Dan Snyder bashing

cuban doesn't mind being on tv and making fun of himself though, i think danny does care about what people think of him and it shows. So i don't think he'll be as screen friendly as cuban, but i do think there will be a lot more love when wins start stacking up.

I also hazily remember reading an article about Snyder hiring this savvy media relations women who did a good job at mending fences between Snyder and the media, then he abruptly fired her and pissed some media people off, anyone else remember this?

I definitely remember that. Snyder hired her to replace Karl Swanson, who apparently is a real ass and tends to burn lots of bridges. Her name was Julia Payne and she came from Clinton's press office. She apparently did a great job and mended lots of fences that Swanson had destroyed for years and years. Then Snyder decided that she was getting "too close" to the press and let her go, saying her "contract had ended" and that the were "not going to renew it". Snyder apparently lost a lot of respect from the press as well as internally to the organization for that move.

Here is an article (probably the one you remember) that gives the gory details. I read this too at the time and remember thinking that this woman got shafted hard for no reason...

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+East/Washington/Features/2003/edholm081503.htm

Daseal, that is a great take on LDS! You have to love the guy, even though he has cousin vinnie joined to his rear-end kissing it. Yeah, he's made moves, but all were made with the right intention, and some/many haven't panned out. That doesn't mean he won't hit the jackpot.


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I definitely remember that. Snyder hired her to replace Karl Swanson, who apparently is a real ass and tends to burn lots of bridges. Her name was Julia Payne and she came from Clinton's press office. She apparently did a great job and mended lots of fences that Swanson had destroyed for years and years. Then Snyder decided that she was getting "too close" to the press and let her go, saying her "contract had ended" and that the were "not going to renew it". Snyder apparently lost a lot of respect from the press as well as internally to the organization for that move.

Here is an article (probably the one you remember) that gives the gory details. I read this too at the time and remember thinking that this woman got shafted hard for no reason...

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFL/NFC/NFC+East/Washington/Features/2003/edholm081503.htm
I never actually got to meet Julia while she was working for the Redskins (she had been fired just a day or two before I arrived there for training camp last year), but she went to high school with my older brother and sister, and my sister said Julia was always known as a real sweetheart, just a very friendly and cheerful person. Apparently she's one of those rare people whose bright personalities just rub off on everyone who is in their presence.

I recall things being rather somber around the media room and among the staff that week, but I didn't know why until my sister (who was at camp with me, serving as my photographer) told me she had spoken with one of the staffers and was told of Payne's firing.

I wish I had been around Redskins Park while she was still working there, just so I could see the contrast in the atmosphere between then and now. I can tell you, however, that the relationship between the media that spend a lot of time at Redskins Park, and the Swanson-led PR department is very frigid. Think mid-'80s Cold War... Iron Curtain... Berlin Wall... yep, it's that bad.

I have been on Snyders side for quite some time. I remember taking a ton of heat during last season about it. Dan is willing to do whatever it takes to win. Did he make some mistakes? Yes. However everyone bitches we need a GM, we need a GM! Name one player, within our reach, that we haven't gotten. We've had strong drafts under Snyder for the most part, and he brought in one coach with tons of experience and a tradition of winning (who didn't do all so well) and now he's brought another in. I know that if Gibbs comes in and fails horribly people will once again start to bash Snyder even though he's giving Gibbs every chance in the world to win.


Snyder is a great owner and his legacy will be equal or the same as Jack Kent Cooke come the end of his reign as owner. I know people will flip out about that last statement, but Danny is extremely motivated and is very, very business savy.

I agree that Snyder is very business savvy. But he is below average in football matters, the proof is in our 5-11 record last season. I've been on him to hire a GM because an experienced GM could have guided him through all these hiccups we've had the past 5 years.

The simple fact of the matter is that winning franchises have stability. Now Snyder has opted against hiring a GM, instead believing that his "business savvy" and Vinny Cerrato would be the best course for the franchise. Look all the things that Gibbs is supposed to be bringing, leadership, respect, discipline, are not things that only Joe Gibbs has. But amazingly it has taken us four years to find a coach with those traits, why? No GM or alternate voice in the FO to debate with Snyder on Matt Bowen, or Trung Canidate or even Chad Morton.

JKC's legacy is going to be mighty hard for DS to reach. I have no doubt that Gibbs will win with us, he's too good not to. But 5 coaches in 5 years, Spurrier failing miserably, yelling at a coach for 30 minutes after a tough loss, that is Snyders legacy.

And I can't think of a single draft under Snyder that we can call strong. You need a GM to find those late round gems, to negotiate contracts so that everyone doesn't hit the big money years at the same time. Is Snyder learning, yes. But even if they win the Super Bowl this year, I'm still going to believe that we'd be best served by having a GM. That would free Gibbs up to coach football, what he does best, and free Snyder up to make deals, what he does best. I think it's win-win, because right now it's 5-11.

You said it yourself, he can't have stability with only a 5 year tenure. He's feeling things out and has made huge strides if you look at his moves from just 3 years ago and his moves of today. I think Snyder needs adequate time to get into his comfort zone, when he's there we'll see stability.

Maybe not the strongest "drafts" in the world. However Coles is my top first round draft pick, Ramsey was a huge addition, Betts, Royal (who I think has a lot of pass-catching talent), Taylor, Morton, Portis, Hall, Washington, etc. ALl acquired via draft picks. He uses his draft picks to get established players. Sounds like a genius idea to me.