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Rolling Stone Lists Top 15 Owners In Sports

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Worst owners correction. Can you guess who's on the list?

 

Coming in at number 11

 

 

 

Looks like someone molded a human shape out of an unguent containing racist e-mail forwards, Greek yogurt and hatred, although he may also be Mumbles from Dick Tracy. Richardson got $87.5 million in public money (and may get $50 million more) for renovations to a then 17-year-old stadium financed with $50 million in public land and relocation fees. A true no-nonsense ethicist, he didn't lift a finger about Greg Hardy's domestic abuse until well after Ray Rice's beating of his fiancée in an elevator ruined the optics for every other give-no-fu*k NFL owner. Richardson was also a hardliner over locking out both the players and the referees for their out-of-control salaries despite pocketing millions in profit the preceding two seasons. He also reportedly once sneeringly responded to Peyton Manning's concerns about concussions with, "What do you know about player safety?" Later, heading into the 2011 lockout, he harnessed every wealthy Tea Party victim stereotype by saying that it was time for the owners to "take back our league." As a former NFL player, that makes him both a hypocrite and a vampire.

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/the-15-worst-owners-in-sports-20141125

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Laugh if you want but it is all true. JR is a dud of an owner who doesn't give a rat's ass about winning, just show me the money.

 

And again, people don't get it.

 

Everyone who has any experience actually working with Jerry Richardson would tell you he cares a great deal about winning.  He's also hardly a miser given that he's about the only owner who didn't lay off a single person from his team's staff during the lockout.  Lots of owners did just that to save costs, but Richardson chose instead to take care of his employees.  The whole dumbass notion that he's just some Scrooge who doesn't care about winning is something only the uninformed hold on to.  That's never been the problem.

 

The problem isn't motive.  It's execution.

 

His biggest missteps have included giving his son Mark a prominent position on the team, Dom Capers full control, handing the reins to George Seifert, hiring a GM that wasn't a football guy, staying loyal to that GM even through consistently bad results (largely because that GM was loyal to him), disastrously bad PR during the lockout and coach hiring processes and fostering an 'inmates run the asylum' atmosphere by telling Jeff Davidson he wasn't even allowed to talk to Steve Smith.

 

Richardson absolutely wants to build a winner, but he's done a lousy job trying, generally by choosing the wrong people for their jobs.

 

Happily, I think he finally got it right with Dave Gettleman, and I believe if Gettleman has enough power (to which the cut of Steve Smith would testify affirmative) then he can right the ship. 

 

Might take time and might hurt along the way, but it could happen.

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The fact that we only see and hear from the groundhog once a year is all we nee to know!

But when it came to screwing with his wallet he was the most vocal owner during the lockout.

JR's time has come. He could do us all a favor and just sell the team now and save face.

Had the guy tell me once he was going to bring me tickets to a game after I detailed his car, never happened and as little as it matters a man of his word is just that. And considering the non-impact to his wallet of that gesture and the fact he never made good on his promise told me all I needed to know.

Dude is all talk unless it effects him.

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And again, people don't get it.

 

Everyone who has any experience actually working with Jerry Richardson would tell you he cares a great deal about winning.  He's also hardly a miser given that he's about the only owner who didn't lay off a single person from his team's staff during the lockout.  Lots of owners did just that to save costs, but Richardson chose instead to take care of his employees.  The whole dumbass notion that he's just some Scrooge who doesn't care about winning is something only the uninformed hold on to.  That's never been the problem.

 

The problem isn't motive.  It's execution.

 

His biggest missteps have included giving his son Mark a prominent position on the team, Dom Capers full control, handing the reins to George Seifert, hiring a GM that wasn't a football guy, staying loyal to that GM even through consistently bad results (largely because that GM was loyal to him), disastrously bad PR during the lockout and coach hiring processes and fostering an 'inmates run the asylum' atmosphere by telling Jeff Davidson he wasn't even allowed to talk to Steve Smith.

 

Richardson absolutely wants to build a winner, but he's done a lousy job trying, generally by choosing the wrong people for their jobs.

 

Happily, I think he finally got it right with Dave Gettleman, and I believe if Gettleman has enough power (to which the cut of Steve Smith would testify affirmative) then he can right the ship. 

 

Might take time and might hurt along the way, but it could happen.

 

A lot of people was let go off the team in preparation for the lockout and we went 2-14 while our coaching staff was then sent packing despite not having much to work with. Yeah he cares about winning, but its other things he care about more obviously. One is the NFL and other is just keeping the team in Charlotte

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A lot of people was let go off the team in preparation for the lockout and we went 2-14 while our coaching staff was then sent packing despite not having much to work with. Yeah he cares about winning, but its other things he care about more obviously. One is the NFL and other is just keeping the team in Charlotte

 

You do know the difference between football players and staff people, right?

 

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