1. History of building highly successful organizations
2. Ability to attract world class talent
3. Solid character and reputation
4. Willingness to spend whatever it takes to achieve sustained success.
5. Driven to create the most successful competitive team on the field
I’m in total agreement with Neo and Boone.
I also hope for a future owner or majority partner that is a visionary and that cares more about what they can bring to the area and to the league than they do about what being an NFL owner does for them personally.
I think from Boone's list, 1,3, and 5 are all you really need, and possibly just 1 and 3.
If you are able to build a highly successful organization, it can essentially run itself. You made your money. You do need to apply some accountability and motivation to the topmost levels, and help with motivation down to the bottom, but beyond that a lot of it should be able to be handled more or less from your hires. If they can do (1) you are golden with the on the field product. With (3), you get someone who will actually care about the off-the-field product, which for fans from the 80s Skins, I am pretty sure we (or most of us here) care about. I loved hearing the stories of camaraderie from the team, and it always seemed like those 80s Skins were kind of a cut above most other teams. Just an awesome team to root for. I'd love that to be in play again in the future. 1 and 3 also avoid any problems in the workplace and keep the team out of the news for the wrong reasons.
I think (1) and (3) are really all you need.
However: "visionary" is also nice. It means you have a guy who can really be creative and bring this team to a higher level. Yes, someone with (1) and (3) above could hire a visionary, but a visionary owner will make it happen more easily. Snyder had some visionary qualities early on, I remember him partnering with some companies before others in the league did; OK, visionary is a stretch there but I'm throwing him a bone. Anyway, it would be great to have an owner we can really take pride in, someone who has a real interest in revolutionizing the game and taking the team/game and maybe even the Stadium (!) forward into the future. The idea that DC could finally have a really modern, well-designed stadium for the football team just blows my mind.
Great descriptions of key qualities, and a really good thread idea.
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