Browns on Hard Knocks
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i think we'd all watch it being fans and all, the point is do you think it'd be a pos or neg considering this is a very important year for the coaching staff getting these guys 'right' for a brutal schedule.
don't think pettine or farmer would like the players to have to dodge cameramen and worry about what some player says about something that throws another bad light on ANY situation.
i, myself, think it'd be a distraction not needed. make the fucking playoffs already and then come back talking about 'Hard Knocks'.
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I have read on another site that if you call directv and threaten to cancel service, they will offer Sunday ticket for free. Subscribers do this every year. I use the library for free dvd movies.
Well aware of that. Yeah- you can probably pull that stunt- once- after your commitment is up. They do keep track. I did manage to get $60 off this past year, for being a "longtime loyal customer." er sucker.
It will depend on who you get on the other side of the line, how persuasive (or persistent) you are, and a couple other factors. I've heard, if you don't get the freebie, hang up, call back and try again with another representative.
Face it- Direct CAN'T totally give Sunday Ticket away- they're in hock to the NFL to the tune of $4 BILLION dollars for exclusivity rights- so that money has to come from somewhere.
Library DVDs? You mean the ones some renters use for beer coasters or Frisbees with their dogs? You get what you pay for in that regard. I've seen plenty so ruined, they wouldn't even play on my Blu-Ray.
Well aware of that. Yeah- you can probably pull that stunt- once- after your commitment is up. They do keep track. I did manage to get $60 off this past year, for being a "longtime loyal customer." er sucker.
It will depend on who you get on the other side of the line, how persuasive (or persistent) you are, and a couple other factors. I've heard, if you don't get the freebie, hang up, call back and try again with another representative.
Face it- Direct CAN'T totally give Sunday Ticket away- they're in hock to the NFL to the tune of $4 BILLION dollars for exclusivity rights- so that money has to come from somewhere.
Library DVDs? You mean the ones some renters use for beer coasters or Frisbees with their dogs? You get what you pay for in that regard. I've seen plenty so ruined, they wouldn't even play on my Blu-Ray.
I think you're overestimating how many people call in and do that each year. I'd bet for every 1 person who does, 4 just simply pay the price of the ticket. Trust me, in my generation people HATE confrontation and would rather just go with the rules.
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i think we'd all watch it being fans and all, the point is do you think it'd be a pos or neg considering this is a very important year for the coaching staff getting these guys 'right' for a brutal schedule.
don't think pettine or farmer would like the players to have to dodge cameramen and worry about what some player says about something that throws another bad light on ANY situation.
i, myself, think it'd be a distraction not needed. make the fucking playoffs already and then come back talking about 'Hard Knocks'.
i think we'd all watch it being fans and all, the point is do you think it'd be a pos or neg considering this is a very important year for the coaching staff getting these guys 'right' for a brutal schedule.
don't think pettine or farmer would like the players to have to dodge cameramen and worry about what some player says about something that throws another bad light on ANY situation.
i, myself, think it'd be a distraction not needed. make the fucking playoffs already and then come back talking about 'Hard Knocks'.
There's little doubt that observation alters behavior... camera on = showtime... Not a positive.
My earlier point was not that I would not watch, but that the series has gotten tired. So unless we,, or at minimum one of our AFCN brethren were featured, after each episode I watched I'd ask myself why I bothered.
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doesn't matter- Browns said no.
Haslam doesn't want cameras in Johnny's face.
Good for them.
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True, but someone usually volunteers.
Houston seems interested. If they get it, then we can all watch Hoyer adjust to Big City life...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
True, but someone usually volunteers.
Houston seems interested. If they get it, then we can all watch Hoyer adjust to Big City life...
True, but someone usually volunteers.
Houston seems interested. If they get it, then we can all watch Hoyer adjust to Big City life...
Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
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True, but someone usually volunteers.
Houston seems interested. If they get it, then we can all watch Hoyer adjust to Big City life...
Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Houston is a top-10 overall media market. Cleveland is 19th.
Houston is a top-10 television market. Cleveland is 17th.
Houston is 4th in population. Cleveland is 48th.
Cleveland is a little-big city. A city...but not really on the same level. It's like comparing Hoboken and NYC.
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Cleveland might not be as big as Houston but the fans are 10 times as passionate and the Browns are more historical than the Texans.
Houston is famous for rappers and sizzurp
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Cleveland might not be as big as Houston but the fans are 10 times as passionate and the Browns are more historical than the Texans.
Houston is famous for rappers and sizzurp
Cleveland might not be as big as Houston but the fans are 10 times as passionate and the Browns are more historical than the Texans.
Houston is famous for rappers and sizzurp
I would expect the Browns to be more historical than a team that just became a teenager.
The Oilers...it's a little closer.
As for culture...Houston is the one of the few cities left with an active ballet and opera and symphony and theatre.
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I've lived in LA, NYC, DC, Yokohama/Tokyo. Bigger sucks in my opinion. Give me less traffic and cheaper cost of living any day.
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Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Houston is a top-10 overall media market. Cleveland is 19th.
Houston is a top-10 television market. Cleveland is 17th.
Houston is 4th in population. Cleveland is 48th.
Cleveland is a little-big city. A city...but not really on the same level. It's like comparing Hoboken and NYC.
Houston is a top-10 overall media market. Cleveland is 19th.
Houston is a top-10 television market. Cleveland is 17th.
Houston is 4th in population. Cleveland is 48th.
Cleveland is a little-big city. A city...but not really on the same level. It's like comparing Hoboken and NYC.
You are just going by pure population. (and note....overall regional population isn't that far off). Not that long ago....as in when I was growing up, those rankings were reversed. Cleveland has both heavy rail and light rail transportation to get their people around. I don't think Houston does. Cleveland has world class orchestras, art museums, medical facilities, and other attractions and industry...etc. etc. etc. etc. Houston has some of that, but it does not have the history, culture that Cleveland has. Sure, it has a lot of shitkickers and goatropers.....but hell, one of the best things about Houston....Gilley's isn't even there anymore.
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Cleveland might not be as big as Houston but the fans are 10 times as passionate and the Browns are more historical than the Texans.
Houston is famous for rappers and sizzurp
I would expect the Browns to be more historical than a team that just became a teenager.
The Oilers...it's a little closer.
As for culture...Houston is the one of the few cities left with an active ballet and opera and symphony and theatre.
I would expect the Browns to be more historical than a team that just became a teenager.
The Oilers...it's a little closer.
As for culture...Houston is the one of the few cities left with an active ballet and opera and symphony and theatre.
Cleveland, I believe, did lose its opera to the recent recession. There is an active ballet:
http://www.clevelandballet.org/
And I don't need to tell you about the quality of the Cleveland Orchestra...probably one of the 5 best worldwide....and Playhouse Square:
"Playhouse Square, is the Cleveland Theater District in downtown Cleveland, Ohio,[2] the largest performing arts center in the United States outside of New York. (Only Lincoln Center inNew York City is larger.)[3] Constructed in a span of 19 months in the early 1920s, the theaters were subsequently closed down, but were revived through a grassroots effort. Their renovation and reopening helped usher in a new era of downtown revitalization in Cleveland, and was called "one of the top ten successes in Cleveland history"
This doesn't even count the Cleveland Playhouse, which isn't in Playhouse Square.
"Seven American orchestras were numbered among the world's top twenty in a 2008 critics' poll by Gramophone. They were, in rank order, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (5th), the Cleveland Orchestra (7th), the Los Angeles Philharmonic (8th), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (11th), the New York Philharmonic (12th), the San Francisco Symphony (13th), and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (New York City) (18th).[18]"
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True, but someone usually volunteers.
Houston seems interested. If they get it, then we can all watch Hoyer adjust to Big City life...
Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Size... Houston is huge... Cleveland is not.
Cleveland might not be as big as Houston but the fans are 10 times as passionate and the Browns are more historical than the Texans.
That's what you say today...
I've lived in LA, NYC, DC, Yokohama/Tokyo. Bigger sucks in my opinion. Give me less traffic and cheaper cost of living any day.
Amen to the traffic... Moved from Houston to a place where I can find a traffic jam if I look in the right place at the right time of day... and if you consider a "traffic jam" to include an intersection where it takes you two cycles to make it through.
Cost wise though Houston was far cheaper... and Lord... how I do miss its restaurants. Great city for foodies...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
I wouldn't necessarily look to the rejection of liberal pipe dreams like light rail as a knock on a city's establishment as "big."
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Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Houston is a top-10 overall media market. Cleveland is 19th.
Houston is a top-10 television market. Cleveland is 17th.
Houston is 4th in population. Cleveland is 48th.
Cleveland is a little-big city. A city...but not really on the same level. It's like comparing Hoboken and NYC.
Houston is a top-10 overall media market. Cleveland is 19th.
Houston is a top-10 television market. Cleveland is 17th.
Houston is 4th in population. Cleveland is 48th.
Cleveland is a little-big city. A city...but not really on the same level. It's like comparing Hoboken and NYC.
Well, had to look it up- and you're right. Houston metro area is #5, Cleveland #29.
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Despite Houston being a larger city, population wise than Cleveland, it is really no more of a "Big City". Cleveland has big city infrastructure, amenities, culture which Houston may only be catching up on.
I am not sure that is how you meant that comment....but that is how I ran with it.
Size... Houston is huge... Cleveland is not.
Cleveland might not be as big as Houston but the fans are 10 times as passionate and the Browns are more historical than the Texans.
That's what you say today...
I've lived in LA, NYC, DC, Yokohama/Tokyo. Bigger sucks in my opinion. Give me less traffic and cheaper cost of living any day.
Amen to the traffic... Moved from Houston to a place where I can find a traffic jam if I look in the right place at the right time of day... and if you consider a "traffic jam" to include an intersection where it takes you two cycles to make it through.
Cost wise though Houston was far cheaper... and Lord... how I do miss its restaurants. Great city for foodies...
Size... Houston is huge... Cleveland is not.
Houston's combined statistical area is ranked 9th nationwide, Cleveland's 15th
Houston is an overgrown mess.
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Houston is a top-10 overall media market. Cleveland is 19th.
Houston is a top-10 television market. Cleveland is 17th.
Houston is 4th in population. Cleveland is 48th.
Cleveland is a little-big city. A city...but not really on the same level. It's like comparing Hoboken and NYC.
Well, had to look it up- and you're right. Houston metro area is #5, Cleveland #29.
Well, had to look it up- and you're right. Houston metro area is #5, Cleveland #29.
Not sure where you got those numbers. See my post above.
I agree though that back in the late 70s early 80s people thought Houston was going to become like the "new LA".
That never happened. Not too many people around think Houston is all that cool of a place to live.
Even in Texas...where my daughter lives. Of the major cities there, most would put Houston at best #3 behind Dallas and San Antonio in terms of desirability. Maybe even #4 behind Austin....in fact, no doubt as far as desirability it is behind those others.
Nationally...at least in my estimation both Houston and Dallas are way, way down the list of "desirable large cities". San Antone is way up.
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Austin is supposed to be a nice place to retire. I've been thinking about Corpus Christi in year or two.
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All I know is my trip to Cleveland was awesome. Sports nuts beer nuts and a guy gave me some Molly at 10am on game day.
WIN WIN WIN.
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