Dan Snyder: A Legacy of Failure

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I still can't believe Dan Snyder threw in the white flag. The Washington Commanders (formerly Redskins, formerly Football Team) have been sold to a consortium of people led by Josh Harris. The only way to celebrate this is to go over all the hits (or at least most of them). This is a reign that will be seen as the gold standard of ineptitude and how not to run a professional sports franchise.
This one's a doozy. May we never speak of this again.

[@adamthespinygiant]

When the world needed it the most, the Legacy of Failure series makes its triumphant return.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Here’s to an eventual Washington Wizards LoF.

[@adamthespinygiant]

@@baxatakbaxatak2014not to mention the Clippers, Jazz, Bills, Texans, Chargers, Padres, etc. You know the weirdest part? We still yet to have an NBA LOF vid yet.

[@fiddytree530]

⁠@@adamthespinygiantUT’s uninterest in basketball personified lol

[@MazeDaGr8]

​@@adamthespinygiantHe did say he'll do the clippers once kawai & PG leave

[@UHOH_415]

Been a hot minute since a LOF was made.

[@thehistorygamer4591]

Remember that Gibbs helped run a nascar team at the same time of getting Washington into the playoffs while working for Dan Snyder. Man had handled it well.

[@americanbadass88]

Sean Taylors death really got to Gibbs honestly i think if that didn't happen Gibbs stays another few years. With Taylor that defense would have been a damn BEAST.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

Sean was basically the successor of Darnell Green, but with more power in place of speed And in the years of Gibbs, Green was one of his biggest legacies to the team history

[@bigbearkat2010]

Not to mention that back in the day, he kept having to change QBs for his SB runs.

[@furioussherman7265]

Joe Gibbs wasn't running the NASCAR team back then. His late son J.D. Gibbs was.

[@mitchellrussavage6033]

Regardless, he’ll be a hall of fame inductee in two major sports being NFL and NASCAR. Now he’s hoping his grandson, Ty, will be becoming a successful racing driver.

[@alienlife7754]

I met Joe Gibbs when he came to Dover to see his race team perform. I told him I was thrilled to meet him but that I am an Eagles fan. He just shook my hand, smiled, and said “No one is perfect!” Lol. Then we talked for a minute before he left. Great guy.

[@Kyle-mw3bo]

This recount of my childhood (suprinsingly including 6 Flags) is much appreciated. As a personal note, my sister played a season of rec basketball with Dan Snyder's daughter and in case you were wondering how much of piece of shit he is no he did not show up to a single game.

[@UrinatingTree]

I've heard that before (about Dan not showing up to his daughter's games). Only defense I could give is that he doesn't want to get heckled? Still a shit excuse tho.

[@troybaxter]

@@UrinatingTree you show up for your children, no matter what. The man is such a scumbag

[@TheMattTrakker]

Why would he need to show up, he was able to see from a telescope in his mansion without those pesky trees.

[@rodmunch69]

No one wants to watch a bunch of girls playing basketball. The only thing more boring would be if she played soccer.

[@benjaminfrazier1039]

Man, Dan Snyder must be a deadbeat dad.

[@natebellville3621]

Unlike Washington’s culture under Snyder, this video is actually damn good.

[@fortynights1513]

One of Tree’s better uploads in awhile.

[@thedarkemperor9292]

​@@shanetrout8103... That's just a Pittsburg accent.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

​@@shanetrout8103he's the real deal and actually sounds n looks like he is Urinatingtree is HONEST unlike our current government

[@LateNightTableCo]

That’s it. That’s the best comment. We can all go home now

[@CJEstradaMartinez]

Tree delivered the goods on this video, and it didn't disappoint.

[@usmnt4423]

“Removed the native and kept the land” was an absolutely killer line goddamn 😂

[@ScooterMagruder]

He will be missed -NFC East fans

[@matthewfranke9988]

Dan Snyder, is not a grown man.

[@matthewfranke9988]

Also, the Cowboys will win the Super Bowl!

[@liljeep7355]

@@matthewfranke9988😐😐💀💀💀💀💀

[@Sukuun]

Cowboys fans: “Snyder’s gone, and yet Jerry is STILL HERE?!”

[@XemnasO01X]

​@@SukuunIt just shows that for all the things JJ does, There _ARE_ worse people. At least the stadium, players, and fans are appreciated. Who did Snyder appreciate: The almighty dollar. Yes, JJ probably does too but at least he spends most of it on the team.

[@darealconman]

Never forget the most infamous quote of the Dan Snyder era… The culture is actually damn good.

[@alexdenty7041]

I'M CALLING BOTH GAMES

[@adamthespinygiant]

@@alexdenty7041PULL UP YOUR PANTS!! TAKE OFF THE BRA!! *BE A MAN!!!!!*

[@MadMatt1990]

Hail to the ‘Name Redacted’

[@benabramowitz18]

“SAVE MARTHA!!” Wait, wrong Snyder.

[@Dragoon1809]

Can we find Bruce Allen and take turns kicking him in the balls?

[@GelidusAstrum]

Years ago I worked for a northern Virginia construction company that helped build FedEx Field. After years of the company having a season ticket account, the years of failure kept piling up, and the company decided to cancel their season tickets because no one with an IQ above room temperature wanted to see the on-field clown show. Even for free. This man was so petty about it that he demanded the construction company take the picture of FedEx Field off their website. Sweet cleansing hellfire, what a man-child.

[@awfpunisher]

I bet they took it down too. He probably had 50 virgins feeding him grapes right before he commanded siri to piss off a bunch of day workers. Absolute legend.

[@thewheatness]

@@awfpunisher found little Danny's burner

[@cocobeandarla]

HATERS GUIDE TO THE 2023 NFL SEASON PLEASE!!!

[@jamesharden3timedpoy466]

@@awfpunisherabsolute legend 🤓

[@bigbearkat2010]

Idk, demanding they no longer associate themselves with his shitty stadium he let fall apart kind of feels like the equivalent of Karen customers threatening to never come back to a store. They think it's a threat but they're unknowingly doing you a favor.

[@AbsentNova]

Washington used to be one the absolute best franchises in the NFL before Snyder. Their SB winning teams are considered some of the best in history and he singlehandedly tanked the franchise into being a punchline. You know it's bad when fans actually just stop caring about the team rather than be upset or frustrated that the team is bad.

[@RB01.10]

Actually, if you look at those seasons from 1992 to when he bought the team in 1999, the team still wasn’t very good

[@ultravenia]

You know it's bad when rivals pity the team instead of hate them.

[@Hexon66]

The franchise never was one of the best, or 'storied', or any such rose-colored nostalgia. You can narrow the success down to two mini eras. The early-to-mid 70s with the good, but ultimately overachieving 'over-the-hill' gang of George Allen. And if you ask Sonny, he'd say it was that *one* year of Lombardi coaching that really turn things around. And of course, the 80s-early 90s with Gibbs (augmented by the ability to win 2 Super Bowls in years with labor stoppages). Still not sure if that makes them more or less impressive. Other than those, what dozen and a half years? 70+ years of failure, nearly a third of that Snyder's.

[@mordechaibenpesach1855]

Ownership is everything. This was not Washington's first experienced with prolonged losing. But Jack Kent Cooke was a great owner.

[@fortynights1513]

⁠@@Hexon66You could certainly say that the culture was actually damn good in those years. But yeah, outside of some solid teams in the 70’s (including the 72 Super Bowl team), Gibbs’ first tenure, and going further back, the career of Sammy Baugh, this franchise hasn’t done a ton. The Skins had the Snyder years, and they had a 25 year drought between Baugh’s decline and George Allen’s first year after Lombardi, where they didn’t make a single playoff appearance (no wild card sure, but a drought is a drought).

[@Seansadventure]

As a Washington fan, there is something therapeutic about seeing all of my abuse laid out before me.

[@bosserman444]

The catharsis is insane

[@stephengrinkley9889]

I know right. It's like a sports version of that show "This is your Life" however your life has been pathetic and disappointing

[@slapchawp3766]

Easier to pinpoint the trauma 😂

[@whymilky8086]

I was born in 2000, Snyder is all I’ve ever known. Is this what hope feels like? 😊

[@bcdside]

The last time Washington won a Super Bowl, I was 6-years-old. Could I have saved myself over three decades of heartbreak by switching allegiances to a different team in 1992? I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t considered it many times.

[@frankly7761]

You also forget, being the first win the Lions got after going 0-16. That should not go unmentioned.

[@SimSays]

I played youth football in Michigan and i remember this game specifically. Right before kickoff, the PA made the announcement right before our game that the Lions had beat the Redskins. I told my team, “the day the lions win, we will lose.” Sure enough, we lost that game and it was the only blemish we suffered all season (finished with a record of 9-1)

[@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Fun fact, this is the first true Legacy of Failure (not counting half century) since his Mariners vid, we need to cherish this moment. Couldn’t have happened to a better person.

[@antonioreconquistador]

All the mariners are missing is being renamed the sea-asshole baseball team

[@YourLocalSoxFan20]

I feel like the Clippers need one

[@ImNotLoganA]

Or the Bengals (although this may become outdated depending on how Burrow's career goes)

[@badger6728]

@@ImNotLoganAthe Bengals already have one and I don’t think Tree could really add much to that.

[@EvanEscher]

Padres and Indians/Guardians need one too.

[@owenschnitzler9340]

Marty Schottenheimer, you deserved so much better! RIP you legend.

[@Chimidway88]

I hate the one and done year for head coaches, regardless if they are new or a veteran coach to a new team. You gotta give him/her regardless of any sport at least 2-3 years to build a team and develop them if they are committed and are doing the right things.

[@jakeuhhb]

@@Chimidway88Schottenheimer with the chargers and redskins being perfect examples.

[@taylormoses5884]

Marty schotteheimer was too successful for this idiot

[@BBAKER22]

DON'T be RIDICULOUS! He knew what he was getting into, but chose $$$ anyway..

[@dannythomas417]

​@@BBAKER22Bills don't pay themselves you know.

[@yzer9975]

The Six Flags thing was only briefly touched on in the video, but never forget that Snyder himself ended the Mr. Six campaign, one of THE most memorable ad campaigns of the 2000s, because he thought it was pointless.

[@mikeditocco9075]

One of the worst things about modern sports is that people like Snyder, Sterling, and Sarver can be complete scumbags and wreck the reputations of themselves, their teams, and their sports; yet they then get rewarded with billions of dollars once they finally do get forced to sell while making back what they originally invested in their teams several times over.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

yup 100% Bought The Team 800 Million Dollars Sold The Team 6 Billion Dollars Profit 5.2 Billion Dollars and that's just selling the team he made even more during his time but yea Mike it's what i hate so much about sport money has poisoned sports sheer blatant incompetence is rewarded year after year

[@chizorama]

Must be nice being a 5.2B failure, I wouldn't mind, but alas, I have a soul...

[@zenkoan1838]

Accounting for inflation from 1999 to 2023, he only really made about 4.6 Billion. But who's counting?

[@deedsofdecapitation7477]

That's supply and demand, and market price, nothing to do with sports. It's the same reason why useless thots can sell their bathwater for thousands of dollars, or get millions from simps just to see them semi naked online. Complaining about stuff like this is like complaining the sky is blue.

[@Kurzov]

Sarver? I don't recall any owner by that name, was it before the turn of the millennium?

[@mikegalbraith9999]

It's been quite a hot minute since we last had a "Legacy of Failure" video. This is gonna be good!

[@RonanDahlman-ci1ql]

It’s good to have one again.

[@evanbowen3979]

And a 30 minute one at that!

[@mosscow6056]

Damn good you might say...

[@kedharswaminathan7571]

Dan Synder did the impossible: he made me feel bad for Washington fans. As a Cowboys fan, I never want to feel that way about one of our most hated rivals ever again.

[@saydaddy91]

It really says something that since 2004 the nfc East has been the most competitive division in football not having a repeat winner in almost 20 years yet Dan Snyder has managed not only to fail he has turned one of the most passionate fan bases in the nfl (and I’m an eagles fan) into pure apathy

[@RB01.10]

To be fair, while his management was piss poor, the team was already losing a lot before he purchased them in 1999. After 1991, and especially 1992 they had losing records

[@DiggetyDank]

Alex Smiths story is eerily relatable. While working part-time as an acrobat to fund my Olympic training for Tokyo, I rode a collapsing 90ft. tall tower to the asphalt in 2018. There were 40+ broken bones and Ive had 23 major surgeries and many more minor procedures. Watching Alex's recovery while I was going through something very similar helped me grasp the possibility that I might walk properly again one day.

[@NWOWCW4Life1]

Damn. I hope you are doing well man

[@Rockhound6165]

How are you doing?

[@RAAM855]

​@@Rockhound6165he went on to take the gold. The catch? It was the paralympics

[@alienlife7754]

Hope things work out for you. One day at a time man!

[@DiggetyDank]

@@Rockhound6165 I wont be able to regain my athletic abilities but im alive, and im thankful for that. I have another surgery in a few weeks, hopefully ill be able to walk with a cane after this one!

[@willflint5014]

As a Capitals fan, it was absolutely hilarious seeing Snyder get upset about the Caps success. Yes, it was rumored but still. During his tenure, the Caps, Nats, and Wizards endeared themselves to the DMV, all while Snyder was making the entire area hate him with each passing moment.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

add onto that with the Nationals man that shit must have pissed him off hahahah 2018-2019 must have really gotten to him lol

[@RB01.10]

Caps and Nats won in 2018 and 2019 respectively unlike the Wizards who haven’t won since 1978 though

[@Howlingburd19]

Go Caps!!! 💪

[@bobbytropo2314]

@@RB01.10I’d still much rather go to a wizards game than endure the misery of fed ex field.

[@DerpDerpyDerp]

Dan Snyder took a franchise that was one bad snap away from the NFC Championship game with a future Super Bowl winning QB and immediately blew it up. Cuz he's Dan Snyder.

[@AndreNDP]

I miss Sean Taylor so bad. Always had him on my teams in Madden, he was so ludicrously talented.

[@Hexon66]

An impressive player, to be sure. But also, I feel, collateral victim of Snyder's reign, in that his loss is eulogized so out of proportion to reality. He *wasn't* going to be the savior of that team, but the desperate have to hold onto something.

[@kahuna2940]

You know it’s bad when even the rivals and every team would celebrate when he left Washington

[@tmtmtlsml]

To be a fan of an NFL team, you have to be a fan of football, and Dan Snyder's continued involvement in the NFL was a tacit acceptance of his presence and influence. With him gone, football as a whole is better for it

[@GenericUserNameHere]

@@tmtmtlsmlWell stated.

[@PickpocketJones]

I know Eagles fans who felt too bad for us to talk smack...EAGLES FANS.....

[@j-wilk4835]

​@@PickpocketJonesGiants fan myself, it's probably the one thing (aside from fuck Dallas and fuck Brady) that Giants and Eagles fans can agree on

[@JuwanBuchanan]

Dan Synder was a cancer to the NFL even other owners wanted him gone. He had to go.

[@wilcee238]

I’m shocked that Tree didn’t take the chance to call this Legacy Of Failure the Snyder Cut.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

That would be disrespectful to the memory of the late Uche Nwaneri, a friend of Tree and fan of Zack Snyder that had the chance to have a video with him. We have one disaster regarding that with Sean Taylor, let's not add another

[@MarloSoBalJr]

​@@otaviofrn_advBro, you're reaching it. Calm down

[@UrinatingTree]

The Snyder Cut of this would've been about 65 minutes long with altering timelines.

[@RRRandomRecordings]

@@UrinatingTree Is that because in the Snyder Cut, Dan breaks down your door as you start recording and forces you to listen to his version of events? Which means the man-child petulantly argues with you and revises history in real time while you're trying to talk about his legacy of failure? It would probably play out like those MLB & MLBPA phone call reenactments..

[@wilcee238]

@UrinatingTree 😆 Fair enough

[@ynsimha7663]

While the Toronto Maple Leafs video or the Days of our Steelers video may be tree’s magnum opus, this is his most passionate, withering commentary ever. Wonderful storytelling with outstanding sarcasm and irony. He is at his peak here . Great job tree. This video is one of your finest ever. Outstanding work! I have been a fan of yours since 2019 and you have endlessly entertained and regaled me with these great stories for years. Thank you for all that you do.

[@stormuse.normous1225]

I agree, Tree-mendous! 🌲

[@UnderwaterAlexJones]

I love going back and watching the Leafs video and then sending it to every single one of my idiotic Leaf fan friends so they can cope and seethe some more about how its 1967 and Never Fucking Again.

[@Anonie324]

I've been with this channel since 2016 or 2017, I forget which, but I tend to agree that the Maple Leafs video may be the best one he's ever done. Sometimes the content on this channel can be a touch melodramatic for my taste these days, but it's damn good work, especially the long-form stuff!

[@chebatenaley2134]

I loved " The Football Team" as a name. To me it had such a beautiful amount of spite in it that I think actually worked.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

for me i viewed it as Washington are so fucking bad they don't deserve a proper name

[@ultravenia]

Definitely better than the Commanders.

[@crazyluigi6664]

I mean, I wouldn't have minded if it was just for that one year in 2020. Including it for 2021 was too much, though...

[@chebatenaley2134]

See I had no problems with the " Redskins" that's why to me Spite is a helluva drug. " You're gonna make ME?!?!?! change My name?!?!?! fuck you were THE FOOTBALL TEAM!!! now" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@chebatenaley2134 And if it happened in 2020 alone, I'd perfectly understand and even get that sentiment completely. The problem was they extended that joke for one year too long, which made it more stale by comparison than just leaving the message for 2020 alone.

[@moistnar]

I thought I knew most of the story about Snyder but holy god a $4 security charge for the rest of the 2001 season after 9/11 is breaking my brain

[@BlueBarrier782]

This is what Dan has always done with every business. He would nickel and dime every cent he possibly could out of customers.

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@BlueBarrier782 and then act like the customer is the problem

[@HenryDaNinth]

Possibly the greatest iteration of "Legacy of Failure" yet. Hats off to you, Tree

[@fortynights1513]

Most definitely.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

idk i loved the Falcons one espicaly the Immortal Line " Only A Brick Wall Could Stop You It's Name Is The Eagles "

[@HenryDaNinth]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411 you have one of the most electric offenses of all time. Only a brick wall could stop you. Its name is the Eagles.

[@fortynights1513]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411This one he could have used that line and replaced it with Seahawks if he wanted

[@NatureB3]

As a Ravens fan and someone who's worked at FedEx Field since the beginning, this video compilation of the Redskins/WFT/Commanders is absolutely perfect. Nailed it!

[@willl604]

My theory is that the ghost of Sean Taylor kept Dan Snyder from sleeping, making his decisions more and more erratic. Dan tried to appeal to his spirit but lack of sleep made him fail in these attempts.

[@ImNotLoganA]

As a fan of both the NFL and Nickelodeon, I just fucking love how two of the worst things that have ever happened to these respective subjects have similar names. *Dan Snyder* needs no further explanation; his story is told in hilarious detail in this video. *Dan Schneider,* whose Nickelodeon sitcoms such as Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, Victorious and iCarly (my personal favorite) are regarded highly by those who watched Nick back then. But later on, there was a LOT of foot shit (you know what I mean) especially on Dan's later shows. Several abuse allegations and a horrific but great Jennette McCurdy autobio later, he's long been ousted from Nickelodeon. Their names are so similar, and they've done so much heinous shit, that I don't even think it's a coincidence.

[@julianbell9161]

Anytime me and my friends are talking about Dan Snyder, we always call him Dan Schneider for that exact reason. My friend is a Redskins fan and I always say shit “Dan Schneider continues to fuck the Redskins over.”

[@otaviofrn_adv]

you know what could be a good match made in hell? Dan and Jennette's mom

[@fortynights1513]

That is an interesting coincidence. Not to defend Schneider in the slightest, but at least some of the Teen Nick shows were arguably successful at what they were trying to do, and thus you could say that he oversaw some successful projects in spite of all his abusive or terrible actions behind the scenes. Whereas Dan Snyder never oversaw a football team that made it past the second round, and saw only six that made the postseason at all in 24 years I think. In the NFL, that’s not good.

[@SmoothCriminal12]

Are you talking about Dan "show me your feet while I beat my meat" Schneider?

[@dominicpancella3012]

​@@fortynights1513They both ended up making obscene amounts of money in a highly unethical manner (only for Snyder, it was more like 30-40 unethical manners)

[@ProDucktions0]

Skins, Football Team, Commanders, whatever the hell our next name will be fans, we have dreamed of this day/video. Our time has come, let us rejoice.

[@SonofTuscon99]

Rejoice! (My moneys on y'all's name being redtails. Good luck from a fan of big blue!)

[@maw4734]

Our time has indeed come, brother. The celebrations are unending.

[@Yeen125]

8:29 You can legit make an half hour video on Dan Snyder’s disastrous time at Six Flags. Keeping in mind that Six Flags wasn’t exactly financially healthy around that time; having to close and/or sell many of their parks (most notably Astroworld and Geauga Lake/Worlds of Adventure) to pay off debt.

[@annloucks]

However Primer Parks prior added a ton of debt

[@snowcat8971]

I grew up a Skins fan in Tennessee because my grandparents lived in Landover, MD and sent me Skins merch all the time. And they were good (1982-1996). But the combination of the Titans coming to the state (been a PSL holder the whole time), Dan Synder buying the team, and the complete failure of UT QB Heath Shuler made it really easy to focus completely on the Titans. I do wish the new owner well.

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

He did something once thought of as impossible 25 years ago. Turn Washington fans apathetic.

[@instinctive3066]

Famous last words that should be remembered: “You know the culture, is actually Damn good”

[@BirdGang6]

I’m glad that you mentioned Scott McCloughan in this, I feel like he doesn’t get talked about and the way he treated the best GM he had had in decades was downright cruel.

[@RRRandomRecordings]

I watched this Legacy of Failure on my big screen TV and it was absolutely worthy of it. As a Dolphins fan I'm thankful that the Redskins didn't ruin Jason Taylor before he came back to Miami..

[@rockinglucario6877]

I missed the Legacy of Failure series. I hope that we get a few more episodes of it during the NFL/NHL offseason.

[@UrinatingTree]

I've wanted to do one of these for a while. Running into issues of time to do them was what stopped me from doing them. There are more than a few teams I want to get to in the future.

[@Rtank4]

​@UrinatingTree do a video on the edmonton elks. As a fan of the green and gold they deserve it for breaking a home loss record

[@brycelandon3699]

​@@UrinatingTree - Do some "Legacy of Failure" videos on college teams - the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team would be a good start!

[@vince11harris]

@@brycelandon3699Jesus that would take forever. Do You know how many sorry ass college teams exist rn?😂

[@DubBeats]

@@UrinatingTreeyou can Tennessee titans that be funny…

[@Seabas989]

As a fan of all D.C. sports teams, I'm surprised this isn't longer lol

[@SDEexorect]

fr this shouldve been over 2 hours long.

[@peterranney9488]

There is more than enough material to add wayyyyyy more to this. Albert Haynesworth was only a sentence. Gregg Williams wasn't even mentioned. Brandon Scherff, Brian Orakpo, Lorenzo Alexander, Dan Wilkinson, John Beck, Jason Campbell, Todd Collins, Tony Banks, Mark Sanchez, DeAngelo Hall, William Jackson III, DeAnthony Batiste, and Ryan Clark are all names which could be a full episode on their own and were unmentioned. This is before even getting into the list of current successful NFL head coaches that started as Commanders OC's. Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay, Matt LaFleur, probably more that I am forgetting. This video could be 3 hours long if he wanted it to be...

[@thepubknight6144]

Think about how much of a piece of shit Dan is The rival teams of Washington in the same division had better memorials and honor for Sean Taylor than he ever did

[@Ryan-wx1bi]

​@@peterranney9488and O'Connell

[@digitalrailroader]

The Legacy of Failure hath returned! And unlike team wide Legacies of Failure which can be undone by winning a championship, this one is PERMANENT!

[@meapo7184]

hey tree, just wanna say ive been going through a lot of hard times lately and thank you for uploading. Your videos help a ton and i appreciate you. that is all for now.

[@UrinatingTree]

No man, thank you for watching. I appreciate you.

[@bubba1158]

Mr. Tree, as a lifelong redskins fan. I appreciate this video. Well done as always

[@obsidian00]

I am legit happy for you guys...the first super bowl I remember watching and enjoying was in '88...good luck going forward!

[@stevendouglass29]

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[@Docwilson91]

Lifelong Giants fan here. While I’ll miss the one to two free wins we would get over you guys each year I do await the day that our games will be a real rivalry again.

[@brownie7858]

Should change your team name to the blackies and see how well that goes

[@drjustin84]

*football team

[@iammatthewdavid03]

this man was the owner of my favorite football team as long as I have been alive (I was born on February First, 1999) and it feels that weird he's not going to be the owner and even more fans are super exciteded over the new ownership. Hoping for a good future to my favorite sports team.

[@thephoenixxm4160]

Unforuntaly, as a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers yeah he is going to be better than Dan but not by much. He is a puppet. He allowed the NBA to basically take full control of the team when they got pissed at our tanking during the process. We haven't made it out of the second round under him.

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

Same. Grew up in the snyder era and never stepped foot in fedex. Haven't seen a playoff win since I was 4😭

[@fortynights1513]

@@thephoenixxm4160Did the Sixers owner disapprove of the tanking?

[@thephoenixxm4160]

@@fortynights1513 Hard to say. He has said contradictory stances on the issue. When we were deep in the tank he said it was a "considerable success". However, after the NBA put its foot down and ended it he has been on record saying he was against it. So who knows? He is a goddamn puppet who will pony up to other owners and the Commish. He has no real stances of his own. That stance hasn't won the Sixers any real success besides losing in the first and second round every year.

[@johnchedsey1306]

As an "old", I very much remember the 80s dominance of Washington, and especially remember them destroying the Broncos in a single quarter of football in the super bowl (I grew up a Bronco hater in Colorado, so it was extra sweet). Younger fans such as yourself deserve far better! Best of luck in this new ownership era.

[@AceSolomon94]

33:15 DON'T ever stop using that soundbyte. You sir, are a true NFL Historian & it would be a dishonor to not used one of the most well placed quotes in NFL history as a re-occuring soundbyte in your intros. Thank you & I bid you farewell, sir tree. 💯

[@bmac4]

Even as ownership changes, "The culture is actually damn good" will continue to embody this team until they win some damn games.

[@JuwanBuchanan]

Sad thing is it’s most likely go take years to replace all the damage Dan Synder has done to the Commanders/Redskins, and we’re not even talking about off the field

[@Newbobdole]

Tree, this is one of your most important videos for chronicling the on field & off field abuses this guy did to the DMV Skins fan since '89, but by 2008 I realized it was never going to change under Snyder and I had to switch over to AFC/Ravens bc they were at least fielding a real football team

[@awfpunisher]

bandwagoners begone. delete comment and dont come back. k thx bai.

[@davester1970]

I imagine a lot of the Raven's fanbase is disgruntled former Redskins fans.

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

The only sad part about him going quietly was there was no word war that spurned between him and the other owners. That would’ve been hilarious

[@michaelstein7510]

I think we were all hoping for a spiteful Dan Snyder to unload all the NFL’s dirty laundry on the way out. It would have been glorious entertainment. I’m sure Roger Goodell made him sign a strict NDA as part of the sale agreement.

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

@@michaelstein7510 And look, it's Dan Snyder, there's nothing that says he won't wake up one day, choose violence, and unload all of it anyway.

[@rwa2play]

@@AnimatedIdiotGuide Watch he'll do it too because "I'm Dan F'n Snyder and I can do what I want!"

[@stephenshaw7593]

This was one of the longest Legacy of Failure vids I remember seeing and deservedly so. For me the Scott McCloughan episode was one of the most telling about Snyder's mismanagement of the team. While many of Snyder's mistakes involved hiring the wrong front office guy, throwing money at the wrong player or coach, or not paying a good player enough, the firing of Scott McCloughan was a RARE example of Snyder actually hiring the right guy for the job, then absolutely humiliating/brutalizing him because his toxic partner-in-crime Bruce Allen aka: "Mr. Nepotism" was jealous of his success. That episode showed to many that success was never Snyder's main goal, CONTROL was.

[@RatedRMario21]

In the category of "Washington Fans Can't Have Nice Things," Mike Shanahan was the modern Jim Lee Howell. (Giants coach whose OC was Vince Lombardi and DC was Tom Landry) On his staff: Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay, Mike McDaniel, Matt LaFleur

[@rontheauraknight9606]

As an Washington fan. The bad man is gone. He can’t hurt us anymore hopefully. Last time we won an playoff game I was like 5

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

literal pain

[@kingspeedwagon2612]

Same here. Growing up with Washington as your team while you're surrounded by Steelers, Broncos, and Cowboy fans was tough.

[@tobi3983]

Grew up in land over, 2 mins from the stadium but I was blessed to be born into a Ravens family 😭

[@patrickroden4481]

I was a baby when they last won. First full season I watched was 2012. Haven't had a netter year since then

[@PRHILL9696]

Best partis we hear your team might be called what they are again. The REDSKINS!

[@skinsman3]

As a Washington Football fan, this was a well-done retrospective of how shitty the team has been over the last 20 years..

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

under Dan Snyder your team went from one of the most Respected names in Football to a Fucking Laughing Stock in less then 20 years really disgraceful what he did to that team but thank god he's finally gone

[@kmart93]

He literally drove me from being a Washington fan to being an Eagles fan

[@letsmakeit110]

dan snyder ✡✡

[@SteeleZack]

It seems as though your team true last " feeling of of respectability" as NFL franchise was beating my team in the SB. Also so I don't forget, fuck the Cowboys.

[@SteeleZack]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411 Wasn't their prior owner kind've a scumbag too ?

[@kidumby7599]

A reminder when we needed it most that the Legacy of Failure series was actually damn good.

[@ray.3437]

As a Washington Fan, I’m genuinely dead inside with this team. I have called 7-9 a good year we have been so consistently awful

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

ah the NFC Least season yea that was really depressing it was so funny when there was a moment when we could have had a 6-10 Division winner LOL but yea imo Washington should have been stripped of their playoff place that season as negative record teams should not be allowed into the playoffs

[@zoewheeler3927]

Just like the NFC South this past yr. Everyone had a losing record there. Bad records making it in JUST because you won your division takes away from teams that TRULY deserve it (Just ask Detroit).

[@johnnyroberts3761]

27:57 In reference to the Sean Taylor jersey retirement, don’t forget that was also the situation where Jackson Mahomes danced on the number 21 that was painted on the sideline & roped off.

[@bigbearkat2010]

Sean Taylor honestly is the perfect example that proves Snyder never learned a damn thing. Time and again Snyder exploited his death either to make a quick buck or a cheap PR stunt to distract people from the latest round of bullshit he brought on himself, all of which predictably backfired on him.

[@UrinatingTree]

That was actually due to Washington themselves. The area they cordoned off the celebs/guests was where Sean Taylor's #21 was.

[@johnnyroberts3761]

@@UrinatingTree I do remember seeing that information. That whole jersey retirement was just a disaster, taking place the week of the leaked emails into the WFT’s workplace misconduct, and Jackson’s dancing added to the disappointment. Thank the football gods the league is free from Dan Snyder.

[@imyugimuto]

No fan should ever have to endure ineptitude like this. I'm glad Washington is free from this man. Maybe now the franchise can revive itself and be great again.

[@Rockhound6165]

I'm a Cardinals fan. I've known ineptitude since 1975. The franchise, since 1949. 18 years of Snyder is a mere blip on the radar compared to what we Cardinals fans have had to endure.

[@AdolphSaxOfficial]

​@@Rockhound6165Warner really gave yall 1 good year and that's it😅😂

[@fortynights1513]

@@Rockhound616547 was their last title, but point taken

[@Rockhound6165]

@@AdolphSaxOfficial 2015 was good until the NFC championship game.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@fortynights1513 '47 was the last title. They went back to the title game the next year but lost to the Eagles in the snow. After that, it was all down hill.

[@drjustin84]

I recently moved to DC, and I’m so glad people around here can finally root for their team again. There’s hope again.

[@BBAKER22]

As someone who worked for Danny and the team for 3 seasons, 1999-2001, I can honestly say this video is SPOT ON!!

[@speedyeagle2.25]

0:57 BEGINNING 1:15 MAY 1999 2:34 SUMMER 2000 3:19 2000 SEASON 3:48 JANUARY 4 2001 4:08 WEEK 5 2001 SEASON 4:23 WEEK 17 2001 SEASON 4:43 JANUARY 15 2002 5:02 APRIL 19 2002 5:15 2002 SEASON 5:43 2003 SEASON 6:06 2004 OFFSEASON 6:37 JANUARY 7 2004 7:00 FEBRUARY 15 2004 7:15 MARCH 4 2004 7:40 2004 SEASON 7:58 MARCH 6 2005 8:29 OCTOBER 2005 9:09 2005 SEASON 9:33 NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND 2005 SEASON 9:56 2006 OFFSEASON 10:09 2006 SEASON 10:34 MARCH 7 2007 10:49 NOVEMBER 27 2007 11:18 2007 SEASON 11:41 JANUARY 8 2008 11:58 2008 SEASON 12:26 FEBRUARY 27 2009 - THE WORST FREE AGNET CONTACT IN NFL HISTORY 12:40 OCTOBER 18 2009 12:59 DECEMBER 19 2009 13:21 2009 SEASON 13:48 JANUARY 5 2010 14:02 APRIL 4 2010 14:27 2010 SEASON 14:52 2011 SEASON 15:05 2012 NFL DRAFT 15:36 2012 SEASON NFC WILDCARD 2012 SEASON 16:30 JUNE 2013 16:56 2013 SEASON 17:28 JANUARY 9 2014 17:40 2014 SEASON 18:06 JANUARY 6 2015 18:21 MARCH 2015 18:39 2015 SEASON 19:04 2016 OFFSEASON 19:21 2016 SEASON 19:48 2017 OFFSEASON 20:04 MARCH 9 2017 20:39 2017 SEASON 21:05 JANUARY 30 2018 21:33 NOVEMBER 18 2018 22:03 NOVEMBER 27 2018 22:29 2018 SEASON 22:54 2019 OFFSEASON 23:15 SUMMER 2019 23:47 OCTOBER 7 2019 24:11 "THE CULTURE IS DAMN GOOD" 24:29 2019 SEASON 24:58 JANUARY 1 2020 25:19 JULY 13 2020 26:04 OCTOBER 11 2020 26:10 DECEMBER 29 2020 26:33 2020 SEASON 26:51 NFC WILDCARD 2020 SEASON 27:01 JULY 1 2021 27:38 OCTOBER 18 2021 28:15 OCTOBER 28 2021 28:39 2021 SEASON 29:07 FEBRUARY 2 2022 29:39 MARCH 9 2022 30:13 NOVEMBER 27 2022 30:53 WEEK 16 2022 SEASON 31:12 WEEK 17 2022 SEASON 31:37 CONCLUSION 33:21 ENDING R.I.P DANIEL SNYDER 1999-2023 THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE CRYING IS THE ORGANIZATION AND THE FANS RELIEVED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THIS MESS ANYMORE

[@supershadowan]

you're the MVP for this 👏

[@jluchette]

CAPITAL “A” for effort.

[@swieri2003]

As a lifelong Redskins fan I want to say thank you for making this,

[@cypher515]

I lost it at "Dan Snyder tried to drive a cop car into the Pay and Spray". Seriously though, after all of this, I basically started using Washington as my "Hmm, lemme move this team anywhere up and down the East Coast in Madden" team. The only concession the purple monsters known as the Brooklyn Beats have to history? No one EVER wears number 21.

[@Nooope24]

Hey Tree, appreciate the crash bandicoot and Diddy Kong racing music. It made watching this video on a failure much easier.

[@LordLucario12]

Oh MAN, this is EXACTLY what I needed to see today! I haven't been this excited for a Tree video in FOREVER

[@dannythomas417]

Oh, he makes the best for people that get pissed off when they're teams are doing poorly.

[@LordLucario12]

​@@dannythomas417I personally hope he makes that NY Jets: Legacy of Failure vid someday

[@dannythomas417]

@LordLucario12 Problem is they won Super Bowl III, so that won't count.

[@fortynights1513]

@@dannythomas417Yep. There also won’t be ones for the Chargers, Bills, Cardinals, Titans or Lions if pre-Super Bowl stuff is counted.

[@LordLucario12]

@@dannythomas417 Counterpoint: he did one on the Maple Leafs, who won a Cup but had 50 years of failure afterwards. The Jets have long since gotten past that benchmark

[@TyGuyness]

As a lifelong Washington fan... been waiting for this for DECADES

[@RB01.10]

Three decades to be more precise

[@Ryan-wx1bi]

I never thought it would actually happen... I thought I was gonna be stuck with him as the owner for the majority of my life. Happy days

[@M0unta1n]

RIP Dwayne Haskins. I know it didn’t have to do with Commanders/Redskins but still RIP.

[@ItsKryptick]

This is THE Legacy of Failure. We might never see such pure incompetence ever again. The Snyder era of Washington Football shall forever be remembered.

[@patrickroden4481]

As a Washington fan, this is a video I have been waiting for years to see it be made. It was worth the wait

[@ryanchase9332]

"Say the line, Bruce!" "The culture... is actually damn good." "YAY!!!!!"

[@LoFoSho]

As someone who has had many successful amusement parks in rollercoaster tycoon 1&2, I feel knowledgeable enough to judge snider on his six flags endeavor.

[@SMEARGLEX75]

As a Washington Fan RN, this Video has been my Coping Mechanism.

[@Not_W0]

As a reskins fan, seeing a 30 minute Snyder video pop up in my feed is pure ecstasy. Thank you tree

[@Nick_Simpson007]

Over half an hour worth of this masterpiece is honestly less than I thought 😂😂😂

[@JPS47]

Washington can do no wrong this season. They could no show, go 0-17 or try to to make the playoffs but fail and no one won't be mad. This is a exciting time for them and can't wait to see what they do next year.

[@kaphizmey6229]

honestly, i think there is a decent chance this team makes the playoffs this year. they went 8-8-1 with carson wentz and taylor heinicke under center, all sam howell has to do is simply not suck and the team will be over .500

[@voicesofmarshians528]

@@kaphizmey6229well, Sam Howell is doing all right, but the o-line and defense have regressed in tremendous fashion. Who could’ve seen this coming 🤔 But as OP said, it’s an exciting time. I’m really looking forward to the offseason and the 2024 season.

[@kaphizmey6229]

@@voicesofmarshians528 yeah, i was huffing some premium cope with that take lol. but i agree, seeing as ron rivera and co. might get (rightfully) canned they could have a better oline, defense and an upgrade at head coach. play your cards right and you’ll be sniffing out the postseason a year or two from now (for real this time)!

[@worfsonofmogh1154]

@@kaphizmey6229 After that 4-12 season, and if it doesn't turn around this year, you'll start seeing "Miss Me Yet?" signs and ironic t-shirts at the games with Snyder's picture on there shrugging.

[@kaphizmey6229]

@@worfsonofmogh1154 trust me, nobody in dc will EVER miss him. i dunno what you’re smoking my guy, but it must be good

[@ShoelessJP]

This is a damn good documentary. As an Eagles fan, I send congratulations for kicking Dan Snyder out and good vibes for my peers as fans elsewhere. Your team deserved so so so much better than him. Hoping the team gets more competitive and we can rebuild the team rivalry with my Eagles.

[@tylermorrison1363]

The Fall of Dan Snyder and the Rise and utter Joy of the Washington Football and its fans! Such a beautiful site!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I hope we remember Dan Snyder for all the things of what you shouldn't do when your a owner of a sports team

[@davidlafleche1142]

... such as field level seats in football.

[@mrcowen2735]

Considering the amount of shit Washington fans have been put through for years I gotta give ‘em props for still being fans

[@stephengrinkley9889]

It's the journey man. Most of my family are Redskins fans and you don't run out on family. There's always hope that one day things will get better and be like it once was again

[@kaphizmey6229]

@@stephengrinkley9889 don’t worry my friend, as a fellow washington fan i promise it WILL get better. we must look to the future - a new head coach and gm are ours and we have a lot of draft picks to play with. 2024 and beyond looks promising 🙂

[@dbadefense1990]

While some of us feel sympathy on fans who’ve been scorned by Tree’s ‘Legacy of Failure’ series, here’s one of those legacies we’re ALL glad is a failure and is over with.

[@yammt3148]

"I'm so proud of him." - Harold Ballard

[@FlextaMcSignalz]

I'm glad Tree was able to sum up so succinctly the misery of being a fan of this team that I've been a fan of all throughout my conscious life.

[@jondelmore3163]

As a Redskins fan, this was amazing. I especially loved the Sonic and Mario music in there. Thank you!

[@Howlingburd19]

Delfino Plaza is legendary 👌

[@fortynights1513]

@@Howlingburd19It’s a good track

[@HighKage97]

These dives into sports history are my favorite vids. Always interesting to learn the cause of a team's futility that started decades prior.

[@jluchette]

This timeline & edits are the best breakdown of the travesty that was “The Snyder Era” I’ve seen. This is really, really good. Man, there’s some serious talent on ClickBait.

[@mossroks]

I'm a DC sports fan. This video was perfect. Kills me on this being my whole life basically. But extremely well done. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

hey if it makes you feel any better at least the Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 2018 and the Nationals won the world series in 2019

[@mossroks]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411 it does. I enjoyed those parades very much.

[@joemichigan4945]

London Fletcher was one of the most underrated players in recent memory. He seriously deserves at least Hall of Fame consideration

[@SlabbyMess]

He’s a beast in madden

[@bonanzatime]

He was very good. And so was Ken Harvey. But unfortunately the teams they were on sucked, so they will be forgotten. They won't be remembered like Monte Coleman and Kurt Godveau- Super Bowl Champions The Great Redskins Of The 1980s!! ..Dan Snyder stole that from a whole generation, that is his legacy. A Great POS

[@fortynights1513]

Credit him for making the preliminary stage at least once after being an undrafted player

[@FelipeYoshioCordeirodeSouza]

God, THAT Alex Smith saga, he's not an elite QB, but he might be one of the nicest guys in the league in recent memory, he never deserved all of the shit that happened to him

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

_We need a Mount Rushmore of Bad Sports Owners_ Dan Snyder Donald Sterling Harold Ballard Marge Schott

[@tannerwilson4843]

The Glazers for what they did to Manchester United?

[@someguy23475]

William Clay Ford

[@LakefrontStudios]

Dollar Bill Wirtz

[@crazyluigi6664]

Antonio Brown?

[@tannerwilson4843]

@@crazyluigi6664 Great story, but not a big enough team I think to be mentioned for a Mount Rushmore of bad sport's owners.

[@TheRADRAD]

24:11 A milestone moment in Redskins history.

[@George-kz5hb]

Every time you listed off players in succession you evoked the spirit of Gilbert Gottfried and his “Land of the Three Name People” bit. Well played.

[@ackbarfan5556]

11:48 AKA making damn sure his grandson is a better driver than his sons. (Note, it is shocking how both Gibbs sons died at the same age, 49, but even more shocking was Coy dying just hours after Ty won the Xfinity championship.)

[@broadstreetbullies849]

"Weight of obese Eagles fans" had me dying 😂

[@jaredharris9489]

A 30 minute video on Dan Snyder? This is gonna be good.

[@shaun4655]

Congratulations Redskins/Football Team/Commanders fans. You can finally breathe a sigh of relief; the nightmare is over. I wish you fast healing going forward.

[@tomholmes5055]

A 30+ minute video by UTree about Dan Snyder.... THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT!!!!

[@AJonAir1]

I have greatly missed Legacies of Failure...hope to see more again soon!

[@AceSolomon94]

24:00 *GOD* I was *waiting* for this! 😂 The moment Tree goes off! Oh *The Culture is Damn Good!* 🥴🤣

[@jonathonpettit3858]

And now it’s damn dead.

[@jtjr26]

I feel for the Washington fans. As a Lions fan, I know what it's like to support a team that loses a lot. We don't have the cartoonish villainy of Snyder but being a consistent loser hurts. Hopefully, both franchises can turn the corner and have some success.

[@kaphizmey6229]

as a commanders fan, thank you for your kind words. our fanbases have suffered for so long, which makes it weird that both our teams are potential playoff contenders right now lol. best of luck to you, my friend 🤝

[@kelseykjarsgaard5774]

I just want them to do better. Then cowboys and giants consistently lol

[@KusanoKami]

0:39 TREE(15)? Now that’s a REALLY big number!

[@platinumpengwinmusic5564]

Washington's last Super Bowl was 1991. That's the longest drought in the division.