(01-24-2018, 02:58 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The fact that it takes a smart person to even get into law school and it takes an even smarter person to get through law school and then takes an even smarter person to pass the bar exam.

Being a lawyer isn't a light deal.

(01-24-2018, 06:18 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Who will have the most influence on Katie?  Her husband, and he'll have a lot of say, especially in a business that is dominated by men (owners, head coaches, GMs, players, etc).

(01-25-2018, 01:18 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Just out of curiosity, what degree does Mike have?

(01-25-2018, 01:18 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Just out of curiosity, what degree does Mike have?

(01-25-2018, 01:20 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Katie.

(01-25-2018, 03:17 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: Difference is Mike is from a different era, is a tight ass, and had everything handed to him in life.

Troy will see that changes need to be made and will make them.

(01-25-2018, 11:40 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: And you know this because Troy has a law degree just like Mike.

(01-25-2018, 01:20 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Because Troy has said he'll do things like hire a GM and no one on the planet can possibly be as stubborn and cheap as Mike, especially when they see how much his system has failed over the years.

(01-24-2018, 02:58 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The fact that it takes a smart person to even get into law school and it takes an even smarter person to get through law school and then takes an even smarter person to pass the bar exam.

Being a lawyer isn't a light deal.

(01-24-2018, 06:02 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I have no idea, but if they continue on Mike's path of thinking they don't need help from experienced football people, then it will likely be the same.  If they hire a qualified GM, then things can get better.  It's not for sure as many GMs have failed.  So you have to get rid of one if he isn't getting the job done, but you can't be the Browns either.  Then you have to get out of the way of football decisions, and stick to the money decisions.  They will overlap some, but stay out as much as possible.

The one thing that scares me is that I know for a fact that she balked at putting AC in her house when she was building it.

(01-25-2018, 02:25 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote:  We're *****.

(01-25-2018, 02:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Well my baby caught the Katie
Left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out
I swung on behind
Crazy 'bout that hard headed woman
Hard headed woman of mine

(01-25-2018, 02:37 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Well, that's a lawyer for you.

(01-20-2018, 03:31 PM)BenZoo2 Wrote: It depends on what's more important to her, winning or profits.  As has been pointed out, she can't do any worse than meathead has done.

She also hasn't given any indication of how she might run things.

Hopefully she will restore her grandfathers legacy.

I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt but I need to see it.  5.

(01-24-2018, 02:58 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The fact that it takes a smart person to even get into law school and it takes an even smarter person to get through law school and then takes an even smarter person to pass the bar exam.

Being a lawyer isn't a light deal.

(01-25-2018, 02:20 PM)Wyche Wrote: Book smart and common sense are often two different things.  Have you ever heard the term "educated fool"?

(01-25-2018, 02:39 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: She doesn't like all of the local criticism directed at her dad, so from my understanding from an interview several years ago, her and Troy want to hire a GM and remain right where they are and keep on doing the contracts.

Who knows?? Have to wait to see it.

(01-25-2018, 01:20 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Because Troy has said he'll do things like hire a GM and no one on the planet can possibly be as stubborn and cheap as Mike, especially when they see how much his system has failed over the years.

(01-25-2018, 09:50 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Exactly.

Let's not kid ourselves because the criticism is pretty much nation-wide, but the local criticism would have more of an impact, which seems to be the case because it's coming from her community and the communities in the area.

They don't want to deal with all the GM duties when they can pay someone to do it better and bring in more money.  

Great post 

(01-25-2018, 10:35 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: You got a link?  I'd love to read all about Troy's plans to hire a GM when he steals his balls out of Katie's purse.  And yeah, Katie can be every bit as stubborn as her dad.  You know, acorn/tree?


That family could give a flying **** about criticism, national or local.  That should be painfully obvious at this point.  People impervious to criticism demonstrate that for you by doing the same stupid, maddening shit 27 years in a row.  

Katie's takeaway from her Dad's reign is that she can fill every FO position with an idiot relative, pay herself as GM, and still make untold millions thanks to the NFL's idiot-proof revenue sharing.  Oh, and if we don't like, then she just pulls up stakes and opens the big top elsewhere.  She's heard the public rag on her old fool of a father for years, so I'm guessing she'd love to screw us over.  In a hearbeat, matter of fact.

Maybe you're right though, and I'm just a blackhearted cynic at this point.  I sure hope so.

(01-20-2018, 03:03 PM)McC Wrote: It depends, really, on whether or not she has the same delusional sense of competence as her daddy.   If she thinks she knows football, she'll be the GM, ans she is a woman, so there would be great appeal in being the first female GM.

If her foremost focus is rollover cap money, she'll continue in daddy's footsteps.

If she truly is passionate about winning a SB, she will have to at least  make some changes, namely handing over the reins to a professional.

Every woman boss I've ever seen, and yes, in this area, I am a true chauvinist, has to put her own stamp on the operation the second she takes over.  It's just what they do.  She's been sitting there for years, cataloging in her mind all the ways she would be smarter, all the things she would do better.

On the other hand, there is her upbringing.  No one can tell me she won't be a money grubber like her old man.  Silver spoon and all that.

All in all, it would be an epic nature vs. nurture internal struggle for her and I'm betting cash money tips the scales and she operates a lot like Dad.  She will change some things but she won't fork out a lot more dough to do it.  I say 2 out of 10 kind of change and I have confidence level of 8 on that and confidence level of 3 on her being any better than Pops.

(01-25-2018, 11:40 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: And you know this because Troy has a law degree just like Mike.