Sunday, September 27, 2009

REDSKINS: "We are who we thought we are"

Yep, as the great Dennis Green once said (sort of)...WE ARE WHAT WE THOUGHT WE ARE.


The Washington Redskins are:

1. Run by horrible ownership, a man that once cheered for a team and has single handily run it into the grown. Jimmy Hoffa's corpse ain't as deep in the end zone as the 2009 Washington Redskins.

2. Draft picks, trades, free agents, coaches, practice squad....Vinny Cerrato...does anything else need to be said here?

3. Strongest fan base in the NFL eroding before the teams eyes. Dan Snyder could give free tickets to Six Flags (more fun) or greasy hamburgers to every season ticket holder and promise not to sue them, but it isn't going to stop the avalanche of crap football that is flying down Capitol Hill today.

You see, this is a DEBACLE in the making. It all started in 1999 when Snyder bought the Redskins from the great estate of Jack Kent Cooke. Little (no pun intended) did Snyder know that his $800MM would grow into the billions, but while doing so he would slowly destroy his investment while the public and NFL vets screamed and shouted louder every season. The other owners secretly laughed at this little rich man as he showed the rest of the league how to make money from die hard fans, or sheep, as he calls them. If you got in his way then he'd sue you or ban you, or buy your radio station. Nothing stops this guy.

Keep going. When the shit hits the fan all you have to do is bring back a legendary coach for $5.5MM a year to quiet the storm for a few years...then back to your Norv/Marty/Terry/Spurrier ways. Let the bug eyed Cerrato draft a punter or two, waive his pom-poms over a 5th, 6th, or 7th round pick making the team (aren't they supposed to if you DRAFTED them?).

Poor Zorn, the guy is nice, but he is just another Spurrier. Stuck with Vinny and Dan chomping on their cigars with Sonny, watching the next great offensive offense to hit Washington. FedEx Field is dead. Redskins Park is a mausoleum. Readkins Nation is heartbroken. The Detroit Lions are 1-19.