Mr. Scot

He trusted Marty to do all that.

Not the PFT version, I think.

Unless your franchise is stupid. Sh-t

Still remember when he announced that the scandal would all be handled by an "internal investigation". I was pretty sure at the time that he fully believed his NFL brethren would cover for him. Imagine his face when he found out they wouldn't...

Hell, at this point, he might actually be glad they took his statue away.

I got this story from someone who worked there. The team was having a year when they were unable to hand out Christmas bonuses or some such. Jon drew some cash from his personal account, gathered the people under him together and gave them hundred dollar bills out of his own pocket. He even told them all he was sorry he couldn't do more. Well Mark (because he was a pissy little b-tch) complained about it. He said it made him look like an a--hole. Mind you, he already looked like an a--hole, so status quo. But it became a huge deal regardless. If I remember correctly, Mark still owns some small percentage of the team, but nowhere near what it was.

I also grew up in an era where you could do something ignorant without worrying that someone was gonna film it and upload it to the internet so the world could laugh at you... forever

Valid. Never affected thousands of fans and a billion dollar business when I screwed up, though.

He did a radio interview a while back where he claimed he was the runner up in the final bidding. it was bullsh-t, of course. He didn't have anything close to the money it would have taken.

I don't. The good son (Jon) passed away. The other one (Mark) was universally hated by everyone who had to work with him. Tepper is crap, but Mark Richardson wouldn't have been any better.

Starting to think Matt Rhule is some unholy mix of Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby all in one

Well, according to Albert Breer, it sounds like the plan is not only to keep Rhule on place, but also for him to continue having the power to do anything he wants.

We might have an even dumber owner than Cal McNair.

The thought of Matt Rhule coming back at all is bad enough. The idea that he could come back retaining full power in his job and with the endorsement to do whatever he feels he needs to do, though? That's high octane nightmare fuel.

If Albert Breer is right, then not only will Rhule stick around but his power won't be diminished in the slightest. He can sign, trade for and trade away anybody or anything he wants.

From the article... “No, I’ve never noticed anything,” Rhule said when asked if there was a disconnect between he and the locker room. “I’ve never had anyone say anything to me. It’s hard for me to comment on anonymous sources like that. I think we have a good locker room full of guys working hard from all different places. So I’ve never seen anything.” Oh, the dysfunction is 1000% there, Matt. You just can't see it

I definitely get the sense that Tepper wants to be known as the kind of owner that will go all in. Unfortunately, he seems to be the kind of owner that will go all in holding a pair of threes

"Any thought that Rhule might not be as free to go nuts and sell off assets to land the right triggerman this offseason can probably be dismissed." That sentence terrifies me. Rhule not only remaining in charge but also still having free reign to do as he pleases? Mother of...

What say we trade away a sh-tload of picks while we're at it?

I agree he was trying to be balanced, but the comeback answer to Robby Anderson's question by itself was burn unit worthy.

That article was really friggin' rough.

There is some balance in it, but the overall picture that the article paints is bad...real bad. (and it deserves to be)

Writing for The Athletic gives him way more freedom than writing for The Observer did.

How many of those seasons saw the head coach who guided us to them given another year?