Steve Coll On The Reign Of Daniel Snyder

5:02 pm EST October 26th, 2009 | Sports | 4 Comments

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The owner, Daniel Snyder, is widely reviled in Washington, and for good reason. He meddles, bullies, and trusts his own football judgment too much. John Kent Cooke, who ran the team before Snyder purchased it about a decade ago, remarked recently that Snyder had “destroyed the franchise.” Fans did not generally receive this comment as hyperbole. The issue is not the team’s performance on the field, dismal as that is. It is the culture created by the owner—one of greed, expediency, and mean-spiritedness. The general atmosphere around the team suggests Zimbabwe—a failed state, an intractable dictator, and an impotent and suffering populace.

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4 Responses to “Steve Coll On The Reign Of Daniel Snyder”

  1. jr says:
    October 26, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    Snyder hearts the skins playing like an expansion team. He’d rather lose with yes men than win with a GM and head coach who won’t kiss his ass

  2. Janus Dainiels says:
    October 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    “a failed state, an intractable dictator, and an impotent and suffering populace”
    Republican paradise.

  3. Indeed says:
    October 27, 2009 at 9:19 am

    The general atmosphere around the team suggests Zimbabwe—a failed state, an intractable dictator, and an impotent and suffering populace.

    Either that or Raider Nation.

  4. Jamie says:
    October 28, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    Oh come now. You beat the Rams. Imagine our pain.