Carlie Irsay-Gordon

[Mr. Session]

Originally Posted by apballin

I watched it

Seemed like a nervous new owner knowing she’s replacing a legend

It’s her first year I think she didn’t wanna come off as the emotional female owner that will make changes every year and I’m sure the trust factor played into the decision as well

Hopefully it's more this. I absolutely noticed the nerves. I can empathize with that; This used to be her Dad's job.

To me it was a very awkward press conference. I'm not old enough to know what Jim looked like when he first started. I think ownership has an opportunity in a circumstance like this to give us a product pitch to try and build some kind of confidence going forward. Jim may have gotten up there and talked about Sausage or some shit about being in the upper quartile, and it would be a cute soundbite that ESPN and NBC would run with, but I think as a fanbase we understood what Irsay was trying to say.

CIG has an opportunity to grow within that context, for sure. Having had some time to digest things I sense she wanted to at the very least appear accountable and wanted the fanbase to feel seen & heard (She's pissed) but she has not yet developed the marketing skills her dad had, even if they could be a bit comical at times.

Ultimately, however, I do not think the fanbase as a whole feels any better about the situation after that press conference. There's grumblings on Reddit that the daughters do not have the $ to really compete and confidence in ownership does not appear to be improving.