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Dan Snyder Henchman Attacks John Mara at 2012 Owners Meeting

Enrico Pallazzo : 10/13/2015 1:56 pm
An interesting read on Dan Snyder - excerpted from Mike Freeman's new book "Two Minute Warning: How Concussions, Crime and Controversy Could Kill the NFL (and What the League Can Do to Survive)."

That Snyder and Jerry Jones were incensed by the league's sanctioning, led by Mara, over their front-loading of contracts before the uncapped year is old news. But the vivid detail of this account is intriguing.

"Then Bruce Allen, Washington's general manager and Snyder's most trusted lieutenant, addressed the room. According to a longtime NFL team executive who was present, it wasn't long into his speech before Allen threatened to sue every owner in the NFL. He would go on to get more fiery, personal and ugly from there, as he began pacing furiously around the hotel ballroom. There were more threats of a lawsuit. Allen grew angrier. He began screaming."

"He saved some of his harshest remarks for John Mara, co-owner of the Giants and one of the most respected men in all of sports, a key cog who has been with the team for decades. Mara was furious. Everyone in the room was stunned."
Book Excerpt - ( New Window )
Ha!  
ron mexico : 10/13/2015 2:06 pm : link
The chairs at the owners' meetings are usually oversized. They can swallow up a smaller person like Snyder, who is approximately 5'6". As Allen spoke, a high-ranking team executive who was there remembered, Snyder gleefully swiveled back and forth in a chair that practically enveloped him, at times smiling widely.

Book titles have become ridiculously long these days.  
bceagle05 : 10/13/2015 2:13 pm : link
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Dan Snyder is 5'6  
Ten Ton Hammer : 10/13/2015 2:15 pm : link
That explains a lot.
Worst owner in sports, by miles  
Go Terps : 10/13/2015 2:16 pm : link
I wasn't directly connected to anyone with the Redskins, but in 12 years of living in the area I heard countless stories about how he mistreated people.

Just an enormous piece of shit.
Wonder what he said to Mara, exactly.  
Britt in VA : 10/13/2015 2:19 pm : link
Also, agree with Greg that the guy is an enormous pile of sh-t.
Meh.  
Dave in Hoboken : 10/13/2015 2:20 pm : link
The Redskins and the majority of the league and it's owners are peons compared to the Giants and Mara.
dan snyder may be the biggest fucking idiot in all of sports  
mirwin : 10/13/2015 3:26 pm : link






someone post  
Rory : 10/13/2015 3:40 pm : link
Albert Haynesworth
RE: someone post  
Dave in Hoboken : 10/13/2015 3:43 pm : link
In comment 12547411 Rory said:
Quote:
Albert Haynesworth


His pic is up there, bro.
Dan Snyder Has "Henchmen"?  
OntheRoad : 10/13/2015 6:57 pm : link
Well of course he does.
My brother worked for one of his SNC company's subsidiaries  
montanagiant : 10/13/2015 7:14 pm : link
Dealing with digital aspects. He took the job after leaving Kodak and moved to Maryland. Right before Snyder went public with SNC he put up some real nice sales bonuses to fluff up the books for the offering. My brother was one of a handful of sales reps in the co to hit the top bonus. When it came time to pay Snyder screwed all of them out of over 80% of the promised bonus. Long story short my brother took him to court and won all the bonus money plus some additional.

The funny part was Snyder offering him 50% of his bonus and promising not to sue my brother over some ridiculous non-disclosure nonsense as an initial settlement. The asshole had just made 2B on the sale of his company, and here he was trying to dick over people who helped him make that. He is just a real piece of shit human
Friggin Snyder  
reesesux : 10/13/2015 8:52 pm : link
and his Foreskin henchmen! Don't YOU DARE DISPARAGE the Mara family! John Mara's father was the man who most singlehandedly was responsible for the success of the NFL.
^^^^^^^^^^^^Apparently it's ok to disparage jerry Reese  
djm : 10/13/2015 8:59 pm : link
Just not the Maras!!

Doesn't Surprize Me  
Jim in Tampa : 10/13/2015 11:04 pm : link
We get the same table-pounding, BS threats at one of our HOA meetings. I can imagine when you add powerful men and big egos into the mix that this kind of shit happens all the time. (We just don't hear about it.)
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