Power n Glory wrote:StLGooner wrote:EliteKiller wrote:StLGooner wrote:Who is responsible for putting the right people in charge to run his club? Is it Kroenke, or someone else?
He's a shit owner for all his franchises. He's shit because he doesn't care about winning or losing. He only cares about his investment. I've had more experience with Kroenke as an owner than you. He owned my NFL team let them become the worst in the league and then moved them to another city. He owns several other teams here that don't do very well over here, because he doesn't care enough to make them winners. He has too much on his plate to do so. His involvement in sports is about money and only money and only establishing his family as one of the richest in America/World. That's what he cares about. Maybe if he only owned one franchise he would put more effort into making that one club win, but he is spread too thin, not to mention he's just a massive douche bag.
He's one of the most profitable investors in sports franchise history ... he's now worth 8.8 billion ... sure he married into money, wish I had.
To expect a hands off investor to suddenly role up and manage Arsenal football club? it's just crazy talk. He employed what the vast majority on here just a few years ago were calling the dream team ... Gazidis on the books and Wenger calling the shots ... when they screwed the pooch he fired them and got new executives in, if they f**k up they will be replaced ... that's his job and his only job, and that ain't changing.
you might be bright he's a massive douche bag but so what?
When did I say I ever expected him to do anything? I know what his role is, and he isn't good at it. It's that simple. Look at our club right now, do you think we're in a good position? Obviously not. You people want to just blame one person, I don't know why people can't seem go grasp that it takes a whole club to win, and when they don't you blame the whole club. Not just the coach, not just the board, not just the players, and not just the owner. EVERYONE. It all starts with the owner though, and he's just a shit one.
All of what you said is true. But none of that makes him a good owner in my book. Like I said, I've been witnessing Kroenke and his clubs for years. I've been watching and have been a part of the American sports scene for years. I know what kind of owner he is, he isn't a good one. His lack of consistent success shows this, his lack of involvement shows this, his blatant lying to a whole city caused them to pay $15 million dollars over their own tax money, just for us to find out that we were lied to the whole time. Yes, I have a bit of a negative view towards him because of what he did with the Rams, but trust me when I say I didn't like him before that, nor did many of the fans from teams he owns.
If you're a supporter of the LA Rams, can you go into detail about the new coach you appointed and making it to the Superbowl last year? What changed around the Franchise for that to happen?
I'm not a supporter for the Rams anymore. Not once they moved. I couldn't bring myself to support that club anymore not with Stan as the owner.
But the Rams before they went to LA were bad ever since Stan took over. We were one of the worst in the league for about a good 10 years. That whole time though we had some very good draft classes, mostly on the defensive side of the ball, so we were starting to see some progress. Once they got to LA, I don't know what happened. They found a new young coach, and a good young QB, so that helped them a bit, but obviously still not enough. The NFL has a lot of parity in it though, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Rams fall back into mediocrity this up coming season. Stan will only care if it effects him selling season tickets for his shiny new stadium, you know the one that we were supposed to get here in St. Louis. The one he promised to us, the one he said he was going to make because he didn't want to move the team to LA. But Stan lied, because that's what Stan does when it comes to him and making money. He doesn't care about the fans, or the players, he just cares that his business is still profitable.
And that's the whole point. I don't like owners like him, he owns too many different sports teams, and isn't hands on enough for my liking. I do agree that an owner can be too hands on, but there is a delicate balance that makes a good owner from a shit one like him. Everyone else has the right to disagree and you can like him as an owner all you want, I just will politely disagree with you.