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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Yeah not sure how involved Wyc is but, putting Danny Ainge in charge was the best move he's ever made. Danny and Brad are the best duo in the league. Ballmer and Vivek are idiots. Kings are one of the most dysfunctional franchises in the league. The only coach that could ever have DeMarcus Cousins behaving was canned because Cousins was hurt and the team had a really bad stretch. Pure idiocy.
Well leeds have definitely had terrible ownership, would love to have had kraft running the show. Some on here seem to have turned on him though. On the overall point, I don't get how, I don't like how we've been treated by the nfl, becomes, I'm not watching the patriots play anymore. Seems a strange leap.Terrible ownership? Really??
I'm not trying to prove anything....you're the one trying to prove that watching the Pats is beneath you...I'm still going to do what I've always done because its only entertainment
this "follow the team until Brady Belichick retire" thing is confounding. Can anyone explain the reasoning? It sounds fair-weather.
I'm a fan of this franchise, it's my only true sporting love. It'll take more than this for me to drop the NFL because I love the on the field product so much more than I am angered by this off the field ****.
Some on here seem to have turned on him though.
Eh, Balmer did change those uniforms to uniforms that literally nobody likes. Just awful the Clippers could have had sweet jerseys like theseVivek and Ballmer aren't idiots. I don't think we can reasonably have it both ways when evaluating owners. It's only been a couple years for both of them, and they're both constrained by the dysfunction that existed in their organizations long before they got there. They're in the learning process, and in the mean time, they're at a minimum talented, hard-working, insightful men who have succeeded in industries where genuine merit is a prerequisite for success. There's a learning curve to being a good owner--Bob Kraft had his own issues that he had to iron out before he could learn to shut up, keep quiet, and let Belichick do his job--and these guys absolutely need to go through that curve. But at least they're starting from a foundation of merit that gives you reason to believe that they will become competent at running their individual franchises. And even if their franchises aren't good, their general philosophies and stewardship of the league likely will be. Basically, regardless of what's happening with their teams, they have the kind of vision that will help the league as a whole.
When new blood comes into ownership, the new owner gets a seat at the table because he's the kind of person who was able to marshal up 10 figures of money to get a seat at the table. Assuming you weren't born into that kind of money, you have to have done something really well to get there. Conversely, when ownership is inherited, the new owner gets a seat at the table because of his last name, regardless of however competent or incompetent he may be. Sure, sometimes the former group produces Dan Snyder, and sometimes the latter group produces someone decent. But in general, you want the former steering the ship. The more of the former that you have--and the fewer of the latter--the better off you are.
And re: Wyc's involvement with the Celtics, under his ownership the team has done a fantastic job of a) hiring the right people, b) delegating the proper amount of authority to those people, and c) building corporate and community relationships to the benefit of the team. The more I think about it, the more I think that he's pretty much the model owner.
It doesn't bother you though that the Krafts keep saying how wonderful Roger is? It's a damn shame BB doesn't own the team too. It'd be nice to have an owner that won't play nicely with the billionaires club.Some?
Some on here have turned on him like some people don't like Donald Trump.
Despite what happened to the Chiefs, despite the strong statements Kraft made after Brady got the shaft the people who believe that Kraft is a spineless member of the owner's club first and Pat's owner 2nd definitely seem like the majority here.
Man would they hate BB, the irony that he's been made out to be an arrogant prick when he's actually the most classy and respectful coach there has ever been.Both BB and Brady deserve to be billionaires and own this franchise, maybe in the future who knows
I have no interest in judging anyone for how they feel about the direction the NFL has taken. Anyone that will keep watching unconditionally, good for them. Anyone who's out, good for them. Anyone who has mixed feelings, I can sympathize. I'm not going to judge anyone for where they land on this, partly because it's not my place to, partly because I don't think I know enough to, and partly because I don't care to.
Meanwhile, for some weird reason, you insist on declaring a bunch of lifelong, diehard football fans fairweather, self-hating masqueraders because they're willing to contemplate that there may be a breaking point in all of this.
I don't get how you arrived at that conclusion, but sometimes people need to do some really weird mental gymnastics to feel superior to others, so I think I'll just chalk it up to that.
Once Brady and BB are done, Im out until Goodell is out. Been taking up futbal for the past 6 years and I love it almost as much as football. It feels like cheating but your wife is ok with it.