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  • @hoss said:

    You're dreaming if you think Browns fans aren't smarter than that.

    You guys are making Mangini out to be much smarter than he is. Take one person out of the equation - Peyton Hillis - and we win 2 games max.

    Take the other side of the pendulum, without the 2 fumbles and one pick 6, we're 8 and 8.

    Ifs and buts. The one thing I know, record or not, we improved each season with Mangini. Where we improved the most was in the draft tho with Heckert and co. We keep getting some good drafts and we'll be really competitive soon.

    @usfbrown said:

    Take the other side of the pendulum, without the 2 fumbles and one pick 6, we're 8 and 8.

    Ifs and buts. The one thing I know, record or not, we improved each season with Mangini. Where we improved the most was in the draft tho with Heckert and co. We keep getting some good drafts and we'll be really competitive soon.

    i'll take reality-- 5-11 and 5-11 with a bright outlook whoever coaches next year.

  • @cddbrowns said:

    Cant look at it that way, if 5-11 is 5-11, Cribbs bad year is Cribbs sucks. Black and white, thats the way of these guys...

    You're dreaming if you think Browns fans aren't smarter than that.

    You guys are making Mangini out to be much smarter than he is. Take one person out of the equation - Peyton Hillis - and we win 2 games max.

    @hoss said:

    You're dreaming if you think Browns fans aren't smarter than that.

    You guys are making Mangini out to be much smarter than he is. Take one person out of the equation - Peyton Hillis - and we win 2 games max.

    So does that mean if we add one more person to the equation we become 10-6? People can arguee all they want but we had tons of injuries and mistakes made by both the players and coaches so this falls on everyone, including Holmgren and the GM for not getting us better back ups in the offseason. We can play the what if game all day but it wont change anything.

  • @hoss said:

    You're dreaming if you think Browns fans aren't smarter than that.

    You guys are making Mangini out to be much smarter than he is. Take one person out of the equation - Peyton Hillis - and we win 2 games max.

    So does that mean if we add one more person to the equation we become 10-6? People can arguee all they want but we had tons of injuries and mistakes made by both the players and coaches so this falls on everyone, including Holmgren and the GM for not getting us better back ups in the offseason. We can play the what if game all day but it wont change anything.

    @speedyd900rr said:

    So does that mean if we add one more person to the equation we become 10-6? People can arguee all they want but we had tons of injuries and mistakes made by both the players and coaches so this falls on everyone, including Holmgren and the GM for not getting us better back ups in the offseason. We can play the what if game all day but it wont change anything.

    Yes, and because of multiple mistakes by all these people, you can make a case for getting rid of the head coach.

    And Holmgren and Heckert can't flip the entire roster over that Mangini built, and then blame him for the losses by stripping him of "his guys." Make no mistake about it, Mangini had more to do with the lack of depth on this team than anyone. He could have brought in more depth, but his "process" and his love of ST's guys gutted the opportunity's for depth on this team.

    The first things Holmgren said was he and Heckert are here to give the HC what he needs. You think Mangini told them he has no depth, "please get rid of all these mediocre guys who buy into my system?"

    Yeah that happened.

  • @hoss said:

    You're dreaming if you think Browns fans aren't smarter than that.

    You guys are making Mangini out to be much smarter than he is. Take one person out of the equation - Peyton Hillis - and we win 2 games max.

    Who wanted Hillis? Hmmm?

    @cddbrowns said:

    Who wanted Hillis? Hmmm?

    And Heckert made it happen. Look who took out Hillis in the first game vs TB. We didn't do much without him did we? So instead of sticking with the guy and giving him some confidence, you bench him in the first game. Mangini mishandled a lot of players on game day (or making them inactive.)

    But sure, I give props to Eric for getting Heckert to grab him. +1 to Mangini.

  • @cddbrowns said:

    Who wanted Hillis? Hmmm?

    And Heckert made it happen. Look who took out Hillis in the first game vs TB. We didn't do much without him did we? So instead of sticking with the guy and giving him some confidence, you bench him in the first game. Mangini mishandled a lot of players on game day (or making them inactive.)

    But sure, I give props to Eric for getting Heckert to grab him. +1 to Mangini.

    @hoss said:

    And Heckert made it happen. Look who took out Hillis in the first game vs TB. We didn't do much without him did we? So instead of sticking with the guy and giving him some confidence, you bench him in the first game. Mangini mishandled a lot of players on game day (or making them inactive.)

    But sure, I give props to Eric for getting Heckert to grab him. +1 to Mangini.

    Holy bloody hell, you spin EVERYTHING into a negative with Mangini dont you? do something personally against you or something? LOL! How about how much BETTER this team has been with penalties, points allowed, started Colt after healthy didnt he? How many backup QBs can come in and win in the NFL by the way?

  • @hoss said:

    And Heckert made it happen. Look who took out Hillis in the first game vs TB. We didn't do much without him did we? So instead of sticking with the guy and giving him some confidence, you bench him in the first game. Mangini mishandled a lot of players on game day (or making them inactive.)

    But sure, I give props to Eric for getting Heckert to grab him. +1 to Mangini.

    Holy bloody hell, you spin EVERYTHING into a negative with Mangini dont you? do something personally against you or something? LOL! How about how much BETTER this team has been with penalties, points allowed, started Colt after healthy didnt he? How many backup QBs can come in and win in the NFL by the way?

    @cddbrowns said:

    Holy bloody hell, you spin EVERYTHING into a negative with Mangini dont you?

    Mangini just got axed by his 2nd organization in his 2nd season - again. There is a lot of negatives.

    Sure, none of this is his fault. 🙄

  • @cddbrowns said:

    Holy bloody hell, you spin EVERYTHING into a negative with Mangini dont you?

    Mangini just got axed by his 2nd organization in his 2nd season - again. There is a lot of negatives.

    Sure, none of this is his fault. 🙄

    @hoss said:

    Mangini just got axed by his 2nd organization in his 2nd season - again. There is a lot of negatives.

    Sure, none of this is his fault. 🙄

    First, he was after his 3rd season with the Jets.....second, fired means everything was his fault? HA! No wonder Browns fans are confused.......

    I love the Browns, but the fans CAN BE the dumbest in the NFL sometimes. Not all, but some of you.

  • This is all about Holmgren instituting his philosophy and style of play on the team, assisted by people he knows and trusts. I think he gave Mangini and his assistants a chance, but felt like they were not going to get there fast enough (or ever). If any of us was hired to do a job and we gave the people who were on board before we came a chance and, after a year or so, felt (1) we could bring in our own team and (2) our own team had a better shot at getting us to the end goal, we'd all do the same. This isn't E-Harmony, it's the NFL and you either win or you go bye-bye. New boss, new team of coaches.

    It's gonna happen, rather than fret and worry and gripe, why not let things unfold and support the folks that get put in place. You can always grumble about the past, but that doesn't do a thing for the future. Embrace the change and hope for the best. Lord knows if these new guys fail we are all great at complaining and saying "I told you so".

  • This is all about Holmgren instituting his philosophy and style of play on the team, assisted by people he knows and trusts. I think he gave Mangini and his assistants a chance, but felt like they were not going to get there fast enough (or ever). If any of us was hired to do a job and we gave the people who were on board before we came a chance and, after a year or so, felt (1) we could bring in our own team and (2) our own team had a better shot at getting us to the end goal, we'd all do the same. This isn't E-Harmony, it's the NFL and you either win or you go bye-bye. New boss, new team of coaches.

    It's gonna happen, rather than fret and worry and gripe, why not let things unfold and support the folks that get put in place. You can always grumble about the past, but that doesn't do a thing for the future. Embrace the change and hope for the best. Lord knows if these new guys fail we are all great at complaining and saying "I told you so".

    @longhorn said:

    This is all about Holmgren instituting his philosophy and style of play on the team, assisted by people he knows and trusts. I think he gave Mangini and his assistants a chance, but felt like they were not going to get there fast enough (or ever). If any of us was hired to do a job and we gave the people who were on board before we came a chance and, after a year or so, felt (1) we could bring in our own team and (2) our own team had a better shot at getting us to the end goal, we'd all do the same. This isn't E-Harmony, it's the NFL and you either win or you go bye-bye. New boss, new team of coaches.

    It's gonna happen, rather than fret and worry and gripe, why not let things unfold and support the folks that get put in place. You can always grumble about the past, but that doesn't do a thing for the future. Embrace the change and hope for the best. Lord knows if these new guys fail we are all great at complaining and saying "I told you so".

    Bottom line, FIRE MANGINI! BRING IN A PROVEN HEAD COACH LIKE GRUDEN! OH, I MEAN SHURMUR! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!

  • ...and if Shurmur gets us to the playoffs, Holmgren was right.....I wouldn't care if Carrot Top came in to coach if he got us to have the best record in the division.

  • ...and if Shurmur gets us to the playoffs, Holmgren was right.....I wouldn't care if Carrot Top came in to coach if he got us to have the best record in the division.

    @longhorn said:

    ...and if Shurmur gets us to the playoffs, Holmgren was right.....I wouldn't care if Carrot Top came in to coach if he got us to have the best record in the division.

    Odds that Shurmur getting us to the playoffs next year are WAY less than the odds that Mangini would have. This was ego, plain and simple.

  • For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

  • For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

    @longhorn said:

    For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

    Wow. Talk about stacking the deck. If we lose a lot is it Mangini's fault? Or is this all Bill Clinton's fault, too?

  • @longhorn said:

    For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

    Wow. Talk about stacking the deck. If we lose a lot is it Mangini's fault? Or is this all Bill Clinton's fault, too?

    @shepwrite said:

    Wow. Talk about stacking the deck. If we lose a lot is it Mangini's fault? Or is this all Bill Clinton's fault, too?

    Did you know Bush caused the brown spot in my back yard? Wasnt the dog, it was Bush pissing by the tree........

  • @shepwrite said:

    How do we know the next coach isn't better than Mangini? John Harbaugh and Mike Smith weren't sexy picks, but they look pretty damn smart now. The coach that's "better than Mangini" is the coach that tops his 5-11 high water mark, period. Not that tough.

    This is Holmgren's team. The sense at OBR is exactly what I've been saying, that he's absolutely going to do things his way with people who run his systems and he won't be "hands off" in any way, shape or form. He won't take on the 15 hour days of a head coach but he'll be pulling all the strings. Considering Mangini is NEVER mentioned in the same breath with Holmgren, well... that's a HUGE upgrade.

    That means two guys make sense: Shurmur and Mornhinweg... and the latter hasn't been interviewed. There's also Mike Sherman getting some light play, but I think Holmgren likes that Shurmur is "fresh" and only 45, and won't object to being mentored. I also expect our new DC to be a bit sage, like John Fox, to help support Shurmur.

    I'm totally down with all of this. I think everybody else will be pretty soon. I love Heckert at GM and I like the idea of Holmgren finally making the Browns HIS team.

    Thank you, Mrs. Holmgren! 🙄

    @brownsfan4evr said:

    Thank you, Mrs. Holmgren! 🙄

    That... was funny. Said like Chelsea Handler. Which is who I really am.

  • For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

    @longhorn said:

    For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

    Not true at all, at least where I am concerned. If the Browns DO in fact win more, ALONG WITH THE MANY OTHER FACTORS THAT SHOULD GO INTO IT, then I will concede and say "I was wrong and good for Holmgren and Shurmur" If we beat crappy azz teams, but get destroyed by any good team, our stats and others go down, other factors, I will say what I am saying now.

  • @hoss said:

    You're dreaming if you think Browns fans aren't smarter than that.

    You guys are making Mangini out to be much smarter than he is. Take one person out of the equation - Peyton Hillis - and we win 2 games max.

    Take the other side of the pendulum, without the 2 fumbles and one pick 6, we're 8 and 8.

    Ifs and buts. The one thing I know, record or not, we improved each season with Mangini. Where we improved the most was in the draft tho with Heckert and co. We keep getting some good drafts and we'll be really competitive soon.

    @usfbrown said:

    Take the other side of the pendulum, without the 2 fumbles and one pick 6, we're 8 and 8.

    Ifs and buts. The one thing I know, record or not, we improved each season with Mangini. Where we improved the most was in the draft tho with Heckert and co. We keep getting some good drafts and we'll be really competitive soon.

    No, the only thing we know about Mangini is that he was 10-22. That's the bottom line. And we closed weak and disinterested.

  • @longhorn said:

    For folks in Mangini's corner, if our record is a lot better next year it will be because we had a much easier schedule. We'll never be able to get all of us to agree on much other than the Browns are the greatest NFL team ever, Pittsburgh fans suck donkey dangles, and WRREBEL really did sleep with Gruden.

    Wow. Talk about stacking the deck. If we lose a lot is it Mangini's fault? Or is this all Bill Clinton's fault, too?

    @shepwrite said:

    Wow. Talk about stacking the deck. If we lose a lot is it Mangini's fault? Or is this all Bill Clinton's fault, too?

    It's helped Obama. 🙄

  • This is all about Holmgren instituting his philosophy and style of play on the team, assisted by people he knows and trusts. I think he gave Mangini and his assistants a chance, but felt like they were not going to get there fast enough (or ever). If any of us was hired to do a job and we gave the people who were on board before we came a chance and, after a year or so, felt (1) we could bring in our own team and (2) our own team had a better shot at getting us to the end goal, we'd all do the same. This isn't E-Harmony, it's the NFL and you either win or you go bye-bye. New boss, new team of coaches.

    It's gonna happen, rather than fret and worry and gripe, why not let things unfold and support the folks that get put in place. You can always grumble about the past, but that doesn't do a thing for the future. Embrace the change and hope for the best. Lord knows if these new guys fail we are all great at complaining and saying "I told you so".

    @longhorn said:

    This is all about Holmgren instituting his philosophy and style of play on the team, assisted by people he knows and trusts. I think he gave Mangini and his assistants a chance, but felt like they were not going to get there fast enough (or ever). If any of us was hired to do a job and we gave the people who were on board before we came a chance and, after a year or so, felt (1) we could bring in our own team and (2) our own team had a better shot at getting us to the end goal, we'd all do the same. This isn't E-Harmony, it's the NFL and you either win or you go bye-bye. New boss, new team of coaches.

    It's gonna happen, rather than fret and worry and gripe, why not let things unfold and support the folks that get put in place. You can always grumble about the past, but that doesn't do a thing for the future. Embrace the change and hope for the best. Lord knows if these new guys fail we are all great at complaining and saying "I told you so".

    Bam. I was a hell of a lot more excited by Holmgren than Mangini... but the truth is I just want the Browns to win. I'll be bummed/excited by Holmgren's true reign (which begins next season) based on results.

  • @longhorn said:

    ...and if Shurmur gets us to the playoffs, Holmgren was right.....I wouldn't care if Carrot Top came in to coach if he got us to have the best record in the division.

    Odds that Shurmur getting us to the playoffs next year are WAY less than the odds that Mangini would have. This was ego, plain and simple.

    @cddbrowns said:

    Odds that Shurmur getting us to the playoffs next year are WAY less than the odds that Mangini would have. This was ego, plain and simple.

    Whoa. That's SERIOUSLY out on a limb, man. Mangini is smarter than Holmgren now? Holy crap, he's becoming the stuff of myth of back to back 5-11 seasons?

    Wow.