Fun fact, when Snyder was chairman of Six Flags, he drove the company into bankruptcy and they were forced to close/sell a bunch of their parks in order to stay afloat.
The culture is actually damn good. That is my favorite NFL quote. It tells you literally everything you need to know about the commander’s mismanagement.
Yeah. They can’t take criticism and then improve. They’re never wrong. They’re ALWAYS right, and bc of Snyder’s race/religion we should just be glad he’s involved with our stupid little sport at all. You’re only allowed to praise them. Never criticize! Criticism is antisemitic, even if it’s true. Us low IQ gentiles gotta get that through our thick skulls. The tribe was put on this earth to rule over us and we’re only here to serve them. Btw, this is exactly what they believe. They say it out loud when we’re not around.
Personally, it was stupid. I have said that there was nothing wrong with the name Redskins. Too many wokesters, not Native Americans, wanted the team's former moniker gone.
When eight year old Dan Snyder was the manager of his neighborhood lemonade stand, he made his customers pay an additional 40% convenience fee for each beverage, fired both of his sisters without pay, and sued a friend's mother for $2 million after she described his lemonade as "like drinking watered-down urine."
I still say Washington should have become the Red Wolves; the only official dog team in the NFL, and they'd only have to change *one* word in their fight song. But no, Dan Snyder is so incompetent he couldn't even manage that.
What would have happened is that Red Wolves would have been too close to the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and Dan Snyder would have a beef with the owner of the T-Wolves over the new team name.
Snyder only saw the Redskins/Commanders as an expensive toy. All of his decisions made no sense, and he would throw piles of money at washed up retread free agents that were not even at their top ability anymore and that affects the salary cap and then the rest of the team is mediocre and just can't go anywhere and with an owner like Snyder, Washington never went anywhere and with the culture that the owners had in place, nobody was going to be going to an Super Bowls.
@@grinningchicken That is a lot what he was doing, parts of my family are Washington fans and I always told them they would never get anywhere unless Snyder leaves, and whenever he sold the team would feel like getting the number one draft pick.
I don't think he saw the team as a toy. I think he suffers from something that quite a few notable wealthy individuals suffer from: thin skin. He couldn't hire someone to make decisions for him, because he had to be the smartest in the room. He couldn't handle criticism, so he tried to make the boogieman go away by banning certain signs. Add that to his businessman mentality of putting profits over all else, and we got the messiest ownership in recent memory.
a little fun fact, when the ravens got bought by Steve Bisciotti, Snyder did everything he could to make it so the Ravens wouldnt have a bigger market, including not getting upgrades for M & T Bank from the old stadium
I remember hearing that there was a guy who was buying the trademark to a bunch of different team names. Not because he wanted to sell them, but because he really hated Dan Snyder and wanted to make his life harder.
Been a Redskins/Football Team/Commanders fan since I was 9 years old. 29 years of being fan. 24 of those years with Snyder as owner. IF this franchise ever becomes great once again, no one ever better call me (and every other suffering man, woman and child) a bandwagon fan after suffering through the Snyder era.
Let's not remember how under his watch, their cheerleaders were sent to Costa Rica to a photoshoot, and then not only got forced into topless photos, but also forced into being escorts for the Washington sponsors. This is why I lost any and all respect for Dan Snyder and the Commies. As a Cowboys fan, I'd even cheer for the Eagles and the Giants if they play against that team.
As an adult those females made choices they may not have been comfortable with but they didn’t say no to the money and perks at the time. Not like they were children being abused they were grown ass women going to work. If work culture is that toxic they should have made the tough decision to quit. My sympathy for those girls isn’t as high as others might be. And before anyone says well people need a job and shouldn’t have to deal with that. True but there’s other jobs out there they decided the perks were worth it and only decided to complain once he had a litany of other complaints against him.
@Elijah Boyd I dunno man they didn’t complain till all the complaints about him were public. They weren’t complaining when getting the all inclusive trips to Costa Rica huge hush hush salaries etc. I’m not condoning abusing women but let’s not kid ourselves that some women really do use there bodies to hustle. Not just prostitution my guy. Like I said these aren’t innocent children they’re adults who are using there bodies for gains and now trying to pile on for more gains. Hustlers man hustlers.
The ironic thing was, the defensive players they signed in 2000 helped the defense go from one of the worst defenses in the league in 99 to a borderline top 5 defense the next season. The downfall of that team was the offense had a step back with Johnson struggling/Jeff George and the kicking game being an absolute mess and cost them 3 games alone.
As a DMV resident, it was tough. I had a football team that I couldn’t root for because their success was that bastards success. Him being gone is great. I’d prefer he didn’t get so much money for running the team into the ground, but he’s gone and good riddance
As a Commanders fan, I was done with Snyder YEARS ago. From the Deion signing, to Haynesworth, to Jim Zorn, it has been really hard to cheer for my team. Hell, the only reason that they went with Commanders is because they wouldn't have to TOTALLY throw away the stuff from the "Football Team" era instead of giving the fans what they wanted with Red Wolves or Hogs. Major Tuddy is a poor attempt at reconciliation, but I'll give him time to grow on me. I'm a jaded fan, but I'll always have hope based on what we do in the player department and actually trying to keep the players that we do draft.
The absolute worst thing he ever did as an owner was taking RG3's side in the feud with Mike Shanahan. Leading to Mike and Kyle Shanahan being fired and opting to keep a crippled QB over a HOF coach. Then letting all their understudy's leave shortly thereafter. Sean McVay, Kevin O'Connell, Mike Lafleur and Mike McDaniel were all on that coaching staff with the Shanahan's. Every one of them left and the team decided to keep Jay Gruden as the HC. Fun fact, Mike Shanahan actually wanted to draft Russell Wilson in 2012, not RG3 or Cousins. Imagine a world where the Shanahan's were able to draft Russ. That team would have won several playoff games. Being a Redskins/WFT/Commie fan has been nothing but misery and agony for 30 years, but that decision cemented them as worst franchise in the NFL the last decade. Maybe one day Commie fans will be proud of this team again, but I'm not optimistic.
Snyder single-handedly ruined RG3 by pampering him. Remember how much we hailed RG3 as a mature and humble young man when he came out of Baylor? Well, when the owner coddles a young player, that player can easily develop a superiority complex around everyone else, including his coaches. No, the injury certainly didn't help RG3's career, but let's not ignore the impact Snyder's coddling had either.
There was a 2000 game vs. Baltimore, that isn't brought up, even though it should be. Snyder made the ravens pay for parking, which only a cartoon villan would do. He made the PA announcer shout to a bunch of drunk fans, "Ravens fans suck!" He also had the band in the stadium play music while the ravens were executing plays, which is illegal. The skins won 10-3 over the eventual world champs, but Snyder lost all respect off the field by everyone
0:48 this is the best thing an NFL team president or GM has ever said. As a fan of another team in the NFC East I’d like to personally thank Dan Snyder for being the worst owner in the NFL
Excellent video, but I’ve got one slight correction that needs to be made: Washington did defeat Detroit in the ‘99 NFL Playoffs. BUT - Barry Sanders actually retired at the end of the ‘98 NFL season. So Barry did NOT play in Detroit’s playoff loss to Washington.
If you want to thank someone for expanding the popularity of the Baltimore Ravens throughout the DMV, and Carolinas thank Daniel Snyder. And as a Charm City native, I LOVE IT!
For DC based professional sports teams, Alex Ovechkin since day one of his rookie season with the Caps, he has gotten DC sports fans to give up Washington Football for Caps Hockey. It is an indication fans are long fed up with Daniel Snyder and the reason why Fed Ex Field has been declining the stands.
Dan Snyder once had a tree chopped down that he could see from his office window. Only problem was it wasn't even anywhere close to the teams property. He just cut someones tree down because he didn't like it.
As a lifelong skins fan mannnnn you have no idea how happy we are he’s gone. I mean my grandpa who was born in the 30s is a fan, my dad and I are fans. We are from that area and they were once the gold standard of the nfl, when he took over they were having some down years but he REALLY ran us into the ground. And just like you described in this video, it was ALWAYS drama and controversy within the organization. He ruined sooooo much about this team, he’s been the worst owner in all of sports.
I was born in 1983 and raised in NoVa...I used to be a die hard Redskins fan. But ever since Snyder took over, I can tell you we hate this guy. Here's to the new owners!
Thank you for at least acknowledging that they were once actually called, "The Redskins." It's been sooooo difficult to be a Washington fan the last quarter century!
I'm only six minutes into this, but I *really* hope you touch on how Shanahan ruined things by 1) playing a rookie on one leg against the Legion of Boom and 2) rushing said rookie back to the field after major knee surgery. Edit: You didn't touch on it, but folks, believe me when I tell you that Mike Shanahan threw a limping rookie quarterback to the wolves. The footage is just sad, and then RG3's knee literally buckles after he tried to bend down and pick up a botched snap from the center.
I'd love to see Snyder run down under a kickoff and get lit up. Not only did Danny Boy hide on his yacht, he also hid behind his wife cowering in fear of reporters questions. What a guy.....
While this all was going on, Dan Snyder was also owned a 12% stake in the theme park chain Six Flags, and managed to worm his way into becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2005 to 2010. Under his tenure at Six Flags the chain closed 3 parks (Astroworld, New Orleans - a Katrina casualty, and Kentucky Kingdom - which later reopened), sold off 7 more parks, was nearly booted from the NY Stock Exchange because it's stock value was too low, and eventually filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. He also appointed *HARVEY WEINSTEIN* to the Board. Yeahhhhhh... His theme park involvement is why I like to call Dan Snyder... the Anti-Walt Disney. Both ran theme parks as a side-business to the real ones that they are primarily known for, but while Walt Disney was a charismatic icon who turned everything he touched into gold. ...Dan Snyder is an un-charismatic dweeb who turned everything he touched into SHIT.
My cousins are full blood Cherokee and they always considered the name endearing. They were the ones who informed me that the logo was actually a portrait of Chief Two Guns White Calf. I understood the name being polarizing, despite it's origins being celebratory of the North Eastern Native Americans, but I never quite understood why the logo needed to be changed. My best guess is most people just don't do any research and want something to be upset about. Make enough noise and people will eventually cave.
As a 49ers fan, I want to thank Snyder and the Redskins/Commanders for being so horrible that they ran Trent Williams off the team and right into the hands of the 49ers.
Any fan base can tolerate mismanagement or over reach. As a bears fan, weve done just that for what seems like decades. But when youre a jackass and compound bad moves with self indulgence or a total lack of self awareness (going after fans season tickets or signs) THATS when a problem thats a 4 turns into a 9
Off topic, but after Jalen went out of his way to help those fans I knew he was gonna be doing some damage in the NFL. He didn’t run down the tunnel. Or stand back and watch while security took them. He started helping. He deserved his success last season. I just had no Idea it was going to be a super bowl appearence.
Fun fact Dan Synder actively tried helping Joe Gibbs to sign Dale Earnhardt Jr during his free agency period. Even offering him a stake in Johnny Rockets without Gibbs even knowing. Dale said if he offered the slightest stake in the Redskins (his favorite team) he would have taken it. But ultimately Dale Jr signed with Hendrick Motorsports out of loyalty, and the ability to paint the car skirts.
Good. I couldn't stand Dan Snyder. I also can't stand Brian Gutekunst with the Packers. But Dan Snyder was next level. I don't want to call him an idiot because that wouldn't be true. But I will call him a character. He looked up what an NFL owner stereotypically should look like and act like, and he went all in on that character. He ruined a lot of careers including RG3, and many many more. Good riddance Snyder.
I have to say this - that embedded ad for Factor75 duped me into paying (good money, too) to forcibly trying to wonder if the garbage they sell was actual, edible food.
The whole RGIII saga was just so so bad. And I say that as a Bears fan, whose spent her life seeing the team be utterly witless when it comes to quarterbacks.
