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Its okay to be defensive. being wrong about something can be a tough pill to swallow.

 

There's a difference in being defensive and being fed up with stupidity.

 

You, and everyone else calling for yet another demolition, are fucking stupid. There's no way around it.

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If I didn't know any better, I'd assume CaineDeSoulis is angling for the job.

i am 100% confident that i could match Jackson's record in my first year and abruptly retire lol

 

actually tim I'm only advocating a change in the coaching staff not the FO. Hell we can even keep Jackson aslong as an OC is hired and ray is replaced. He is a great motivator and the locker seems to like him i suppose, if that counts for shit.

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Check this out....Other teams actually win games in December. Do you really think they are going to be a NFL juggernaut in a couple of years? They haven't even found one playmaker yet or a way to tackle, pass, kick or run. Procedure penalties up the Ying yang but hey, we got the best coach out there....Man did I ever pick a bad week to quit LSD

 

Did you read what I wrote? Other teams are either in the playoff hunt or haven't been beat down by all the losses.

 

Sure I wish this team was playing as well right now as I think it could. But it's not. And that's understandable because it's human nature to take it a bit easy in a situation like this. In fact, they are playing a lot harder than I'd honestly expect at this point in this situation.

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if anyone on this board thought we'd be winless this yr, i think you are all full of shit...i know 3-13, 4-12 was my prediction, which is still pretty bad...but 0-16, fuck no, i did not see anyone make a winless prediction on this board at the start of this season...and to make it worse...there is no progress being made..not one iota....that is the worst part...

 

I'm not going to sit here and say I was one of them, but there were PLENTY of people on this board predicting 0-16. Did you guys just black out the entire summer?

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Caine already admitted, in this thread I believe, that he didn't care about winning football games. He just liked "the hunt for [coaching] talent." He likes change. He likes chaos. Winning games is not one of his concerns whatsoever. So anyone actually giving his arguments any merit either share the same lack of concern for winning, or is wasting their time.

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Now Hue is a major voice in our draft???

 

Fake news is alive and well...

I thought he was the "football" guy...no?

 

Id expect he had a hand in the consensus, at least as much as anyone else throwing in bits.....Id bet Kessler is Hues guy...

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i am 100% confident that i could match Jackson's record in my first year and abruptly retire lol

 

actually tim I'm only advocating a change in the coaching staff not the FO. Hell we can even keep Jackson aslong as an OC is hired and ray is replaced. He is a great motivator and the locker seems to like him i suppose, if that counts for shit.

Im not advocating firing anyone major at this point....waste of time......

 

But....as I said last year....and again this year.....nothing wrong with tweaking and adjusting an organization....

 

You dont(and cant) build a quality organization with one giant hire of 40-50 people....there HAS to be adjustment and fine tuning...

 

I hope Jimmy has learned this......firing everyone is a huge mistake.....and keeping everyone would be the same....

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I will say this.....Haslam was not expecting or prepared to go 0-16......

 

Todays radio discussions focused on that and said what Sashi said this spring.....the "expectation" was 4-5 wins.....

 

Now, Jimmy is looking around and asking why?....coaches say we dont have enough talent.....FO saying the coaches didnt do enough with the talent...

 

I know I know....it's all Tony Grossi/Tony Rizzo hearsay.....but, where there's smoke there's fire......and I heard Sashi say 4-5 wins would be a disappointment.....so, we know the BROWNS arent pleased and the owner isnt pleased and the FO who engineered this isnt pleased.....so it cant be going according to plan....otherwise, why would Shashi call 5 wins a disappoinment?

 

and if the coaches, FO and owner are all disappointed, why are we supposed to be otherwise???

 

I think Jimmah will do something to show his discontent....what?....who knows,,,,,but I think his ego wont let him do nothing

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I will say this.....Haslam was not expecting or prepared to go 0-16......

 

Todays radio discussions focused on that and said what Sashi said this spring.....the "expectation" was 4-5 wins.....

 

Now, Jimmy is looking around and asking why?....coaches say we dont have enough talent.....FO saying the coaches didnt do enough with the talent...

 

I know I know....it's all Tony Grossi/Tony Rizzo hearsay.....but, where there's smoke there's fire......and I heard Sashi say 4-5 wins would be a disappointment.....so, we know the BROWNS arent pleased and the owner isnt pleased and the FO who engineered this isnt pleased.....so it cant be going according to plan....otherwise, why would Shashi call 5 wins a disappoinment?

 

and if the coaches, FO and owner are all disappointed, why are we supposed to be otherwise???

 

I think Jimmah will do something to show his discontent....what?....who knows,,,,,but I think his ego wont let him do nothing

 

I clearly remember Sashi saying that Mud. You and me called it bullshit from the get-go. Hell what did you expect Sashi? You fire all the scouts, toss their reports in the trash, and let your analytics, and I daresay ego- tell you that you can outsmart everyone else come draft day? You got what you deserved. Pride comes before a fall. There's going to be plenty of finger pointing to go around after the season mercifully comes to a close. Sure, injuries were a factor in the record, but against the Bills, Cleveland looked so disorganized on defense you'd expect seeing that in the first preseason game, not game #14. The run D has been pathetic all year- and we haven't had a ton of injuries on the defensive side either.

 

From my POV, the FO and coaching staff are equally to blame for this train wreck of a season.

 

Hope the FO now realizes one stud player trumps a slew of special teams types.

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In fact, they are playing a lot harder than I'd honestly expect at this point in this situation.

 

problem is WAR, that this might be the highest level that these players can play at, which says sooo much about our FO. now they might point fingers at the coaching staff but what will that tell you?

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I will say this.....Haslam was not expecting or prepared to go 0-16......

 

Todays radio discussions focused on that and said what Sashi said this spring.....the "expectation" was 4-5 wins.....

 

Now, Jimmy is looking around and asking why?....coaches say we dont have enough talent.....FO saying the coaches didnt do enough with the talent...

 

I know I know....it's all Tony Grossi/Tony Rizzo hearsay.....but, where there's smoke there's fire......and I heard Sashi say 4-5 wins would be a disappointment.....so, we know the BROWNS arent pleased and the owner isnt pleased and the FO who engineered this isnt pleased.....so it cant be going according to plan....otherwise, why would Shashi call 5 wins a disappoinment?

 

and if the coaches, FO and owner are all disappointed, why are we supposed to be otherwise???

 

I think Jimmah will do something to show his discontent....what?....who knows,,,,,but I think his ego wont let him do nothing

With luck, he fires himself. He is the common thread on all our lousy drafting the past few years. Stosh mines the fringes while jimdee gives him the fudge to pack.
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I thought he was the "football" guy...no?

 

Id expect he had a hand in the consensus, at least as much as anyone else throwing in bits.....Id bet Kessler is Hues guy...

 

I'm not saying Hue is not involved... just pushing back on the "Hue at the point of our college scouting spear" stance I saw another taking.

 

Kessler is the shining example of his involvement. His on-camera reaction in our "war room" told us that. I've no doubt he liked and lobbied for the pick, and may have even had a hand in taking him as high as we did. What I doubt is that he brought Kess', or other names, to our FO's attention. It's a matter of roles and time.

 

In season the number of college games Hue watches, even as a fan, can probably be counted on one hand... and most of those likely came in our Bye-week. I doubt that in-season he even sits in on college scouting sessions. He may be cc'd on monthly or other summary reports that those sessions produce, but more than detailed summaries of individual prospects, I'd expect them to boil up trends emerging in the draft. Trends like at which positions the draft is looking strong, deep and conversely where it looks to be thin, weak.

 

After the season? First Hue and his staff have to be neck deep in final roster evaluation. This season, with a legit, tag decision to be made, will demand even more time. This will be with our Pro Scouting group and flow into FA evaluations.

 

Then Hue & Co. have natural roles in several college scouting outings, e.g., Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine, etc. All these are week long beauty pageants complete with interview opportunities. All these also include representatives of our College Scouting department... likely with an Analytical rep or two to boot. Was - rinse - repeat when The Combine and Pro-Days roll around with some adjusting of who goes in the latter cases to obscure, or artificially pump up, our perceived "interest level". I can't see a route for culled names resurfacing or coming to our FO's attention that does not involve one of these trips.

 

I've little doubt that by the time our final board is set, Hue has watched more tape on prospects than all but the most "dedicated" fans here. His primary focus? Little doubt it's QBs. Secondary? I'd think other offensive skill positions followed by OL. Same tape volume for his "OC", Pep. O-Position coaches? I'm not so sure, but more due to their focus than involvement. D-side? No doubt Hue does some, but seems clear to me Ray would be primary here.

 

Regardless of the depth of their individual plunges, I think all will have worked off the FO's scouting lists which trim 1000's down to 100's.

 

Roles... what a concept!

 

I will say this.....Haslam was not expecting or prepared to go 0-16......

 

Todays radio discussions focused on that and said what Sashi said this spring.....the "expectation" was 4-5 wins.....

 

Now, Jimmy is looking around and asking why?....coaches say we dont have enough talent.....FO saying the coaches didnt do enough with the talent...

 

I know I know....it's all Tony Grossi/Tony Rizzo hearsay.....but, where there's smoke there's fire......and I heard Sashi say 4-5 wins would be a disappointment.....so, we know the BROWNS arent pleased and the owner isnt pleased and the FO who engineered this isnt pleased.....so it cant be going according to plan....otherwise, why would Shashi call 5 wins a disappoinment?

 

and if the coaches, FO and owner are all disappointed, why are we supposed to be otherwise???

 

I think Jimmah will do something to show his discontent....what?....who knows,,,,,but I think his ego wont let him do nothing

 

So we're disappointed that we did not win 4 or 5. Certainly would have held the wolves at bay here... wouldn't it? ;) <--- Rhetorical question alert!

 

Interestingly, I think Jimmah could go all Jedi mind trick on us. Egos can be fed by doing the unexpected... zigging when every pundit, both pro and amateur, says, "He'll zag." Especially when the person has zagged every time in his history.

 

Displaying personal, professional growth can be ego boosting.

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So we're disappointed that we did not win 4 or 5. Certainly would have held the wolves at bay here... wouldn't it? ;) <--- Rhetorical question alert!

 

Interestingly, I think Jimmah could go all Jedi mind trick on us. Egos can be fed by doing the unexpected... zigging when every pundit, both pro and amateur, says, "He'll zag." Especially when the person has zagged every time in his history.

 

Displaying personal, professional growth can be ego boosting.

 

Exactly why I made the sarcastic post earlier (I don't remember which thread). Are people really that mad that we've won 0 games instead of 4 right now? Is it that big a deal?

 

As for the rest of the quoted part, not sure what you're suggesting. That Jimmy may not say anything?

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No... not say... what he says matters not... at least not to me.

 

Do is what matters. I don't see him doing anything other than accepting any revisions the FO and Coaching staff recommend.

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Exactly why I made the sarcastic post earlier (I don't remember which thread). Are people really that mad that we've won 0 games instead of 4 right now? Is it that big a deal?

 

As for the rest of the quoted part, not sure what you're suggesting. That Jimmy may not say anything?

I would suggest that you read the Willoughby News Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Youngstown Vindicator, Akron Beacon Journal, Canton Repository and listen to some local talk radio before you suggest that people aren't pissed. Maybe where you're at they don't care. Here in the NE Ohio region.... They're pissed like never before. Jimmy Haslam has single handedly taken any fun in football away. And this is a football rich region. HOF, Paul Brown type football. The Winless Haslam's are a slap in the face here.
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I'm not saying Hue is not involved... just pushing back on the "Hue at the point of our college scouting spear" stance I saw another taking.

 

Kessler is the shining example of his involvement.

So we're disappointed that we did not win 4 or 5. Certainly would have held the wolves at bay here... wouldn't it? ;) <--- Rhetorical question alert!

 

Interestingly, I think Jimmah could go all Jedi mind trick on us. Egos can be fed by doing the unexpected... zigging when every pundit, both pro and amateur, says, "He'll zag." Especially when the person has zagged every time in his history.

 

Displaying personal, professional growth can be ego boosting.

Right....Kessler is the one Id consider "Hues pick".....you could tell he was excited about him.....

 

And I hope Jimmah does play some mind tricks....certainly would prefer growth over repetition....

 

 

Exactly why I made the sarcastic post earlier (I don't remember which thread). Are people really that mad that we've won 0 games instead of 4 right now? Is it that big a deal?

 

As for the rest of the quoted part, not sure what you're suggesting. That Jimmy may not say anything?

No....it's not that 4 wins is special or a big deal.....its that 0 wins is embarrassingly and historically bad......and the Browns, no matter what their recent history is, have been historically good......so, no one wants that stigma of being the worst ever....(its a big nasty stain that'll be hard for many of us to wash away)

 

and it's impossible to convince me(and most long time fans) that making the team "this bad" is a requirement to getting good.....especially when there is zero precedent for it.....

 

Most of us question why the cuts had to be so deep....and why every other GOOD team, in history, was able to achieve success, without taking the path of complete failure to get there.....

 

Reading the post below....I can assure you(100%) that the local press, radio, TV and fans are all raging right now.....very little(if any) support for this path(plan)......and many are the trusted and loved Browns vets like Cribbs, Kosar, Dieken and Golic who are ripping the team to shreds....it's certainly not just me.....and, locally, it's almost everybody....(pretty much nationally too, though they are a bit more divided in their far away opinions).....

 

I would suggest that you read the Willoughby News Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Youngstown Vindicator, Akron Beacon Journal, Canton Repository and listen to some local talk radio before you suggest that people aren't pissed. Maybe where you're at they don't care. Here in the NE Ohio region.... They're pissed like never before. Jimmy Haslam has single handedly taken any fun in football away. And this is a football rich region. HOF, Paul Brown type football. The Winless Haslam's are a slap in the face here.

Yep.....radio is raging.....and getting louder by the day......and Im certain they(the Browns) are hearing it loud and clear....

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I would suggest that you read the Willoughby News Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Youngstown Vindicator, Akron Beacon Journal, Canton Repository and listen to some local talk radio before you suggest that people aren't pissed. Maybe where you're at they don't care. Here in the NE Ohio region.... They're pissed like never before. Jimmy Haslam has single handedly taken any fun in football away. And this is a football rich region. HOF, Paul Brown type football. The Winless Haslam's are a slap in the face here.

 

I never said people aren't pissed. You really need better reading comprehension. Though the fact that people are pissed goes to Tour and I's point. You guys miss your 3-4 wins THAT badly? Get over it. This isn't a perennial playoff team that's going winless here.

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Mud, the stain will be washed away in due time. Not worried about it.

 

I see that as well. And it starts next year. Same thing I saw at the start of 2016, we are just starting from a marginally lower point.

 

Win a few... be in many more.. point towards 2018 to fully get in the fray.

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I have a hard time believing Jimmy would have fired Mangini. Thats the last time we were competitive except maybe the 7-9 year with pettine. and i feel like Chud had our offense playing pretty well.

i don't think any of those guys were all that great...don't see any of them headcoaching in the nfl now. However like you say, at least we were not saying season over after 4 or 5 games into the season...right now i look at this shit we have on the field and after the first snap is taken, i am thinking, we are going to lose. that is how bad it is...

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