twitter - JReidPost - Snyder on his day to day interaction w/ players (Hint: it's the correct answer)

[SMOSS89]

http://twitter.com/JReidPost


Daniel Snyder on his conversations with players: "If they want to talk football, they can talk to the coach, talk to the general manager."

[DarrellsMyHero28]

He better mean it.

Danny needs to back up, and I'm hoping he's finally realized that.

[HRNY4ZRNY]

Sounds like we are still going in the right direction

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

He better mean it.

Danny needs to back up, and I'm hoping he's finally realized that.

By all accounts, he's not so much as been at the park this off-season save for coach/player signing pressers. The dudes gone full blown cold turkey.

He means it.

And it's fricking FANTASTIC! :party:,

Hail.

[HRNY4ZRNY]

Thanks Dan! and more thanks will come with your new approach and wins.

It is FREAKIN FANTASTIC!

[TheLongshot]

I'm curious how much football he actually discussed with the players before. I doubt it was as much as some here think it is. Really, where the difference is is with his relationship with the coaches, which was pretty close through Gibbs at the very least.

[Braxford]

I love hearing this from Snyder. As long as keeps his hand cramp free and pen readily available to sign the checks. Hopefully the Skins now have a trifecta- a competent GM, a great HC, and an owner who wants to win. As long as the players play their tails off the Skins are on the right track. FINALLY!!

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

I'm curious how much football he actually discussed with the players before. I doubt it was as much as some here think it is. Really, where the difference is is with his relationship with the coaches, which was pretty close through Gibbs at the very least.

It's more the fact that "certain" players had his ear OVER the HC that was one of the biggest problems as regards that contact.

An owner undermining a HC is not a good thing for locker room respect.

Hail.

[TheLongshot]

It's more the fact that "certain" players had his ear OVER the HC that was one of the biggest problems as regards that contact.

An owner undermining a HC is not a good thing for locker room respect.

Hail.

Assuming that actually happened, since we depend on what our wonderful beat reporters to get that kind of information.

There isn't much doubt that Portis has done stuff with the owner, but how much of it was football related? It is the latter we really don't know much about.

[NewCliche21]

Damn, Dan. If that's all true, then you may actually earn a "Mr. Snyder" from me! ;)

[Forever21]

Another sign things are headed in the right direction...

Now let's hope 5 years and 2 Lombardi's from now it's still the same :D

[NewCliche21]

http://twitter.com/JReidPost

Excellent thread title, by the way. Got a real laugh out of me!


Another sign things are headed in the right direction...

Now let's hope 5 years and 2 Lombardi's from now it's still the same :D

Switch the 5 and the 2 and I'll be on board.

. . . a real owner would make it happen!

[Forever21]

Excellent thread title, by the way. Got a real laugh out of me!



Switch the 5 and the 2 and I'll be on board.

. . . a real owner would make it happen!

:ols: yes I imagine we'd all forgive Snyder for Deion if he could pull that one off.

[NewCliche21]

:ols: yes I imagine we'd all forgive Snyder for Deion if he could pull that one off.

Forgive him for Sanders?

Let's not get unrealistic here . . .

[blitzpackage]

Forgive him for Sanders?

Let's not get unrealistic here . . .

Primetime will go into the HOF next year as a Redskin. Book it. :pfft:

[chipwhich]

Of course this only addresses football. It doesn't say he wont escort Portis to a Wizards game ;)

[SAli457180]

Primetime will go into the HOF next year as a Redskin. Book it. :pfft:

:ols: Now that is funny. When he does get in, it will be as a puke. As far as Snyder is concerned, it's nice to hear, but he has to be consistent. No regression at all.

[SkinsTribeVA]

We all know Snyder is a fan, and I think he truly cares about what the fans think. But his ego clouded his vision for an entire decade and he assumed most of the criticism was just a vocal minority. Then last season he finally realized the criticism was widespread, vehement, and well-founded. I think it really got to him, he felt terrible, and has changed his ways...

More than anything I hope I don't ever eat those words.

[BraveWarrior]

I'm looking forward to a new "hands-off" attitude from Mr. Snyder. With Shanahan and Allen in the building, he shouldn't feel the need to take the responsibility to run the daily operations or be so involved in things.

That said, he was a fan (i.e. - one of us) before he was an owner, so I really hope that he can still enjoy himself and enjoy the season without having his hand in things. As much as I disagree with the direction the team was going in when he was micromanaging, I kinda like the man and would love to see him on the podium hoisting the Lombardi trophy over his head following a Super Bowl victory.

[ConnSKINS26]

I'm looking forward to a new "hands-off" attitude from Mr. Snyder. With Shanahan and Allen in the building, he shouldn't feel the need to take the responsibility to run the daily operations or be so involved in things.

That said, he was a fan (i.e. - one of us) before he was an owner, so I really hope that he can still enjoy himself and enjoy the season without having his hand in things. As much as I disagree with the direction the team was going in when he was micromanaging, I kinda like the man and would love to see him on the podium hoisting the Lombardi trophy over his head following a Super Bowl victory.

You know, I think for a guy like Snyder, who is a fan and has a business stake in the Redskins, I think winning and hearing positive things in the media will be enough to not make him miss his role as part of the decision-making process.

[sideshow24]

Primetime will go into the HOF next year as a Redskin. Book it. :pfft:


:ols: Now that is funny. When he does get in, it will be as a puke. .

He will go in simply as Deion Sanders.

[illone]

He better mean it.

Danny needs to back up, and I'm hoping he's finally realized that.



I really believe this is Bruce Allen's doing. Guy is a master of PR when it comes to this stuff.

I'm sure Dan took his advice to mind and is really taking a back seat....

For now, anyways.

[TK]

Really this is pretty much old news. Shortly after Zorn was fired a certain Pro Bowler (not CP) went to Dan's office & was stopped & told to talk to Bruce.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Really this is pretty much old news. Shortly after Zorn was fired a certain Pro Bowler (not CP) went to Dan's office & was stopped & told to talk to Bruce.

I love hearing that. Thanks for sharing.

[worstSeat]

There isn't much doubt that Portis has done stuff with the owner, but how much of it was football related? It is the latter we really don't know much about.

I wonder how much Gibbs' apparent (though Gibbs is a smart man and "apparent" might be the key word) coddling of CP spilled over into Snyder thinking he was acting like Gibbs when Zorn was HC. That is, Snyder tried to play Gibbs-proxy and failed.

Ah, power corrupts, and money corrupts absolutely, Skins belt buckle as a kid or no.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Wow! Thats great to hear! Hope he's for real!

[ECU-ALUM]

I think we might finally be on the right track.

[DexterSackMachine]

I liked what Brian Mitchell said about Jack Kent Cooke's approach to this topic. He said that you could go up to Cooke at practices (where he hung out in his golf cart) and if you discussed anything football related he would say something like: "If Joe asks you to run through a wall, then by gosh I want you to run through a wall".

Mitch also said that if you did approach JKC, you would probably be asked to clean up the poop that his dog just let.

[Stadium-Armory]

I don't have a problem with the owner "talking football" with players on his football team. You can't expect me to believe that if you were the owner of the Redskins, you wouldn't talk about anything football related with any players.

[Painkiller]

Really this is pretty much old news. Shortly after Zorn was fired a certain Pro Bowler (not CP) went to Dan's office & was stopped & told to talk to Bruce.

Outstanding! I'll have some more please. :D

If Dan stays true to what he is doing right now, he can make up for the past 10 years in just a couple of seasons. He can be the proud owner of a WINNING franchise, not just a rich one.

[Painkiller]

I don't have a problem with the owner "talking football" with players on his football team. You can't expect me to believe that if you were the owner of the Redskins, you wouldn't talk about anything football related with any players.

Maybe later down the road in general conversation, but at least for a few seasons Dan needs to lay low, which it appears that he is doing precisely that.