Coach T Meets With Goodell

I wish something good would come out of meetings like this and we'd end up with more consistency with penalty calls and fines.

 

I'm presuming Coach T will take the time to remind Roger that "this is a violent sport..."

 

He's a great guy to send. Smart, cool under pressure, and very much on our side. However he's also not one to get himself in trouble, which I wish he would a little for this. The commish can't really hurt him, and it would make a huge statement to see some fire coming out of a coach instead of just some players who had their wallets lightened.

 

It would have been funny if he would have just placed a belt with two flags on his desk and walked out. It would have spoken loudly for everything he was just about to say.

 

I hope he brought tape of Ray Ray's hit on Hines and the hit on Miller to compare w/ Clark's.

 

While I applaud the effort of Mr. Rooney to schedule this meeting, Goodell is a total POS through-and-through and nothing will come of this. We'll still see the same BS calls on the field and inconsistent fines from the league office. The degradation of NFL football as we have grown/known to love will continue.

 

Yep I think he was wasting his time....nothing will change except more penalties against the steelers

 

Goodell works for the owners, if enough of the owners are telling him to dial it down and he doesn't listen, wouldn't he be out of a job soon? I doubt they would do anything during his term but they certainly don't have to bring him back as commish. I would think that would be enough motivation for Goodell. One can hope anyway [/quote:18wac5na]
Yeah that seems to make sense. Let me ask you guys this question. Generally speaking, what is the primary goal of an NFL owner? Is it primarily bout making money / growing margins / increasing the value of their investment? Is it to be a pillar of the community they are in / give back and promote charities and youth sports, etc? Is it to win championships? Is to put their city on the map? Is it to nurture young men/athletes and teach them what it means to be responsible men/fathers/husbands who give of themselves? Or something else?

I don't see the owners clamoring to remove ole Rog unfortunately because he seems to be doing what they are paying him to do - make them money. And at the end of the day, the primary objective of an NFL owner is to make money, and ole Rog is helping them do just that. Whether or not we like where the game is going or not.....
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The bottom line is the bottom line and Goodell has been good for the owners from a financial and increasing the value of their investment standpoint.

 

Goodell works for the owners, if enough of the owners are telling him to dial it down and he doesn't listen, wouldn't he be out of a job soon? I doubt they would do anything during his term but they certainly don't have to bring him back as commish. I would think that would be enough motivation for Goodell. One can hope anyway [/quote]







Speaking of wich, when is his TERM UP? Not soon enough!

 

I agree that Goodell's primary role is to make the owners money but that could bite them in the long run. Sports like NASCAR have shown what happens when you kill the golden goose and lose your core fans.

 

I hope he also pointed out to Ol' Roger that unlike Goodell, who's head is up his ass, most people's head is on top of their shoulders. therefore, it is physically impossible to hit with your shoulder without "leading with your head."[/quote:2mbdzxoc]

this made me snigger

 

Any news on the outcome of this meeting yet?

 

The only things they are going to say is that there was a discussion about what is legal and what is illegal, they watched some films, the meeting was beneficial, blah, blah, blah.