Theory: Putting together a staff for the future

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

Given that Snyder's ego isn't going anywhere, I agree with the staffing choices being made. But man, where's the outrage at the ego?
He owns the team. He can do what he wants.

Of course he can do what he wants. That's an obvious statement (and an asinine one at that). But that's not the question. The question is SHOULD he do what he wants?

I say no, because Snyder doesn't understand what it takes to put together a football team.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Of course he can do what he wants. That's an obvious statement (and an asinine one at that). But that's not the question. The question is SHOULD he do what he wants?

I say no, because Snyder doesn't understand what it takes to put together a football team.

Then the bigger question is, should he even own a sports franchise? I personally feel even the owner should be some sort of a football person in order to understand how the franchise works. Dan knows how to make money off of the Redskins through merchandise and ticket sales, but those things will eventually fall by the way side unless the franchise itself can make the money "on the field" by winning football games.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Then the bigger question is, should he even own a sports franchise? I personally feel even the owner should be some sort of a football person in order to understand how the franchise works. Dan knows how to make money off of the Redskins through merchandise and ticket sales, but those things will eventually fall by the way side unless the franchise itself can make the money "on the field" by winning football games.

I disagree that you need to be a football person to be an effective owner. Some of the best owners know little about football, but also know that the most effective leaders hire the best available talent to help the enterprise succeed. Bob Kraft and Jeffrey Lurie are two examples of that. I agree with the poster (Schneed?) who says that The Danny's ego limits the pool of candidates that will work for the Skins. If the ego of the owner is a factor in who is willing to come here, then we have serious issues at the top.

[Mc2guy]

I agree with MattyK's original post, that Synder is probably doing the smart thing for the franchise in the long term given the known structure of this team's FO. That said, I can also understand the frustration with an owner who seems oblivious to the people side of organizational management. Synder is like many other successful businessmen. They have had tremendous success in areas of their life and have a very difficult time giving away operational control of their business holdings. Particularly self-made men like Synder, have gotten to where they are in life trusting their instincts, so it is natural that they want to continue to trust their own judgement, and frankly I don't know if I could blame him.

I think his biggest failure is not recognizing that in football, unlike corporate mergers and acquisitions, interpersonal leadership matter MUCH more. Leveraging capital to buy-out a struggling company requires zero interpersonal skills, whereas football relies much more on trust. Trust from the coaching staff, trust from the players, trust from the fans that the owner cares. Synder doesn't have this skill, and it is unlikely that he ever will, it is not really a learned skill.

We the fans must come to terms with the frank reality of the situation. We have an owner who honestly wants to succeed; he wants to trust people; and he wants to be liked by people and fans by succeeding on the field. He's going to run this franchise his way, that's it, end of story. We could all do ourselves a favor to start thinking in these terms and hope that he and vin have enough sense now to at least find talented coaches. If you are that up in arms about DS you're only course of action is to stop giving him your money...for all the good that will do.

Sorry for the saltiness, I'm just tired of the outrage...it is what it is, best we learn to patiently deal and hope for the best.