Bud Adams

[Brando]

Originally Posted by Dave

Check out Ed Fowler's "Loser Takes All: Bud Adams, Bad Football and Big Business". Bud Adams was and is a douche. Christmas bonuses were a ham or a turkey. He eventually broke every lease he signed in Houston. Don't get me started on the scoreboard and Home Run spectacular being removed from the 'Dome.

The NFL Networks "Top 10" series included some Oiler suckitude last month. The '71-'72 Oilers (back-to-back 1-13 records) made top 10 "Worst Teams" and Bill Peterson ('72 and 5 games in '73, 1-18 record) made top 10 "Coaches That Should Have Stayed in College". Dan Pastorini and Elvin Bethea both were interviewed and basically said Peterson was a joke. The clips of him while he was miked up by NFL Films bears out their assessments.

That was a good book. I also liked Oiler Blues by John Pirkle. It's a really good book that like Loser Takes All...tells all about Humpty Dumpty(Bud Adams) and the way he ruined the franchise.