in the allegations have dragged down the
reputation of everyone. That was also part of what our say
said yesterday
and it makes them all look bad. It makes them all look like
they're not responsible business, people that they
don't know how to run an organization and they allow
things to happen to change happen. It's the Mad Men of
the early 60s, chasing the secretary
Around the desk and all of the other stuff that used to be
common place that is still happening or was still
happening. Because again, they and we must give
the Washington franchise all credit for changing
with the figurative gun to their head. They play that song
Chris. And this drives me I almost said it
effing crazy every time they're criticized, they get indignant,
they don't just point out. We've made all these changes
over the last two years they get
Indignant and pissed off at you, for not giving them do
credit for everything. They've done with a gun to their head
over the last two years because they hadn't done it. He already
would have been forced to sell. He didn't do any of this
because he had some Epiphany on the road to Damascus.
He was going to be thrown overboard, and he did what he
had to do to stay on the ship at least for now, may not may
not be good enough. See, I think that's that's
the ultimate frustration
Snyder's got to be thinking I did all this stuff and they're
still trying to throw me off. What's going on here? They
wanted me to do all this. Stuff and I did it.
So that should work, right? Well no,
maybe it's not enough now.
The Commander's fired back
on various fronts yesterday. Here's the
email that was sent.
In response to the comments from Jim, irsay Italian
appropriate, but not surprising the mr. Irsay opted to make
statements publicly based on falsehoods in the media. It's
always our fault, isn't it?
That's an aside.
It is unfortunate that mr. Irsay decided to go public with
a statement today. While an investigation is in process and
the team has had no opportunity to formally respond to
the allegations, the commanders have made remarkable progress.
There it is.
We are remarkable progress over the past two years, with a gun
to our head. We are confident that when he has
an opportunity,
The actual evidence in the case mr. Irsay will conclude that
there is no reason for the Snider's to consider selling
the franchisee and they won't, you know, when I see that and
they won't. My first thought is, oh, boy. Hey,
this is gonna get real but then, I think back to 2013.
Yeah, when never, when, when
all caps, never write, was Snyder's response to changing
the name of the franchise that are saying advertently uttered
yesterday. So that has no credibility because all caps
never
o'clock came and went went a couple of years ago and and
they won't o'clock is probably going to come at some point
in the next few years. It's going to be ugly. Chris
it's going to be a fight,
there will be lawyers,
There Will Be Blood,
there will be allegations. There may be dirt and our say
is the perfect one he really is and in the face of it because
what can you do to Earth? Say I don't think a matter say he
doesn't care about his dirty sister back. Right?
Right. Exactly. Right.
We know. He likes to spend cash.
We know he likes to have a little fun at times, you know,
whether we do you're right, I don't think there's going to be
anything turned over with Jim irsay is life that we're all
going to go. You know. I didn't think he was like that
it's kind of out there the kind of man. He is exactly. Right?
And again, where you know, the comment where I disagree,
I mean of course. I disagree with the remarkable progress thing
like get over it. Like what?
That's like a free pass like
we were s***** forever but these last two years
we've been pretty good. So don't forget. Get about that.
Rowdy ever ever spot. Haven't robbed a bank? Yeah. Right.
Haven't shot somebody in two years we remarkable progress
here.
I mean so I mean you're right it holds no water
and Earth say again like to say that it was inappropriate.
I don't I don't know, I don't know who could be watching
or listening to that and say what he said was inappropriate
he addressed the huge situation and yeah I'm interested
what I want to know Mike or at least your thought here,
you know, Do you think it was tactical? Do you think other
owners? Put them up to it?
I know I saw a little blurb, you wrote yesterday, and I'm
kind of throwing that out there. But I thought the same
thing at first to where they kind of trying to gauge the,
you know, how the media would cover it and maybe Snyder's
reaction here just to jump started, or do you think he
kind of
just came out of left field and just said, you know the hell
with it? I'm going to answer the question and here we go.
I kicked around on that possibility little bit
yesterday and I wasn't able to put any Meat on that bone, some
common sense
to it and maybe it's just one owner
who wanted them, that way someone and maybe just got him
cranked up a little bit. We know how people are. We know
that people like to Stir It Up
a little bit and it doesn't take much with some people. You
just plant the seed and the seed grows automatically on its
own and you go out and say that thing that the other person
wants him to say happens all the time in all walks of life.
So
I don't know that there was a concerted plan.
And among a cabal of owners
who are behind this
idea of getting rid of Snyder, all it would have taken was one
person who is secretly and quietly anti Snyder
to get her say cranked up, but there's also a chance. It was
just irsay
going rogue and doing the NFL of favor because it did
put the topic into the mainstream thought, process
among NFL, media and fans.
And,
and the league will now see that, you know, where where
Is the pro Snyder push back in the red state blue State
reality in which we now reside as we approach yet another
election whereas fractured as ever.
Where's the fracture on this
other than Snyder putting out statements on his own behalf
who's out there saying how dare Jim irsay besmirched the good
name of Daniel Snyder there in a single person.
The fans of the team
wants Snyder to sell are going to party in the streets if this
happens. And you know what, the only people Chris and I know
I know There's Merit to this.
There are some owners who would quietly support Dan Snyder,
for one simple reason,
they're like kicking his team's ass
once or twice a year. Yeah, I hear you.
Yeah. Maybe one of the reasons why Jerry Jones. Yeah. Right.
Keep zap. Keep on their boarding right? And keep him
there, just dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional thing. There's
no doubting that they don't consistently Do Is Win, right?
So
it's easier for me to check that box twice a year.
If Dan Snyder is owning the Commander's because God forbid,
they get somebody in there who really knows what he's doing.
Yeah. And turns the team. Round right. Then I got a deal with
a tough opponent twice. A year already. Got my hands full with
the Eagles and I
love Giants. May finally be doing something I. Don't need
the Commander's to be nipping at my heels as well. Yeah,
that's a real thing. I mean, it's the oldest trick in
the book. There are, there are coaches in football, who go.
Oh, we're so happy that team owns
or that guy owns that team in our division.
And he hires who he hires, I mean, there's there's more than
a few that have that feeling or, you know, you talked about
Nick Saban and Alabama.
I love when he beats the crap out of
Um, SEC team, you know, for like the ninth year in a row by
40 points. He's a hell of a coach. He's a great coach. Oh
my gosh, what a great program? I mean, yeah,
of course he won't fire him. Yeah, don't do hire.
We love kicking us out by 40 over here, please. He doesn't rate,
so it is, it's funny that way. But
irsay tiptoed to the edge just perfectly there, he really did.
I don't think he's gonna get himself in trouble or
anything liable that way, right? Mike and
and you know I think you can he jump started the conversation.
I think what?
Disappointing part is,
you know, as we dive further into this conversation, is that
okay? That was it though. The fact that there was no,
the biggest story in the sport outside of just what's going on
on the football field right now. All right, is this
period? And it does have the chance to ruin the league.
And I just, I'm shocked a little bit that they're, you
know, was not more conversation about this during the owners
meeting again. I question that the two biggest subjects. In
the league right now
are the Washington commanders
and that, if you kiss the quarterback, you get a 15-yard penalty
and nothing the pastor and we didn't discuss them yesterday.
And that's I don't understand that
and that bothers me as a fan and his ex player and a guy
that loves the NFL
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