[Hacksaw]

Joe Mad

[Elvis]

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Joe Buck explains tweets criticizing Rams owner Stan Kroenke



Joe Buck is a St. Louis native and takes the thought of the Rams leaving town very personally.

That is the main reason he posted a series of tweets criticizing Rams owner Stan Kroenke, calling the entire situation a "joke."

Buck explained his stance to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

“We’re about to lose the NFL for a second time,” Buck told Post-Dispatch columnist Joe Strauss. “I don’t know how the story is going to turn out. There are myriad possibilities. It’s been really quiet from St. Louis’ standpoint, but this ball has been rolling for a long time ... longer than people realize, longer than I initially realized.”

Buck, the lead NFL broadcaster for Fox Sports, said he has not received any backlash from the NFL about his rant, in which he said Kroenke's handling of the team's expired lease of the Edward Jones Dome has sucked "the life out of the team."

Buck acknowledged the Edward Jones Dome has become obsolete in relationship to other NFL stadiums, but said "Silent Stan" is not helping the matter with his continued media silence.

"He’s like a ghost," Buck said of Kroenke, who has a stadium plan in place in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. The Rams, who played in Los Angeles from 1946-1994, practiced with the Cowboys earlier this month in Oxnard, Calif., which is about 90 minutes from the proposed Inglewood site.

Kroenke watched the joint training camp practice with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who has said he wants to see the NFL return to Los Angeles. Buck said he understands how moving the franchise back to L.A. could make business sense to Kroenke. Buck acknowledged the city's culpability in the St. Louis stadium standoff, and realizes the team's futility over the last decade is a factor. That said, he reminded Strauss — and Kroenke — that the baseball-crazed Gateway City was a football town from 1999-2001, when the Rams played in a pair of Super Bowls and won the franchise's only championship during the Super Bowl era.

"When you step back and look at the timeline and realize how hard a ticket this was when the team was good ... Dome or no Dome, it didn’t seem to matter," Buck said. “I would be hard-pressed to believe that this L.A. plan was dreamed up only when St. Louis wasn’t ready to play ball.

“I have a tough time with the notion that fans here don’t support the NFL. The team has not performed for a long time now.”

[Hacksaw]

“I would be hard-pressed to believe that this L.A. plan was dreamed up only when St. Louis wasn’t ready to play ball.

Why would Buck say that? The problem has been in the works since '05 so it make perfect sense the LA thing was being dreamed about by Stan. It wasn't his call then though. Ask Dierdorf Joe.

[Ramfan46]

Screw that monotone cry baby. Arbitration was in Feb 2012. Kroenke bought the 60 acres sometime mid 2013. Partnered with Stockbridge in mid 2014 and announced his formal plan in Jan 2015. STL had plenty of time to come up with a plan and a back up plan to keep the club. They put all of their eggs in the Kroenke Homer Basket and came up snake eyes. To me the support hasn't been there since 2007, the die hard fan base is too small in STL IMO. Look at Oak, Cleveland, Buffalo, KC, Houston, Tenn... These aren't winning clubs, but they pack the house with passionate fans. The only way the Ed gets packed now is when the opposing team's fans buy the tickets! Rant over.

[Hacksaw]

46, I think we're all letting off a bit of built up steam. Like 20 years worth.

[The Ripper]

Screw that monotone cry baby. Arbitration was in Feb 2012. Kroenke bought the 60 acres sometime mid 2013. Partnered with Stockbridge in mid 2014 and announced his formal plan in Jan 2015. STL had plenty of time to come up with a plan and a back up plan to keep the club. They put all of their eggs in the Kroenke Homer Basket and came up snake eyes. To me the support hasn't been there since 2007, the die hard fan base is too small in STL IMO. Look at Oak, Cleveland, Buffalo, KC, Houston, Tenn... These aren't winning clubs, but they pack the house with passionate fans. The only way the Ed gets packed now is when the opposing team's fans buy the tickets! Rant over.

The other issue is the London games. The NFL wanted to give the lower revenue teams a way to make more money. The extra revenue comes to about 2 home games a year and the CVC made such a big deal out of something that was supposed to help the city keep the teams in their home markets.

[Ramfan46]

Screw that monotone cry baby. Arbitration was in Feb 2012. Kroenke bought the 60 acres sometime mid 2013. Partnered with Stockbridge in mid 2014 and announced his formal plan in Jan 2015. STL had plenty of time to come up with a plan and a back up plan to keep the club. They put all of their eggs in the Kroenke Homer Basket and came up snake eyes. To me the support hasn't been there since 2007, the die hard fan base is too small in STL IMO. Look at Oak, Cleveland, Buffalo, KC, Houston, Tenn... These aren't winning clubs, but they pack the house with passionate fans. The only way the Ed gets packed now is when the opposing team's fans buy the tickets! Rant over.

The other issue is the London games. The NFL wanted to give the lower revenue teams a way to make more money. The extra revenue comes to about 2 home games a year and the CVC made such a big deal out of something that was supposed to help the city keep the teams in their home markets.

Interesting, I didn't know that irked the club when STL made a big deal about the 2 extra London games in consecutive years. They just seemed to handle everything terribly IMO. Dind't even ask Kroenke if he wanted an open air stadium, he won't own it and would possibly have to share with a MLS team that he doesn't profit from. Also, no Super Bowls, Drafts and other high profile events. The Riverfront Stadium in a rundown area won't do jack to raise the value or profile of the team. The Inglewood stadium on the other hand...

[majik]

I'm confused...is Joe talking about Stan's reign as Rams owner from 2010 to present or Georgia Frontiere from 1991-1994?

[Elvis]

I'm confused...is Joe talking about Stan's reign as Rams owner from 2010 to present or Georgia Frontiere from 1991-1994?

Exactly.

And welcome aboard...

[OldSchool]

I'm confused...is Joe talking about Stan's reign as Rams owner from 2010 to present or Georgia Frontiere from 1991-1994?

Most Rams fans from St Louis don't understand how well those words fit for both owners and how they fit better for she who must not be named.