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  • Anyone watching this? It sounds painful, yet enthralling.

  • The Browns didn't move.

    Model announced he was moving the team to Baltimore.

    Fans and media went nuts because the Browns were moving to Baltimore.

    The owner and players went to Baltimore, and there was no team in Cleveland.

    The Baltimore teams draft position and schedule was based on the Browns record.

    I'm going to watch a documentary about the move.

    But, you have to understand, The Browns didn't move.

  • I think it's just going to piss most of us off. I'm not sure I want to relive it at all. We got a team again, but we've really never truly recovered.

    I hope it's not a propaganda tool to get Art sympathy & in the HOF.

  • This makes me want to start crying. Saddest shit I have watched since the first time I watched Simon Burtch. The only thing that makes me feel good is the fact that I have been seeing a lot of current players tweeting about the show. Maybe now they will finally understand a little bit about what happened and play with some fucking passion.

  • I have it on dvr, on the fence on watching it.

    I was 15 when this happened. I remember my dad bought me a six pack, lowered his tailgait, and said "son, don't.worry about your mom."

    Modell....................

  • Well, let's say this. I do have much more respect for Belichick and what they were trying to do in Cleveland. I thought it was really well done and appreciate the inside footage of the staff as they were trying to work through the season.

  • Well, let's say this. I do have much more respect for Belichick and what they were trying to do in Cleveland. I thought it was really well done and appreciate the inside footage of the staff as they were trying to work through the season.

    @brownskidd said:

    Well, let's say this. I do have much more respect for Belichick and what they were trying to do in Cleveland. I thought it was really well done and appreciate the inside footage of the staff as they were trying to work through the season.

    I didn't see it. Don't get NFL network....but...our next HC may come from that staff: Nick Saban.

    I still say he is wasting his time in college at this point.

  • Watched it last night on DVR after the debates(what a joke they were 😛 )... Sigh... what could have been! 😠

    So to those in Baltimore, New England, and any other football program such as the college programs in Alabama and Iowa that has reaped the benefits of success from these disciples of the Bellichick tree, at the expense of Cleveland and it's loyal fans, who now have had to put up with this pathetic shit of losing for 13 years....

    YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!! 😠

    Signed Cleveland Browns fans!

    BTW did anybody hear Bernie Kosar on 850 during drive time yesterday? If you did, then you know what I'm talking about, and it should infuriate you even more! 😠

  • @brownskidd said:

    Well, let's say this. I do have much more respect for Belichick and what they were trying to do in Cleveland. I thought it was really well done and appreciate the inside footage of the staff as they were trying to work through the season.

    I didn't see it. Don't get NFL network....but...our next HC may come from that staff: Nick Saban.

    I still say he is wasting his time in college at this point.

    @the-gipper said:

    I didn't see it. Don't get NFL network....but...our next HC may come from that staff: Nick Saban.

    I still say he is wasting his time in college at this point.

    I don't know if he would trade his power & influence over college kids over getting an NFL team and dealing with the headaches, but who knows...

  • Saban will go down as one of the greatest college coaches ever...it's easy for him now...kids just want to go to Alabama for the chance at the title... he has even said it has become much easier recruiting since he doesn't have to talk up the program like he used to... he is set his family is set...he could be there like joe pa was. He is not a risk taker, he would not trade in a sure thing, a great thing, a perfect thing for a chance to make a few thousand people smile in the bitter north...Now Kirk Ferentz may...but im guessing no.

  • i watched and thought it was very well done. and to anyone that said belichik is an asshole....is an asshole. we had some great coaches and staff. the piece actually dealt with the team being built and the history of the coaches before and after. not so much on the move itself.

    there were 2 people that stood out to me to be half insane and that was saban (looked like a nervous wreck bouncing up and down at the meetings...) and kokinos's kid. where they find this dude in line at the methadon clinic? geez. must be nice to have a powerful dad. just ask pat shurmur.

  • i watched and thought it was very well done. and to anyone that said belichik is an asshole....is an asshole. we had some great coaches and staff. the piece actually dealt with the team being built and the history of the coaches before and after. not so much on the move itself.

    there were 2 people that stood out to me to be half insane and that was saban (looked like a nervous wreck bouncing up and down at the meetings...) and kokinos's kid. where they find this dude in line at the methadon clinic? geez. must be nice to have a powerful dad. just ask pat shurmur.

    @miktoxic said:

    i watched and thought it was very well done. and to anyone that said belichik is an asshole....is an asshole. we had some great coaches and staff. the piece actually dealt with the team being built and the history of the coaches before and after. not so much on the move itself.

    there were 2 people that stood out to me to be half insane and that was saban (looked like a nervous wreck bouncing up and down at the meetings...) and kokinos's kid. where they find this dude in line at the methadon clinic? geez. must be nice to have a powerful dad. just ask pat shurmur.

    I was probably one of the few Browns fans who liked Belichick back in the day. Even though I didn't like how he handled the Bernie situation. At any rate, I do think the piece was well done. It brought back a lot painful memories, as well as a lot of anger, and finally just sadness. It pisses me off to know what might have been! To top it when the Browns were returning, they dangled Bernie Kosar in front of us. Well, Bernie stated yesterday on 850 that the reason that there was a disconnect with Lerner, Policy, and Bernie was because Bernie recommended that Belichick be hired to coach the new Browns! So even with the move, there was a chance to make this shit right, right from the start! It was for that reason that they threw Kosar under the bus! Can you imagine how the course of history over the past 13 years could have changed had Lerner and Policy listened to Bernie? 😠 Instead, we have been dealt a turd sandwich since 1999! Damn! I can't wait for Haslam to come in here and turn this shit around!

  • Watched it last night on DVR after the debates(what a joke they were 😛 )... Sigh... what could have been! 😠

    So to those in Baltimore, New England, and any other football program such as the college programs in Alabama and Iowa that has reaped the benefits of success from these disciples of the Bellichick tree, at the expense of Cleveland and it's loyal fans, who now have had to put up with this pathetic shit of losing for 13 years....

    YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!! 😠

    Signed Cleveland Browns fans!

    BTW did anybody hear Bernie Kosar on 850 during drive time yesterday? If you did, then you know what I'm talking about, and it should infuriate you even more! 😠

    @djdawg2010 said:

    Watched it last night on DVR after the debates(what a joke they were 😛 )... Sigh... what could have been! 😠

    So to those in Baltimore, New England, and any other football program such as the college programs in Alabama and Iowa that has reaped the benefits of success from these disciples of the Bellichick tree, at the expense of Cleveland and it's loyal fans, who now have had to put up with this pathetic shit of losing for 13 years....

    YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!! 😠

    Signed Cleveland Browns fans!

    BTW did anybody hear Bernie Kosar on 850 during drive time yesterday? If you did, then you know what I'm talking about, and it should infuriate you even more! 😠

    Who has reaped the benefit of the Belichick tree, other than Belichick himself? Most of his "disciples" have been failures...at the NFL level. Weis, Josh McDaniels, even Saban in his Miami stint. And as far as I am concerned the Browns fans have SUFFERED under Belichick knockoffs Crennell and Mangini.

    Sorry, but the Belichick tree has been the tree of the poisonous fruit.

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  • @djdawg2010 said:

    Watched it last night on DVR after the debates(what a joke they were 😛 )... Sigh... what could have been! 😠

    So to those in Baltimore, New England, and any other football program such as the college programs in Alabama and Iowa that has reaped the benefits of success from these disciples of the Bellichick tree, at the expense of Cleveland and it's loyal fans, who now have had to put up with this pathetic shit of losing for 13 years....

    YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!! 😠

    Signed Cleveland Browns fans!

    BTW did anybody hear Bernie Kosar on 850 during drive time yesterday? If you did, then you know what I'm talking about, and it should infuriate you even more! 😠

    Who has reaped the benefit of the Belichick tree, other than Belichick himself? Most of his "disciples" have been failures...at the NFL level. Weis, Josh McDaniels, even Saban in his Miami stint. And as far as I am concerned the Browns fans have SUFFERED under Belichick knockoffs Crennell and Mangini.

    Sorry, but the Belichick tree has been the tree of the poisonous fruit.

    @the-gipper said:

    Who has reaped the benefit of the Belichick tree, other than Belichick himself? Most of his "disciples" have been failures...at the NFL level. Weis, Josh McDaniels, even Saban in his Miami stint. And as far as I am concerned the Browns fans have SUFFERED under Belichick knockoffs Crennell and Mangini.

    Sorry, but the Belichick tree has been the tree of the poisonous fruit.

    Nevertheless, had the Browns not moved, and with that combination, the team would have been in the GOD DAMN Super Bowl! As for Saban, he's doing quite well at Alabama. I don't think he loses any sleep over his stint with the Dolphins.

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    This is just a subset of the Paul Brown tree.

    Other subsets include the Don Shula branch, the Chuck Noll Branch (Fox, Dungy, Lovie Smith, Tomlin), the Weeb Ewbank branch(Chuck Knox, Buddy Ryan, Jeff Fisher, Rex Ryan), the Bill Arsbarger branch (Schottenheimer, Cowher) The Ray Perkins branch (Parcells, Coughlin, Payton, Belichick, Sparano) and on and on.

  • @the-gipper said:

    Who has reaped the benefit of the Belichick tree, other than Belichick himself? Most of his "disciples" have been failures...at the NFL level. Weis, Josh McDaniels, even Saban in his Miami stint. And as far as I am concerned the Browns fans have SUFFERED under Belichick knockoffs Crennell and Mangini.

    Sorry, but the Belichick tree has been the tree of the poisonous fruit.

    Nevertheless, had the Browns not moved, and with that combination, the team would have been in the GOD DAMN Super Bowl! As for Saban, he's doing quite well at Alabama. I don't think he loses any sleep over his stint with the Dolphins.

    @djdawg2010 said:

    Nevertheless, had the Browns not moved, and with that combination, the team would have been in the GOD DAMN Super Bowl! As for Saban, he's doing quite well at Alabama. I don't think he loses any sleep over his stint with the Dolphins.

    Sure, at this point everything is cushy, cozy, easy, peasy, lemon squeezy for him. He has to exert little effort...i..e. he is unchallenged.

    And as for me, I think less of him for it.

  • There is valid argument to say that the coaching success that Bill Belichick has enjoyed can be boiled down to two words:

    Tom Brady

    The year before, with Drew Bledsoe at QB, the Pats were a 5-11 team with BB as HC. Brady came in in early 2001 and the rest is history. What we obviously don't know is whether or not BB could have been as successful an HC without TB.

    (question: when Brady retires do you think BB also calls it quits?)

    And, to be a little sacriligeous here, in an earlier age, you could also question the success of Paul Brown. His success is mostly tied up into the presence of Otto Graham. When OG left in the 1956 season the Browns fell apart.

    OG returned in 1957 and the Browns again went to the NFL title game. But OG retired again after '57 and the Browns under PB never again made the NFL title game. Not again til 1964 and 1965 with Blanton Collier as coach.

    I am not questioning PBs credentials, its just that like with Belichick and Brady, the success of a coach is often so intertwined with a star QB. Bill Walsh never won without Montana.

    An obvious exception is: Joe Gibbs, three Super Bowl titles with 3 different QBs.

  • It's crazy seeing how many people were involved with the Browns organization. Not even the well known head coaches, but people like Thomas Dimitroff, Mike Tannenbaum and Scott Pioli.

    That was an absolute stellar staff.