Josh Cribbs cleans out locker, feels like "it's over.''

BUNSofSTEEL08

@solon16 said:
gimme a break!!! Dude is under contract for 3 more years...he can't play anywhere else....PERIOD! you think he's gonna sit for three years? MH been here two freaking days...probably just got an office today, doesn't have HIS staff to do any negotiations yet...jesus, give MH a time to take a shower first man !

ALL Part of the Bargaining Process. A little posing ...

DieHardBrownsFan

Look, Cribbs is good, but screw him. He has a contract. He signed it. End of deal. If he wants to sit at home and not get paid, so be it.

steel88

Friend of mine in the real estate says that Josh Cribbs just sold his house in Strongsville.

BuckeyeBest2

Dawgfanforever88 said:
Friend of mine in the real estate says that Josh Cribbs just sold his house in Strongsville.

chances are your freind is wrong or just messing with you

steel88

@buckeyebest2 said:
chances are your freind is wrong or just messing with you

You havent been reading these boards very long have you?

VaporTrail

Dawgfanforever88 said:
Friend of mine in the real estate says that Josh Cribbs just sold his house in Strongsville.

I lol'd

halfsane

I love Cribbs, but I cannot take this seriously. Hopefully it all gets worked out, but who is he kidding ?

Gips

I would say screw cribbs but he has been screwed enough holmgren needs to pay the man and end this bullshit once and for all..

Firing aponte's cheap ass would be a good start..

SJ_Browns

@solon16 said:
MH been here two freaking days...probably just got an office today, doesn't have HIS staff to do any negotiations yet...jesus, give MH a time to take a shower first man !

Kosarfan

Cribbs getting near what he's chasing would'nt bother me one bit. Agreed he has to comply with his contract term, but I really believe his f%$king agent is filling his head with Kordell Stewart syndrome like contract hopes (prior to QB Kordell - when he was slash). Cribbs needs to hang around, build his talents elsewhere on the field and then his numbers will rise. As this program rises, his popularity will too and he can then, in another year, maybe 2 chase his own value. I sincerely hope Mangini steps in on his behalf with Holmgren and is able to somewhat satisfy Cribbs' wants. We need this guy back for the latest Browns team.

Guys dumping on Cribbs sucks. This team sucked A$$ for the first 3/4 of the seaon and the ONLY positive we could talk to anyone about was Josh Cribbs. He kept hope alive and deserves the respect he's earned in doing so !

4Browns

Geezus, Cribbs should just stop with the whiny Twitter messages and announcements about cleaning out his locker. In fact, just STFU completely and let your agent deal with it. If his agents are telling him to go public they are seriously misreading the situation. The Browns aren't going to suddenly fold their hand because of a couple newspaper articles, in fact they are likely to harden their position against these agents portraying them as liars in the press. Who really has the leverage here? It isn't Cribbs, he is under contract for the next three and if he doesn't report to camp they don't HAVE to trade him and he sure as hell can't play anywhere else other than the CFL and they aren't going to meet his salary demands either! While many of us fans think Cribbs should get a better deal, they aren't going to head down to Berea and set up a picket line for a guy crying about how 1.4 MILLION dollars a year is an insult. You signed that deal Josh and they gave you a sweet signing bonus. The Browns don't HAVE to renegotiate anything so stop crying to the press and tell your agents to negotiate quietly and something will probably get done.

daydawg19

Dawgfanforever88 said:
Friend of mine in the real estate says that Josh Cribbs just sold his house in Strongsville.

That was QUICK.

Hoss

I think Holmgren is busy doing Czar stuff right now, and is trying to get people in place to give Cribbs his contract, and his mouthy agents want to stir up trouble just as he got off the plane. Holmgren probably lowballed him just to piss off his mouthy agents. Cribbs will get a contract, and Holmgren will not overpay, and it will be fair.

Holmgren does not want to pull a Kosar/Belichick thing with the fans right from the start, unless Cribbs gets us a 1st round draft pick.

Brownsfan_Althaus

any updates on this subject??

steel88

@brownsfan_althaus said:
any updates on this subject??

His locker is still cleaned out if thats what you're asking.

kshutchins

A friend of my remarked that Cribbs isn't helping himself with all of this public ranting, tweeting and whatever. I'm inclined to agree. It's a business negotiation that should be done in private. I also don't think Cribbs is getting as much support from the fans as he expected.

ClevelandFanForLife

i love josh cribbs, but come on man. you have to know that there are more important things to do on this team right now. holmgren is still in his first week and he is deciding if he needed a new coach and is looking for a gm. you have to know that these two things alone are the most important things on the agenda right now. i think that josh either does know this or did before his agent got in his ear. this douche bag agent must have told cribbs that he could get him 3 mil a year on the first stage of negotiations. has this agent ever negotiated before? does he not know that the team always starts low and you have to get him to work their way up? what an ass. this agent is the reason why cribbs is thinking the way he is.

cribbs isn't completely innocent though. he is a grown man who makes his own decisions. he has to know that the off season is long and that you rarely get a contract done on the first offer. please josh, stop listening to your a-hole agent and be patient. these things don't happen overnight. the more cribbs makes a big deal out of it the less likely holmgren is to give in to him. for those of you out there with kids: how often do you give in to your kids when they pout and whine and scream and throw a tantrum? never. this is what is going to happen if cribbs doesn't relax a little bit.

DumAssWhiteGuy

I heard a good interview with him yesterday afternoon on Sirius Radio, he backed tracked a little about the trade demand. Said he has not asked for one yet and doesn't want to unless the Browns don't earnestly try to give him a fair new contract.

He sounded very frustrated and betrayed by the Browns organization because the Savage regime promised to redo his deal if he outplayed it then Savage got fired. Mangini said he would redo his deal after this year if he performed again beyond expectations, he did but Mangini is no longer the head honcho in the Browns organization any more.

He sounded very humble and briefly talked about his ongoing charity work and a new business he just opened up in Cleveland - a bouncy house/video game arcade for kids. Doesn't seem like a man who wants to leave Cleveland.

He also brought up KR/PR/Back up DB Roscoe Parrish of the Bills makes $3.2 million. WTF? This is the same guy whose fumble late in Buffalo territory caused them the game against the Browns and in the first week of the season to New England. If this guy makes this kind of money to lose 2 games a year for Buffalo the Browns should at least pay the same to Cribbs who almost single handedly won us 2 games this year. Said the Browns low balled him with a $1.4 million per year offer. IMO he deserves Parrish money but I wouldn't pay him Hester money - Hester's agent robbed the Bears in that one. Pay the man what he's worth and keep him in Cleveland.

sisky fringo

@4browns said:
Geezus, Cribbs should just stop with the whiny Twitter messages and announcements about cleaning out his locker. In fact, just STFU completely and let your agent deal with it. If his agents are telling him to go public they are seriously misreading the situation. The Browns aren't going to suddenly fold their hand because of a couple newspaper articles, in fact they are likely to harden their position against these agents portraying them as liars in the press. Who really has the leverage here? It isn't Cribbs, he is under contract for the next three and if he doesn't report to camp they don't HAVE to trade him and he sure as hell can't play anywhere else other than the CFL and they aren't going to meet his salary demands either! While many of us fans think Cribbs should get a better deal, they aren't going to head down to Berea and set up a picket line for a guy crying about how 1.4 MILLION dollars a year is an insult. You signed that deal Josh and they gave you a sweet signing bonus. The Browns don't HAVE to renegotiate anything so stop crying to the press and tell your agents to negotiate quietly and something will probably get done.

+1

nice post, totally agree. his entitlement mindset is destroying all the hard work he just finished a few days ago. moving MUCH too swiftly for a front office that's still conducting interviews (!).

don't look under other kid's christmas trees if you don't think you can handle it Josh. you made this bed, there's no guarantee for you to get ANYTHING so you might want to instruct your agents not to kill your value playing hardball>>>while you're expecting a "favor".

mopaji

Breaking news, 52 other Browns players cleaned out their lockers at the end of the season as well!

Cribbs needs to fire his agents. They are trying to play hardball when we all know full well he is going to get paid. I hate agents/lawyers/herpes. That's why I don't have any one of them.