Mr. WEO Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 For everyone who commented on the SB field being slippery because of "paint"...not so! A very disgusted Sodfather explains....as he shreds his colleague to ribbons! https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35754546/ex-nfl-groundskeeper-george-toma-super-bowl-lvii-field-was-overwatered "So, what he does," Toma said, referring to Ed Mangan, the NFL field director who was in charge of the Super Bowl field and worked under Toma for years, "he waters the hell out of it and puts it right into the stadium and that's it. Never sees sunlight again. He can't do that." "It had a rotten smell," he said. Toma also alleged that Mangan did not sand the field enough. "He sanded it two weeks too late," Toma said. "He had only one sanding. He should have had two or three sandings, but he didn't do *****. And that was it. And not only that, he didn't take care of it. He wouldn't listen to anybody." "I can't take it anymore," said Toma, who said he hasn't been pleased with how the NFL responded to field issues at Super Bowl sites in the past. "Me and the league are finished," Toma said. "They can't tell me what to do anymore. We're done." 4 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Don’t mess with Mr. Toma when it comes to playing surfaces. Edited March 1, 2023 by Beast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Toma Hawk!!! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Beast said: Don’t mess with Mr. Toma when it comes to playing surfaces. The greatest turf jockey since Carl Spackler 1 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Welcome to the age where expertise doesn't matter anymore. 5 6 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 "I know it was you who didn't sand that field. You broke my heart!"💔 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Junction Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) In related news…. New Balance is exited to be extending their sponsorship of Toma, and will be celebrating the extension with a hybrid lawn mowing and golfing training shoe to be released on Fathers Day 2024. Edited March 1, 2023 by Buffalo Junction 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, WhoTom said: Welcome to the age where expertise doesn't matter anymore. What's crazy is its not an age thing. I'm seeing from young ones to old ones. It's got to be google. People think a 5 minute article is worth as much as a PhD. 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: What's crazy is its not an age thing. I'm seeing from young ones to old ones. It's got to be google. People think a 5 minute article is worth as much as a PhD. Amen. And it's usually the first one on the page, the one some schlub has paid for higher placement. Multiple awards for your observation. 🍺🏆👍🏽✅ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleezoid Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Sand the field, Manganson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Sounds like they should have listened to him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 28 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: What's crazy is its not an age thing. I'm seeing from young ones to old ones. It's got to be google. People think a 5 minute article is worth as much as a PhD. I meant "age" as in "era." But I don't blame Google - it's just a tool. Certain people in high-profile positions have a financial stake in keeping the masses uninformed, so they've intentionally fostered the environment you described. 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I mean, I'm not a grass expert but if what Toma said was correct, the new NFL director is stupid. My last house, I had the best grass in the neighborhood. I bought a new house with nothing but weeds, I'm sodding in the spring. I will send my before and after photos to the NFL along with my application. I'm never a "I'm smarter than the experts" kind of guy but I'm 100% sure I would have had the grass better that what this NFL Director did....they allowed fungus to grow because they didn't give it enough sunlight after watering it. That legitimately is stupid, I'm sorry. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Buffalo Junction said: In related news…. New Balance is exited to be extending their sponsorship of Toma, and will be celebrating the extension with a hybrid lawn mowing and golfing training shoe to be released on Fathers Day 2024. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomcat Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 They should of been fired. It's an embarrassment to the league. So gather up the family......with a pocket full of shells! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Beast said: Don’t mess with Mr. Toma when it comes to playing surfaces. Toma a rigato, Mr Roboto...Toma...Toma... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said: The greatest turf jockey since Carl Spackler You can play a football game on it and then get stoned to the Bejesus Belt afterward. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Mr. WEO said: The greatest turf jockey since Carl Spackler "that's nice but who are the Chefs?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said: "that's nice but who are the Chefs?" "not the goffers, the GOFFERS!" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I need to get George Toma's expertise on my lawn STAT. Grows like crazy in some areas, dry patches and dead grass in others..etc.. He'd probably rip me to shreds like Gordon Ramsey does to sloppy chefs.. but it'd be worth it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: I mean, I'm not a grass expert but if what Toma said was correct, the new NFL director is stupid. My last house, I had the best grass in the neighborhood. I bought a new house with nothing but weeds, I'm sodding in the spring. I will send my before and after photos to the NFL along with my application. I'm never a "I'm smarter than the experts" kind of guy but I'm 100% sure I would have had the grass better that what this NFL Director did....they allowed fungus to grow because they didn't give it enough sunlight after watering it. That legitimately is stupid, I'm sorry. RWC....can I hire you to fix my lawn? I am in southwest Florida and grass here is a 4 star beeyotch!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVilanch Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Someone is about to wake up with a horse head in their bed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 "Me and the league are finished," Toma said. "They can't tell me what to do anymore. We're done." Telling right here. It's freakin' grass... But the scary part is, what's the League telling others to do with bigger issues! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Funny story old timer at work (2 tour Vietnam Vet) told me about 30 years ago. So this lawn service guy is going around the neighborhood hawking a lawn service... Comes up to my co-worker and says: "Hey your lawn looks stressed, you could use our lawn service." My co-worker responds: "You think my lawn is stressed, you should see how stressed out I am! No thanks, it will be fine." I can't imagine Pandemic/Post Pandemic grass and people now. LoL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 21 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: "Me and the league are finished," Toma said. "They can't tell me what to do anymore. We're done." Telling right here. It's freakin' grass... But the scary part is, what's the League telling others to do with bigger issues! Also, he's like 95 years old. He let the league tell him what to do for 80 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: People think a 5 minute article is worth as much as a PhD. ...or an MD, JD, MBA... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 The NFL should fire Ed Mangan but he'll likely keep that job for another 20 years because the NFL operates like the Soviets at Chernobyl. There's no fault because there's no fault to see. The NFL is also at fault because Mangan knows baseball turf - turf that's in the hot, humid, southern heat of Atlanta. He knows absolutely nothing about what they tried to do in Arizona - growing it outside in dry, but not summer desert conditions, and then moving it inside and re-installing it indoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Kwai San said: RWC....can I hire you to fix my lawn? I am in southwest Florida and grass here is a 4 star beeyotch!!! Only if you promise me bulgogi and the beef was blessed by a Korean Jew. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, dpberr said: The NFL should fire Ed Mangan but he'll likely keep that job for another 20 years because the NFL operates like the Soviets at Chernobyl. There's no fault because there's no fault to see. The NFL is also at fault because Mangan knows baseball turf - turf that's in the hot, humid, southern heat of Atlanta. He knows absolutely nothing about what they tried to do in Arizona - growing it outside in dry, but not summer desert conditions, and then moving it inside and re-installing it indoors. Exactly. I once turned on my sprinklers and went to get food. I saw someone I knew up there and instead of going back home, I stayed. My sprinklers were on for two hours straight...completely forgot. This was around 11:00 am and I had a swamp. I live in Atlanta and by 5:00 pm, most of it had dried up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ControllerOfPlanetX Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I am sure Goodell will say the field was fine, just like the officiating is the best it’s ever been.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said: "that's nice but who are the Chefs?" Great googly moogly.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Mr. WEO said: For everyone who commented on the SB field being slippery because of "paint"...not so! A very disgusted Sodfather explains....as he shreds his colleague to ribbons! https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35754546/ex-nfl-groundskeeper-george-toma-super-bowl-lvii-field-was-overwatered "So, what he does," Toma said, referring to Ed Mangan, the NFL field director who was in charge of the Super Bowl field and worked under Toma for years, "he waters the hell out of it and puts it right into the stadium and that's it. Never sees sunlight again. He can't do that." "It had a rotten smell," he said. Toma also alleged that Mangan did not sand the field enough. "He sanded it two weeks too late," Toma said. "He had only one sanding. He should have had two or three sandings, but he didn't do *****. And that was it. And not only that, he didn't take care of it. He wouldn't listen to anybody." "I can't take it anymore," said Toma, who said he hasn't been pleased with how the NFL responded to field issues at Super Bowl sites in the past. "Me and the league are finished," Toma said. "They can't tell me what to do anymore. We're done." Man, this is the most "get off my lawn" thing I've ever seen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just in Atlanta Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Odds of a horse head finding its way in Ed Mangan’s bed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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