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Deep Friendships = Tampering???
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:17 pm
by tribeofjudah
With Goodell, you NEVER know....!!! We could get slapped with a tampering, inside-trading, type of PENALTY....
Holmgren: Browns made "every bit the offer" for RG3 pick
Browns President Mike Holmgren told season ticket holder on a conference call that his team made “every bit the offer” that the Redskins did in an effort to obtain the second overall pick in this year’s NFL draft. That pick is expected to be Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Robert Griffin III.
Last week the Redskins and Rams agreed on a deal that send the second pick to Washington. St. Louis got the Redskins first- and second-round picks in this draft and their first-round picks in the 2013 and 2014 drafts.
Holmgren did not specify what the Browns offered. He implied that the Rams agreed to deal with the Redskins due to the close friendship between Redskins coach Mike Shanahan and Rams coach Jeff Fisher.
"There are reasons it didn't happen,'' said Holmgren. "There's a very close relationship” involved with the teams that got the deal done.
"I'm not sure any offer was going to be good enough,” he added. “We were very aggressive and it didn't work.''
http://www.realredskins.com/
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:51 pm
by Countertrey
So. what? It's a business deal... those are made and fall through for all kinds of reasons... It's no different than a team refusing to deal with another in it's own division.
Nothing here... unless you have a need to worry about something... knock yerself out.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:59 pm
by cowboykillerzRGiii
CT... True words.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:35 pm
by aswas71788
Guess Holmgren has to try to point the blame somewhere for his colossal failure in Cleveland. If Cleveland had made the better offer they would have gotten the pick. Pure and simple!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:43 pm
by tribeofjudah
Wait...what? Goodell slapped us with "breaking rules" regarding the CAP and said rules don't even exist.
He may slap us again....!!!! hahaha
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:57 pm
by JiveTurkee
Typical whining from the Walrus (holmgren).
And Goodhell is such a POS, I wouldn't put anything past his worthless self.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:02 pm
by Deadskins
Please! They may have made the same offer, but it was too late; the deal was done.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:05 pm
by hatsOFF2gibbs
"If he hits you once, he'll hit you again"
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:33 pm
by Countertrey
There are apparently several who have low stress thresholds here...
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:44 pm
by CanesSkins26
aswas71788 wrote:Guess Holmgren has to try to point the blame somewhere for his colossal failure in Cleveland. If Cleveland had made the better offer they would have gotten the pick. Pure and simple!
Who knows what offer they made, or if they even were seriously in on it. Holmgren is probably just trying to appease fans.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:02 pm
by ATX_Skins
CanesSkins26 wrote:Who knows what offer they made, or if they even were seriously in on it. Holmgren is probably just trying to appease fans.
This could actually be exactly why.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:04 pm
by ATX_Skins
You know how those Browns fans get. I actually think they like sucking. If anyone has ever been to Cleveland there isn't much there to be happy about.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:19 pm
by Kilmer72
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:24 pm
by DarthMonk
ATX_Skins wrote:You know how those Browns fans get. I actually think they like sucking. If anyone has ever been to Cleveland there isn't much there to be happy about.
Donde esta la poster?
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:29 pm
by tribeofjudah
Kilmer72 wrote:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/15/holmgren-gripes-about-griffin-trade/
I guess Shanny has some pull.
^^^^ this was the BEST part
Holmgren has surely benefited from his own friendships and relationships many more times than he has been burned by those maintained by others. The Godfather of what once was known loosely as the Green Bay Mafia (Jon Gruden perhaps was Luca Brasi), Holmgren knows how to call in favors and/or throw his weight around when he needs to.
He’s frustrated primarily because he wasn’t able to do it this time. He would have wise, in our view, to keep those frustrations to himself.
And with that I’ll officially withdraw my application for employment with the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:29 pm
by Kilmer72
DarthMonk wrote:ATX_Skins wrote:You know how those Browns fans get. I actually think they like sucking. If anyone has ever been to Cleveland there isn't much there to be happy about.
Donde esta la poster?
LMAO!!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:36 pm
by Kilmer72
tribeofjudah wrote:Kilmer72 wrote:http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/15/holmgren-gripes-about-griffin-trade/
I guess Shanny has some pull.
^^^^ this was the BEST part
Holmgren has surely benefited from his own friendships and relationships many more times than he has been burned by those maintained by others. The Godfather of what once was known loosely as the Green Bay Mafia (Jon Gruden perhaps was Luca Brasi), Holmgren knows how to call in favors and/or throw his weight around when he needs to.
He’s frustrated primarily because he wasn’t able to do it this time. He would have wise, in our view, to keep those frustrations to himself.
And with that I’ll officially withdraw my application for employment with the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yeah I was laughing at that too then what Darth posted really got me going.