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\"**Randy<\/a>By Randy Gardner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow, is all I can say. Stan Kroenke will just not give up will he? He has more options on his plate than a dinner at a smorgasbord.<\/p>\n

It must be nice to be able to unveil plans in one city for a billion dollars and then have another city drawing up plans so that the team will stay. Here\u2019s what I say, just like what the Rams did with Sam Bradford, sometimes you have to just let go. I want a team here just as bad as everyone else\u00a0does but don\u2019t you want an\u00a0owner who is totally committed to the community and the fans?<\/p>\n

Let him go, It\u2019s his team and he can do what he wants and then bring another team here from one of the struggling NFL cities. Have some local ownership be part of it and everybody wins.<\/p>\n

The first thing that everybody seems to do is complain about what everyone else does and what they have and we don\u2019t. It is his team and his money. No one tells you what to do with what you have, why can we tell him what to do. I know this is an umbrella overview of the situation and there are a million facts that fall in between but from a surface level, I think most fans want an ownership group that would never even consider or utter the words that they are thinking about leaving.<\/p>\n

Spring Means Cardinal Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are just a few weeks away from opening day at Busch stadium, hopefully the weather will cooperate as the rain will just not stop here in St. Louis. Either way, it is a celebration for St. Louis fans like no other as thousands of fans, even ones that are not going to the game flock downtown to be part of the action.<\/p>\n

I know it is on a Monday (it always is) but maybe yank the kids out of school an hour early and take them down to see the spectacle of the pre-game festivities outside the stadium. I think this is going to be one of those special years for the Cards. Although, I say that every year, just look at the pitching rotation and our younger lineup. Let\u2019s go Redbirds.<\/p>\n

Kids Can Flourish After Being Dropped<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you get a chance , I saw a great letter online that was written to a coach from a players dad that was ridiculed and let go from a team when he was younger. The kid prospered and was waiting at the draft I think and the dad wrote a letter to coach about cutting his kid and the ambition it gave him.<\/p>\n

I say this because as a coach, I know it is a delicate situation in dealing with kids and parents. This is a perfect example of being fair and honest every step of the way. You never know who will flourish as they grow up. Sometimes it is the kid that you never gave a chance too.<\/p>\n

I recognize this because I have dealt with that situation with my own son. Leaving a team and getting a chance to flourish with another with no external pre thoughts about him. It has let him become a player that I knew he could always be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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