The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder

[cakmakli]

From A to Z (for Zorn), an encyclopedia of the owner's many failings.

By Dave McKenna on November 19, 2010


8-3: Record Marty Schottenheimer posted in the last 11 games of the 2001 season, his first as head coach of the Washington Redskins. Snyder fired him anyway.

$10: Amount Snyder charged fans for admission to the team’s workouts during the 2000 training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn. He also charged another $10 to park, thereby becoming the first owner in NFL history to use team practice as a gouging mechanism.

$20: Price Snyder affixed to “Redskins Mania,” the first Redskins scratch lottery ticket in 2009, making it as expensive as any scratcher ever offered by the Virginia Lottery. The campaign flopped.

$25: Price Snyder charged for a special group of standing-room-only tickets at FedExField in 2008. The cheap tickets were linked to the high-priced suites; lobbying watchdogs said Snyder was merely attempting to skirt congressional gift limits. Damning evidence: A team brochure for instructing ticket sales personnel to explain lobbying loopholes to suite customers. Snyder denied the charge. SRO tickets now sell for $152.50, with no mention of lobbying in the sales pitch.

$30: Price Snyder charges for a doll of Fox Sports’ Cleatus the Robot in Redskins colors. Same doll is available on Fox’s website for $23.96.

31-36: Record Joe Gibbs had as coach with Dan Snyder as owner; Gibbs went 140-65 without Snyder as owner.

700 Pages: Length of the playbook brought to Redskins Park in 2006 by Al Saunders, who Snyder hired to call plays for Gibbs. In pre-Snyder era, Gibbs’ comparatively simple offensive schemes revolutionized the game and brought the Redskins three Super Bowls.

“A Long Time”: Thirteen weeks, in Snyder-speak. During training camp in 2000, ESPN asked Snyder how long Norv Turner, who had just coached the Redskins to an NFC East title, would be in his employ. “A long time,” Snyder said. He fired Turner with three games left in the season, despite the Redskins’ winning record.

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Thank God we have the Rooney's

[BnG_Hevn]

The worst decision Jack Kent Cooke made was in putting the Redskins up for a silent auction as opposed to giving it to his son.

The first order of business that Snyder had was to change the name of the field from Jack Kent Cooke Stadium to FedEx Field. I guess we all should have known then.

[Dino 6 Rings]

holy crap...seriously...those fans should be setting that stadium on fire...wow...I knew the Skins were a mess...but Snyder is total toolbox!

[JonM229]

Thank God for owners like Art Modell

...right, SirHulka?

[BigNastyDefense]

Dan Snyder may very well be the worst owner is sports.

My one friend is a Redskins fan, and he hopes that Snyder goes bankrupt and is forced to sell the team....because that's the only way Snyder will ever sell the Redskins.

When Snyder hired Shannahan after the 2009 season, this is what my friend said:

"What the hell has Shannahan done since Elway retired? We have less talent on the Redskins than Shanny had on the Broncos when he under-performed with them. We're fucked dude, we're fucked."

[Edman]

I seem to remember an incident in 2000 when the Redskins came up to Pittsburgh in the last Steelers home game at TRS, Snyder sent a Redskins goon up to the Broadcasting booth to tell the late Myron Cope to stop referring to the Redskins as the "Redfaces". Myron pretty much told him to go shove it. Dan Snyder is a world-class douche of an owner.

The worst owner in Sports? Snyder is definitely among the awful, but I believe the "worst" title belongs to Bob Nutting. That fact was established years ago.

[BigNastyDefense]

I seem to remember an incident in 2000 when the Redskins came up to Pittsburgh in the last Steelers home game at TRS, Snyder sent a Redskins goon up to the Broadcasting booth to tell the late Myron Cope to stop referring to the Redskins as the "Redfaces". Myron pretty much told him to go shove it. Dan Snyder is a world-class douche of an owner.

The worst owner in Sports? Snyder is definitely among the awful, but I believe the "worst" title belongs to Bob Nutting. I already established that fact years ago.

"If that boy billionaire thinks he can shut me up, he should stick his head in a can of paint." Steelers announcer Myron Cope, after Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder sent someone into the broadcast booth during a game to tell Cope to stop referring to his team as the "Wash Redfaces" (2000).

[stlrtruck]

And now he's suing the journalist for this article. Talk about a man with an ego problem

[JonM229]

Can you sue someone for writing factual information about you? He even linked to his sources.

[X-Terminator]

As bad as Bob Nutting has been as the Pirates owner, I'd still take him over Danny Boy Snyder any day of the week and twice on Sunday. He is easily the worst owner in sports, and it doesn't surprise me at all that the wet sack of douche is suing to get this FACTUAL article taken down.