"The Sodfather" has had enough, drops mic.

[Mr. WEO]

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."

[Beast]

Don’t mess with Mr. Toma when it comes to playing surfaces.

Edited March 1, 2023 by Beast

[K D]

Toma Hawk!!!

[Mr. WEO]

8 minutes ago, Beast said:

Don’t mess with Mr. Toma when it comes to playing surfaces.

 

The greatest turf jockey since Carl Spackler

[WhoTom]

Welcome to the age where expertise doesn't matter anymore.

 

 

[K D]

"I know it was you who didn't sand that field. You broke my heart!"💔

[Buffalo Junction]

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

[Royale with Cheese]

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.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

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.

🍺🏆👍🏽✅

[Fleezoid]

Sand the field, Manganson

 

[MJS]

Sounds like they should have listened to him.

[WhoTom]

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.

 

 

[Royale with Cheese]

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.

[Mr. WEO]

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.

 

[The Tomcat]

They should of been fired.  It's an embarrassment to the league.

 

So gather up the family......with a pocket full of shells! 

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, Beast said:

Don’t mess with Mr. Toma when it comes to playing surfaces.

 

Toma a rigato, Mr Roboto...Toma...Toma...

[Freddie's Dead]

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.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

4 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

The greatest turf jockey since Carl Spackler

"that's nice but who are the Chefs?"

 

 

[Mr. WEO]

4 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

"that's nice but who are the Chefs?"

 

 

 

"not the goffers, the GOFFERS!"

[zow2]

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.