Start with Jerry Jones - he purchased the Dallas Cowboys in the late 1980s, fired the coach, won a couple Super Bowls with Jimmy Johnson at the helm, then proceeded to run Johnson out of town so he could make it look like he was the man behind the championships. For the last decade, fans have been force-fed his annoying mug on television every Sunday on the sidelines pretending not to be an annoyance to his coach and players.

Then there is Red McCombs. The cheerful, optimistic "Chicken Fried Salesman" bought the struggling Vikings from a group of divided, indecisive miscreants and proceeded to go on the radio and television and tell the state there was no reason his new team shouldn't go undefeated. The team nearly came through for Mr. McCombs, going 15-1 during the regular season, then blowing out the overmatched Arizona Cardinals who were "Just happy to be there" after missing the playoffs for seemingly a couple of milleniums. The team foundered in a loss to the Atlanta Falcons in the championship game, but ne'er a more dramatic entrance has been made to the league by an owner.

Until this year.

Enter spoiled little rich guy, Daniel Snyder, who with partner Howard Milstein, purchased the Washington Redskins for a mere $800 million at the beginning of 1999.

From the start it was hard to miss Snyder. Constant threats and broken promises that included firing a secretary that had become so close to one of the Redskins players that the future hall-of-famer considered her a second mother.

Heads really began to roll when General Manager Charlie Casserly was told to pack up his office and find a new home before the season started. One can surmise that head coach Norv Turner would have earned the same fate if it hadn't been so late in the off-season that there was no way Snyder could find anyone to coach the team on such short notice.

It is widely speculated that Turner must take the team deep into the playoffs if he wants to save his job. And even that might not be enough.

Snyder recently showed his impatience with losing by entering an office in the locker room and lambasting Turner after the team's second loss of the season to the Dallas Cowboys. Forget that the team was coming off a four game winning streak. Forget that other than the two Cowboys losses, the Redskins are undefeated this year. Forget running back Stephen Davis leading the National Football League in scoring this season. Forget newly acquired quarterback Brad Johnson and solid young wide receivers Albert Connell and Michael Westbrook having the Redskins offense on a tear all season long. Forget the fact that the team has scored 50 points in a game once and more than 40in another game. And most of all, forget the fact that Daniel Snyder has nothing in his background to indicate that he knows anything at all about football.

At least Jerry Jones played the game. He still looked like a fool. He was not the reason the Cowboys won three championships in the 1990s. He is not the reason Barry Switzer was able to lead the team to a championship with the cogs that Jimmy Johnson built into a dynasty. But at least he has somewhat of a football background.

And McCombs - he was not the reason the Vikings went 15-1 and set an all time NFL scoring record. But he never claimed to be. He bought the team, hired some football minds and sat in the booth to enjoy the package he put together.

Daniel Snyder is a whiny little rich boy. While he was cursing out Turner for having the audacity to fall to 4-2 and a tie for first place with the loss to Dallas, he demanded that Daryl Pounds, a reserve cornerback, be cut from the team for missing a couple plays. During training camp, he was instrumental in securing the release of a long-time offensive lineman who had missed a block during a pre-season game and allowed the quarterback to take a nasty sack. What basis does he have for making that decision? Those types of plays happen from time to time. Roster moves like those are decisions that should be left to the coaches.

One could make the argument that because he paid $800 million for the team, he has the right to do whatever he wants with it. Those people probably have a legitimate argument. But for him to think he has enough knowledge to know when a nickel back should be booted from the roster is ridiculous.

People can say his methods are effective. They can say the team is winning more than ever before. But it isn't Snyder who is getting the job done. This team has been a couple cogs away from being a winner for the last couple years. During this past offseason - before Snyder officially bought the team - they went and filled some of those holes. They got a leader at quarterback. They got coveted cornerback Champ Bailey, who is near the top of the league in interceptions in the draft. And they brought in Marco Coleman to play defensive end.

This team is still a couple players away on defense from being a Super Bowl contender. Odds are Snyder is not going to be willing to accept that. Turner could go 12-4 this year, lose in the first round of the playoffs and get fired. 

But he'll be re-hired. And my guess is that people are going to get tired with Snyder's bologna. Players aren't going to want to play for him. Coaches aren't going to want to coach for him. My guess is that before long, his act will wear thin and the Washington Redskins will be right back where they have been throughout the middle of the 90s. Mediocrity.

And it will probably drive the meddler crazy. But there will be some poetic justice when it happens. Isn't it great to see the spoiled little rich guy get what he deserves?