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Old 04-20-2009, 04:43 PM   #1
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According to Snyder "one of my worst moves" he made
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Snyder took over the Washington Redskins on July 14, 1999. He inherited Norv Turner as coach and Charley Casserly as general manager.
“They were fighting like cats and dogs,” he says. “We were in trouble. I couldn’t have these two guys sniping at one another.”
So he fired Casserly in September.
“You fired the wrong guy,” Casserly told him.
“If you’re right,” Snyder shot back, “you’ll be one of the first to know.”
Snyder also fired a bunch of longtime front-office workers. He brought in his own PR team, lead by Karl Swanson.
Hoping for a quick trip to the Super Bowl, he paid big money for aging stars Bruce Smith and Deion Sanders.
Snyder stuck with Norv Turner through the 1999 season, which was lackluster. With three games left in the 2000 season, the Redskins had a 7–6 record, and Snyder lost patience. He called Turner into his office at 11 am on December 4 and let him go.
“It was one of my worst moves,” he says. “It was plain stupid. I was a new owner pissed about losing.”
It was also the first move that showed fans and reporters Dan Snyder’s impatient side. In business, Snyder could replace a manager in the dead of night with a phone call. The Redskins were considered a public utility, and every move was blared in the media and dissected on sports-radio talk shows.
After Snyder fired Turner, he says, he called Casserly and said, “You were right.”
1999 Lackluster? Compared to what? The '98 Vikings or '07 Patriots? That was a fun team. I still contend that if Andy Heck wasn't injured, forcing Kip fing Vickers into action against Simeon Rice the Skins win that game against Tampa and go to the NFC Championship. Forget the botched snap, Vickers lost the game. [end flashback].
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Old 04-20-2009, 05:22 PM   #2
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1999 Lackluster? Compared to what? The '98 Vikings or '07 Patriots? That was a fun team. I still contend that if Andy Heck wasn't injured, forcing Kip fing Vickers into action against Simeon Rice the Skins win that game against Tampa and go to the NFC Championship. Forget the botched snap, Vickers lost the game. [end flashback].
You may be right about Vickers but my visual memory of that botched snap still hurts and my face likely still scrunches in disbelief.
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1999 Lackluster? Compared to what? The '98 Vikings or '07 Patriots? That was a fun team. I still contend that if Andy Heck wasn't injured, forcing Kip fing Vickers into action against Simeon Rice the Skins win that game against Tampa and go to the NFC Championship. Forget the botched snap, Vickers lost the game. [end flashback].
Yeah '99 was a fun team, on offense at least.

I think the lackluster part was meant to be in reference to 2000.
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1999 Lackluster? Compared to what? The '98 Vikings or '07 Patriots? That was a fun team. I still contend that if Andy Heck wasn't injured, forcing Kip fing Vickers into action against Simeon Rice the Skins win that game against Tampa and go to the NFC Championship. Forget the botched snap, Vickers lost the game. [end flashback].
No one named Vickers ever loses the game. :cool-smil
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