Randy Learner

HowieDawg

@horse-balls said:
Learn to spell his name, Soccer Fag.
HB

Priceless! Beautiful! Nice one HB.

Gips

The browns have stunk ever since randy took over and rather folks like it or not under big al's ownership the browns were starting to turn it around and even looked somewhat impressive at times with davis slowly putting it all together, now enter randy whom had no idea what he was doing and he really set this club back bigtime in more than one way..

Randy is not a football man by his own admittance and an awful team watchdog imho to boot, as he then hired people to run the team that both took advantage of his distant hands off ownership and also lacked the proper qualifications for the job to boot and that wrecked the team even further...

In randys defense i will say he has learned some hard lessons and in a hands off way is much more involved in the team now, he has also demonstrated that he in fact does care about the team the city and the fans in numerous ways, hiring mike holmgren to be his football knowledgeable fill in as untitled owner/president was a great move...randy has some kind of a mental disorder and doesnt like to to be a public spectacle..which is too bad because i think he is an excellent speaker and a decent person and most fans would love to hear from him in the flesh more often...

I think randy will do just fine from here on in since finally removing his training wheels and having mike holmgren hold him up while he learns to ride...

The Gipper

Here's our boy:

Now the challenge is to see if I can find a photo of him actually wearing Browns paraphenalia.

The Gipper

This is apparently Randy's "castle" in England. I wonder if it has more square footage than LeBron's house:

The Gipper

This is about as good as I could find. Randy more or less in the background:

TheClevelandSound

The Gipper

@theclevelandsound said:

This is Al Lerner isn't it? Not Randy. Taken when the Stadium was being built.

DieHardBrownsFan

Owners are like relatives, you can't pick them.

DieHardBrownsFan

@the-gipper said:
This is apparently Randy's "castle" in England. I wonder if it has more square footage than LeBron's house:

Even though Lebron is Rich, he can't come close to this guy. (But that is his goal).

The Gipper

@diehardbrownsfan said:
Even though Lebron is Rich, he can't come close to this guy. (But that is his goal).

I read somewhere else that this is not his English castle, but that this was Al Lerner's estate in Chagrin Falls.

But I don't think so. I though Al Lerner lived on like Nortpark Blvd. in Shaker Hts, not in Chagrin.

I think this is the English estate.

The Gipper

Here is more info I found online about Randy:

You heard it here first. In the 2008 Birmingham Post Rich List we gave you the exclusive news that Brooklyn-born Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner was buying a house near Birmingham. A few weeks later it was confirmed by the man himself. He is renovating a property in Bodymoor Heath, close to Villa’s training ground. In fact that’s just one of the ways in which the US entrepreneur and lawyer is differentiating himself from some other overseas owners of British soccer clubs. He is immersing himself in his adopted city and country, its culture and its heritage. And he is treating the club he owns with respect. He understands that it is a venerable institution with a long history and proud heritage, not simply an investment vehicle to be laden with debt.

As well as a lover of football, he is deeply appreciative of the arts; a fact underlined by his patronage of the National Portrait gallery with a gift of £5 million – the gallery’s biggest ever single gift. In acknowledgement of his generosity the ground floor galleries have been renamed The Lerner Galleries. I’ve scoured the country for the Glazer Galleries or the Abramowitz Art Museum but don’t seem to be able to find them. And he continues to bankroll Villa manager Martin O’Neill’s transfer ambitions, allowing O’Neill to set the pace at which the team is developed. He has also spent £4 million on the much needed renovation of the historically important Holte Hotel, the only surviving remnant of the Victorian Aston Lower Grounds. Randy Lerner, who is 46, also owns American football team the Cleveland Browns. His interest in Aston Villa began in 1983 when he spent a year at Clare College, Cambridge. He followed the team, along with Arsenal and Fulham.

OK, so, did Randy give 5 mill. bucks to the Cleveland Art Museum, which may be one of the 5 or 10 best in the country? What about spending 4 mill. on the renovation of local Cleveland landmarks? There certainly are enough that probably need it.

slowburn

@the-gipper said:
This is apparently Randy's "castle" in England. I wonder if it has more square footage than LeBron's house:

Looks like Brett's enclave outside Gulfport

The Gipper

I also understand that one of the reasons Lerner never does interviews is that he has a severe speech impediment, almost to the point of being a disability and that is why he almost always only gives written responses, not verbal, to questions. I am not saying he isn't highly intellectual. I think he went to Columbia Law School, but he apparently has severe vocal issues.

Anyone know anything about this?

slowburn

@the-gipper said:
I also understand that one of the reasons Lerner never does interviews is that he has a severe speech impediment, almost to the point of being a disability and that is why he almost always only gives written responses, not verbal, to questions. I am not saying he isn't highly intellectual. I think he went to Columbia Law School, but he apparently has severe vocal issues.
Anyone know anything about this?

he should feel at home in England where severe vocal issues are the norm.....

it is speculated that untreated tertiary syphillis is the underlying cause of the widespread speech impediments

DieHardBrownsFan

I don't really care about any "speech disabilities". The guy inherited the team from his father. Give him a break.

ballpeen

I agree.....I think he is a good owner who is trying to hire the right people.

At least he is smart enough to know he can't run the team so he puts people in place and allows them the latitude.

on a side note...that looks like a English estate....gardens, tennis court, croquette lawn at top right....maybe even a few par 3's at the top of the photo around the lake...looks like a bunker to the top left.

rich4eagle

forevaavillan1 said:
Hi all, hope you don't mind me invading your boards and I won't interrupt your daily goings on for long. I support Aston Villa and I wondered if you would giving me your thoughts on the following?
What are your feelings about Randy Learner, has he been good for your club since he took over after his fathers passing?

Do you feel that RL should be doing more at your club?

Do you feel that RL has your club at heart? or do you feel he has other motives of been involved at your club.

Thanks in anticipation. Have a good season.

First off the Lerners have owned the franchise since 1995.................one would think intelligent questions about the owner would spell the name correctly

ballpeen

@rich4eagle said:
First off the Lerners have owned the franchise since 1995.................one would think intelligent questions about the owner would spell the name correctly

The guy is a Brit...they spell things a bit differently...I'd cut some slack in that regard.

NewEraDawg

Spell check smack is a beginners tool .

The Gipper

@ballpeen said:
I agree.....I think he is a good owner who is trying to hire the right people.
At least he is smart enough to know he can't run the team so he puts people in place and allows them the latitude.

on a side note...that looks like a English estate....gardens, tennis court, croquette lawn at top right....maybe even a few par 3's at the top of the photo around the lake...looks like a bunker to the top left.

I agree that it does look "English", but if you know anything about Hunting Valley or Moreland Hills those areas could have a few such "English" looking estates.