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  • so your dad and his dad were ancient?

    he must be proud of you.

    @miktoxic said:

    so your dad and his dad were ancient?

    he must be proud of you.

    Metaphor

  • Zombo said:

    Dude .. it happened.

    Paul Brown really existed.

    Otto Graham walked this earth.

    And Jim Brown is not only still alive, but he can probably kick your fat-ass bacon-eating self.

    It doesn't matter when you were born .... the accomplishments of the Cleveland browns are real and can never be taken away or diminished.

    We are all aware of where we stand compared to teams of the last 10, 20, 25 years ... but you should still be proud of our history.

    Gipper's loyalty has never wavered and he deserves to see another championship to make it all come full circle. You're just a fuckstick. So you will enjoy it, but not "get" it ... because it is all about you and what you are "owed".

    Zombo

    Classic stuff!

    Here we are on an awesome message board where someone needs to be convinced the Browns and their history are worth his time. It's almost as if there was zero understanding that the team that got moved was only 1 year removed from an 11-5 season plus 1 playoff win. That took 4 years to buildup even with a staff like Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, Kirk Ferentz, Ozzie Newsome, etc.

    When we finally got a team back here with a rookie ownership - the biggest immediate challenge became finding somebody with the right resume plus a big enough nutsack to be our next Head Coach. The next biggest challenge was finding the right front office personnel that could not only identify the right QB to invest in but also select the right teammates and weapons to surround him with. The only outrageous thing we didn't see was a QB with Tourette's syndrome getting flagged for F-bombs during the cadence.

    While we're still having trouble finding a football messiah at the QB position, we finally have the right HC and Front Office in place. Their play like a Brown philosophy morphed a 4-12 football team into a 7-9 team (despite one of the biggest injury volumes we've seen) in just 1 year. The competitive bar was raised to an extent that if anyone was going to beat this team, it was going to take all 60 minutes to do so. The few fans that need "poor me" attention will tell us it doesn't matter that we had 2nd half leads on teams like Baltimore, Indy, Carolina, and Buffalo while teams like Baltimore and Pittsburgh had to break tie games with a FG as time expired. Not that we should have to explain how much a team coming off 4-12 football in 2013 could afford the volume of injury/disability; but we had a 6-3 record before it got FUBAR. Within that span, an undrafted rookie RB (Crow) was sporting an average of 5.2 yards per carry.

    The 2nd off-season of "Play Like a Brown" has addressed the situation quite admirably. In the process, they also made this a much easier team to QB moving forward. Like Pettine says - placing your QB in short yardage situations on 3rd downs makes every conversion far more doable. Furthermore, when our defense plays the way we expect it to - it makes our QB's margin of error even friendlier. This year we're equipped to win some of those close games even if we gotta do it by accident. Just remember the next time you read national media types forecasting doom and gloom here - how many of those same squids wanted in on our 6-3 story in 2014. I got their football Shakespeare right here!

    @flugel said:

    The only outrageous thing we didn't see was a QB with Tourette's syndrome getting flagged for F-bombs during the cadence.

    High point of a high level post...

  • The only outrageous thing we didn't see was a QB with Tourette's syndrome getting flagged for F-bombs during the cadence. Flugels

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    And.... HA ! I left my ice water mug in the other room ! No keyboard damage!

  • @flugel said:

    The only outrageous thing we didn't see was a QB with Tourette's syndrome getting flagged for F-bombs during the cadence.

    High point of a high level post...

    @tour2ma said:

    High point of a high level post...

    You bastard, I just lost a mouth full of Diet Pespi LMAO!

  • @miktoxic said:

    so your dad and his dad were ancient?

    he must be proud of you.

    Metaphor

    @baconhound said:

    Metaphor

    Bacon, you're turning into Todd Philcox in the sense of if someone couldn't kick our ass - he'd do it for them all by himself even if that was the last thing he wanted to do. You're absolutely clobbering yourself.

    You're just misplacing a lot of bottled up frustration.Take a standing 8 count. Exhale. Now get yourself back to what you liked in the 80s when our 85 team went 8-8 and evolved into 12-4 just 1 season later. Same foundations were put in place. We established the credible running game first in 1985 (with 2 young RBs rushing for over 1000 yards apiece). In 86, our defense ranked first against the run while Lindy Infante slightly changed the necessity of having 2 RBs going over 1000 yards apiece via getting 128 receptions from our RBs in his version of ball control. Meanwhile, our secondary was very well constructed as it seems to be today.

    Same exact plans going on today as we speak all the way down to wanting to involve our RBs more in the passing game. When we get right down to it, our WR Corps was Elizabeth City State's Reggie Langhorne, San Diego State's Webster Slaughter, Boston College's Brian Brennan, Baylor's Ice Cube McNeil and Delaware State's Curtis Weathers. Today's group isn't a whole lot different than that. However, our oline looks like it can be even better than the one we had in the 80s. The only place our 80s offense beat this one was at TE and QB; although we have yet to see what either 2nd year QB can do while we've seen how well McCown played when he had Chicago's running game constantly putting him in 3rd and short.

    There's been plenty of years to worry about this franchise being stuck on pause. This isn't one of them.

  • For the last 20 years, "play like a Brown" has been an insult.

    I

  • "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead.

  • @baconhound said:

    Metaphor

    Bacon, you're turning into Todd Philcox in the sense of if someone couldn't kick our ass - he'd do it for them all by himself even if that was the last thing he wanted to do. You're absolutely clobbering yourself.

    You're just misplacing a lot of bottled up frustration.Take a standing 8 count. Exhale. Now get yourself back to what you liked in the 80s when our 85 team went 8-8 and evolved into 12-4 just 1 season later. Same foundations were put in place. We established the credible running game first in 1985 (with 2 young RBs rushing for over 1000 yards apiece). In 86, our defense ranked first against the run while Lindy Infante slightly changed the necessity of having 2 RBs going over 1000 yards apiece via getting 128 receptions from our RBs in his version of ball control. Meanwhile, our secondary was very well constructed as it seems to be today.

    Same exact plans going on today as we speak all the way down to wanting to involve our RBs more in the passing game. When we get right down to it, our WR Corps was Elizabeth City State's Reggie Langhorne, San Diego State's Webster Slaughter, Boston College's Brian Brennan, Baylor's Ice Cube McNeil and Delaware State's Curtis Weathers. Today's group isn't a whole lot different than that. However, our oline looks like it can be even better than the one we had in the 80s. The only place our 80s offense beat this one was at TE and QB; although we have yet to see what either 2nd year QB can do while we've seen how well McCown played when he had Chicago's running game constantly putting him in 3rd and short.

    There's been plenty of years to worry about this franchise being stuck on pause. This isn't one of them.

    @flugel said:

    Bacon, you're turning into Todd Philcox in the sense of if someone couldn't kick our ass - he'd do it for them all by himself even if that was the last thing he wanted to do. You're absolutely clobbering yourself.

    You're just misplacing a lot of bottled up frustration.Take a standing 8 count. Exhale. Now get yourself back to what you liked in the 80s when our 85 team went 8-8 and evolved into 12-4 just 1 season later. Same foundations were put in place. We established the credible running game first in 1985 (with 2 young RBs rushing for over 1000 yards apiece). In 86, our defense ranked first against the run while Lindy Infante slightly changed the necessity of having 2 RBs going over 1000 yards apiece via getting 128 receptions from our RBs in his version of ball control. Meanwhile, our secondary was very well constructed as it seems to be today.

    Same exact plans going on today as we speak all the way down to wanting to involve our RBs more in the passing game. When we get right down to it, our WR Corps was Elizabeth City State's Reggie Langhorne, San Diego State's Webster Slaughter, Boston College's Brian Brennan, Baylor's Ice Cube McNeil and Delaware State's Curtis Weathers. Today's group isn't a whole lot different than that. However, our oline looks like it can be even better than the one we had in the 80s. The only place our 80s offense beat this one was at TE and QB; although we have yet to see what either 2nd year QB can do while we've seen how well McCown played when he had Chicago's running game constantly putting him in 3rd and short.

    There's been plenty of years to worry about this franchise being stuck on pause. This isn't one of them.

    There's always worry when you haven't had a winning season in 7 seasons. This time of year I always feel slightly optimistic. I love what the franchise is doing in the trenches. Still believe there is a gaping hole at QB, a missing playmaker at WR/TE and wish Dansby was more like Singletary/Lewis in his ability to run to the line of scrimmage and put a thumpin' on someone. Regardless of my doom and gloom attitude I start every season as a clean slate.

  • "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead.

    @oldbrownsfan said:

    "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead.

    You betcha!!

    Mike

  • "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead. OBF

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    Most reasonable people would prefer to be driving forwards, instead of

    driving backwards.

  • "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead. OBF

    ***********************************************************

    Most reasonable people would prefer to be driving forwards, instead of

    driving backwards.

    @calfoxwc said:

    "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead. OBF

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    Most reasonable people would prefer to be driving forwards, instead of

    driving backwards.

    I think you have to be a motivational coach to be a great coach. Marty Schottenheimer was one of my favorite former Browns coaches. It doesn't surprise me he is listed as number 4 in the top 10 motivational coaches. Marty had his problems winning play off games but he turned losing teams into winning teams wherever he went.

    http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/09000d5d810aebd9/Top-Ten-Motivational-Coaches-Marty-Schottenheimer

  • @flugel said:

    Bacon, you're turning into Todd Philcox in the sense of if someone couldn't kick our ass - he'd do it for them all by himself even if that was the last thing he wanted to do. You're absolutely clobbering yourself.

    You're just misplacing a lot of bottled up frustration.Take a standing 8 count. Exhale. Now get yourself back to what you liked in the 80s when our 85 team went 8-8 and evolved into 12-4 just 1 season later. Same foundations were put in place. We established the credible running game first in 1985 (with 2 young RBs rushing for over 1000 yards apiece). In 86, our defense ranked first against the run while Lindy Infante slightly changed the necessity of having 2 RBs going over 1000 yards apiece via getting 128 receptions from our RBs in his version of ball control. Meanwhile, our secondary was very well constructed as it seems to be today.

    Same exact plans going on today as we speak all the way down to wanting to involve our RBs more in the passing game. When we get right down to it, our WR Corps was Elizabeth City State's Reggie Langhorne, San Diego State's Webster Slaughter, Boston College's Brian Brennan, Baylor's Ice Cube McNeil and Delaware State's Curtis Weathers. Today's group isn't a whole lot different than that. However, our oline looks like it can be even better than the one we had in the 80s. The only place our 80s offense beat this one was at TE and QB; although we have yet to see what either 2nd year QB can do while we've seen how well McCown played when he had Chicago's running game constantly putting him in 3rd and short.

    There's been plenty of years to worry about this franchise being stuck on pause. This isn't one of them.

    There's always worry when you haven't had a winning season in 7 seasons. This time of year I always feel slightly optimistic. I love what the franchise is doing in the trenches. Still believe there is a gaping hole at QB, a missing playmaker at WR/TE and wish Dansby was more like Singletary/Lewis in his ability to run to the line of scrimmage and put a thumpin' on someone. Regardless of my doom and gloom attitude I start every season as a clean slate.

    @baconhound said:

    There's always worry when you haven't had a winning season in 7 seasons. This time of year I always feel slightly optimistic. I love what the franchise is doing in the trenches. Still believe there is a gaping hole at QB, a missing playmaker at WR/TE and wish Dansby was more like Singletary/Lewis in his ability to run to the line of scrimmage and put a thumpin' on someone. Regardless of my doom and gloom attitude I start every season as a clean slate.

    There's only worry if your front office doesn't have a philosophy and a plan. Not the case today.

    There's only worry when you remain stuck on pause with 4-5 wins a year. We nearly doubled our wins from 2014 while losing late leads and tie scores to 5 playoff teams (Balt twice, Indy, Carolina and Pitt). When has it ever required a full 60 minutes to beat the teams put together by our previous front offices? Much different today.

    Gaping hole at QB wasn't the case when Chicago gave McCown a steady does of 3rd and short via the running game. Take a look at what our philosophy and plan up top did to strengthen our running game the last 2 years. For starters, how about understanding how important Alex Mack is before understanding we might want to get something close to Steinbach inside of Joe Thomas again. That's how an undrafted RB like Crow can average 5.2 yards per carry for a stretch of games.

    The last time this team won 7 games in 2001, we went 9-7 and made the playoffs just 1 year later. Couch actually got hurt in our last game vrs Atlanta so we had to count on Kelly Holcomb. William Green rushed for something Like 164 yards that day while we erased a deficit. Having said that, the reason we couldn't KEEP a big second half lead IN the playoff was because we could only rush for about 30 yards on a day our backup QB threw for 429 yards. That's why people only remember Northcutt dropping the game winning TD as well as the game clinching INT that bounced off Anthony Henry's chest. Reality was if we could have RUSHED for just 1 first down, Pittsburgh would have burned their final timeout. Instead, the dropped passes stopping the clock was a reminder you have to be balanced. This year, we rathoused the Steelers 31-10 and boat-raced Cincy 24-3 before our injury volume reached absurdity.

    Ozzie never really played TE. He was a WR in Alabama; and he certainly wasn't here to help set the edge or block anybody. This year, we can go the traditional TE route and get some good blocking from the position. That said, we signed 2 different FA WRs that are both 6'2" (like Ozzie) and will be asked to block people just as frequently as Ozzie did. I USED to think I missed the guy here; but he's sleeping with the enemy that wants to keep this franchise buried.

    The bottom half of our active roster in 2015 promises to be twice as good as the one we had last year. Then again, we're 2 years removed from a front office in chaos. That's refreshing!

    Since it's Mother's day, I'll end this with what I just watched unfold at CVS yesterday. There was a chubby little red haired kid that wanted a toy. His mother said no and he just wasn't having any of that. He went Linkin Park decibel level on the protest until he got 100% of everyone's attention in the store. The poor mother immediately lost her will to fight that in an era where a simple backhand in front of witnesses gets child protective services involved at warped speed. Where was all this when I was growing up? I got the backhand in the store, the belt at home while some other kid ended up with the toy I wanted. Anyway, the smart little feller (and future Enron CEO) got exactly what he wanted because of his public fuss that his mother fed.

  • "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead.

    @oldbrownsfan said:

    "Play like a Brown" has meaning with this head coach. That is all that matters to me. Pettine is holding players accountable, instilling discipline and determined to bring a winning culture and mentality to Cleveland. I would advise younger fans to do what Pettine has told the players, to break off the rear view mirror and start looking ahead.

    Exactamente Amigo!

  • VesnaKociper said:

    Euphemisms are like your bowels. Every once in awhile, you crap something out, and then go back into dormancy.

    People get all worked about the fine history and tradition of the Browns, IF they are old enough to remember it, OR if they have a Dad, or close friend who knows about the good old days. There is nothing wrong with taking pride in those times, but time waits for no man. This is 2015, not 1975 and not 1955.

    The more educated, and passionate Browns fans, like the folks who come here, hate the bandwagon fan, and get royally pissed when younger fans scoff at the idea of the Browns being one of the better franchises of all time. But let's not be hypocrites.

    When you buy a new car, would you sit and listen to the salesman ramble on and on about how great the 1936 Buick Moon Rider was? Do you even care about that shit?

    When you go see a science fiction movie, do you really give a shit how they used to make flying saucers in 1928 films? Of course not.

    The phrase "Play Like A Brown" really is more of a self-deprecating Euphemism than it is a compliment. If someone under 30 taulnted you and asked "who is someone who played like a Brown" - what the fuck are you going to say? Tim Couch? Johnny Manziel? William Green? Spit out Jim Brown, Hickerson, Kelly, and you might as well talk to your balls.

    "Play Like a Man" is more suitable, "Play Like a Brown" is something a jackoff would say.

    Folks, some of us that have been here long enough remember Ghoolie's lectures of how important Gene Hickerson was and the oline in particular. When he showed up in another screen name to drop the gloves and take on his Ghoolie persona at center ice - the entertainment factor was second to none and it was FREE. Nobody better at turning a football topic into a lost Jerry Springer episode. He's a riot!

    That was so funny it inspired somebody to show up in a screen name that read Vettedawg32b to take on VetteDawg32 in an unforgettable throwdown full of sucker punches and F-bombs to remind us how far away from Walt Disney Productions we were. Don't ask me how I can remember stuff like this when I rarely ever remember the Warden asking me to take the garbage out 10 minutes ago... The scary thing about that is I'm probably the one with the hook in my mouth as I'm explaining what's different with this front office to a screen name "BaconHound" that was so good at captivating everyone's attention in here. I can almost hear Ghoolie laughing out "that Dumb Ass Flugel loves that "Bacon" bait." I should have realized Elvis made "Hound" a pretty important term in Memphis, TN where Ghoolie resides so stay tuned where-ever this thread may go.

    Since it's Mother's Day, and there's a lot of young guys in here that have either been recently married or are about to be - I have some very critical advice. The most important 2 word phrase after "I do" is "yes dear". If you sprinkle in a little "that looks HOT" every once in a while - that doesn't hurt either.

    As you were...

  • LOL! Yep, I tell people I was quickly able to whittle down the 3 most important words in a marriage to only 2, "Yes dear." Add in that subservient look and you got it down perfect. 😄

  • reminds me of my groomal shower. Well, they always had bridal showers, so, I invented

    the groomal shower, much to the amusement of all the ladies and wives ...

    so, I got all sorts of fishing lures, a tackle box, drill bits, drill, it was great. And all the married guys

    gave me advice.

    One friend gave me the advice I'll never forget - well, his Wife was very...eh....assertive about everything.

    And he said:

    "We have a great Christian marriage. I am the head of our household, and I make all the big decisions, and she

    is from my rib, and she makes all the small decisions. Thank God I never had any big decision to make....."

    The whole room went berserk laughin at that one.

  • My first marriage was by a Justice of the Peace in Beaufort, SC. Honeymooned on Parris Island. S.C.

  • @baconhound said:

    There's always worry when you haven't had a winning season in 7 seasons. This time of year I always feel slightly optimistic. I love what the franchise is doing in the trenches. Still believe there is a gaping hole at QB, a missing playmaker at WR/TE and wish Dansby was more like Singletary/Lewis in his ability to run to the line of scrimmage and put a thumpin' on someone. Regardless of my doom and gloom attitude I start every season as a clean slate.

    There's only worry if your front office doesn't have a philosophy and a plan. Not the case today.

    There's only worry when you remain stuck on pause with 4-5 wins a year. We nearly doubled our wins from 2014 while losing late leads and tie scores to 5 playoff teams (Balt twice, Indy, Carolina and Pitt). When has it ever required a full 60 minutes to beat the teams put together by our previous front offices? Much different today.

    Gaping hole at QB wasn't the case when Chicago gave McCown a steady does of 3rd and short via the running game. Take a look at what our philosophy and plan up top did to strengthen our running game the last 2 years. For starters, how about understanding how important Alex Mack is before understanding we might want to get something close to Steinbach inside of Joe Thomas again. That's how an undrafted RB like Crow can average 5.2 yards per carry for a stretch of games.

    The last time this team won 7 games in 2001, we went 9-7 and made the playoffs just 1 year later. Couch actually got hurt in our last game vrs Atlanta so we had to count on Kelly Holcomb. William Green rushed for something Like 164 yards that day while we erased a deficit. Having said that, the reason we couldn't KEEP a big second half lead IN the playoff was because we could only rush for about 30 yards on a day our backup QB threw for 429 yards. That's why people only remember Northcutt dropping the game winning TD as well as the game clinching INT that bounced off Anthony Henry's chest. Reality was if we could have RUSHED for just 1 first down, Pittsburgh would have burned their final timeout. Instead, the dropped passes stopping the clock was a reminder you have to be balanced. This year, we rathoused the Steelers 31-10 and boat-raced Cincy 24-3 before our injury volume reached absurdity.

    Ozzie never really played TE. He was a WR in Alabama; and he certainly wasn't here to help set the edge or block anybody. This year, we can go the traditional TE route and get some good blocking from the position. That said, we signed 2 different FA WRs that are both 6'2" (like Ozzie) and will be asked to block people just as frequently as Ozzie did. I USED to think I missed the guy here; but he's sleeping with the enemy that wants to keep this franchise buried.

    The bottom half of our active roster in 2015 promises to be twice as good as the one we had last year. Then again, we're 2 years removed from a front office in chaos. That's refreshing!

    Since it's Mother's day, I'll end this with what I just watched unfold at CVS yesterday. There was a chubby little red haired kid that wanted a toy. His mother said no and he just wasn't having any of that. He went Linkin Park decibel level on the protest until he got 100% of everyone's attention in the store. The poor mother immediately lost her will to fight that in an era where a simple backhand in front of witnesses gets child protective services involved at warped speed. Where was all this when I was growing up? I got the backhand in the store, the belt at home while some other kid ended up with the toy I wanted. Anyway, the smart little feller (and future Enron CEO) got exactly what he wanted because of his public fuss that his mother fed.

    @flugel said:

    There's only worry if your front office doesn't have a philosophy and a plan. Not the case today.

    There's only worry when you remain stuck on pause with 4-5 wins a year. We nearly doubled our wins from 2014 while losing late leads and tie scores to 5 playoff teams (Balt twice, Indy, Carolina and Pitt). When has it ever required a full 60 minutes to beat the teams put together by our previous front offices? Much different today.

    Gaping hole at QB wasn't the case when Chicago gave McCown a steady does of 3rd and short via the running game. Take a look at what our philosophy and plan up top did to strengthen our running game the last 2 years. For starters, how about understanding how important Alex Mack is before understanding we might want to get something close to Steinbach inside of Joe Thomas again. That's how an undrafted RB like Crow can average 5.2 yards per carry for a stretch of games.

    The last time this team won 7 games in 2001, we went 9-7 and made the playoffs just 1 year later. Couch actually got hurt in our last game vrs Atlanta so we had to count on Kelly Holcomb. William Green rushed for something Like 164 yards that day while we erased a deficit. Having said that, the reason we couldn't KEEP a big second half lead IN the playoff was because we could only rush for about 30 yards on a day our backup QB threw for 429 yards. That's why people only remember Northcutt dropping the game winning TD as well as the game clinching INT that bounced off Anthony Henry's chest. Reality was if we could have RUSHED for just 1 first down, Pittsburgh would have burned their final timeout. Instead, the dropped passes stopping the clock was a reminder you have to be balanced. This year, we rathoused the Steelers 31-10 and boat-raced Cincy 24-3 before our injury volume reached absurdity.

    Ozzie never really played TE. He was a WR in Alabama; and he certainly wasn't here to help set the edge or block anybody. This year, we can go the traditional TE route and get some good blocking from the position. That said, we signed 2 different FA WRs that are both 6'2" (like Ozzie) and will be asked to block people just as frequently as Ozzie did. I USED to think I missed the guy here; but he's sleeping with the enemy that wants to keep this franchise buried.

    The bottom half of our active roster in 2015 promises to be twice as good as the one we had last year. Then again, we're 2 years removed from a front office in chaos. That's refreshing!

    Since it's Mother's day, I'll end this with what I just watched unfold at CVS yesterday. There was a chubby little red haired kid that wanted a toy. His mother said no and he just wasn't having any of that. He went Linkin Park decibel level on the protest until he got 100% of everyone's attention in the store. The poor mother immediately lost her will to fight that in an era where a simple backhand in front of witnesses gets child protective services involved at warped speed. Where was all this when I was growing up? I got the backhand in the store, the belt at home while some other kid ended up with the toy I wanted. Anyway, the smart little feller (and future Enron CEO) got exactly what he wanted because of his public fuss that his mother fed.

    I hope you are right, I really do.

  • My first marriage was by a Justice of the Peace in Beaufort, SC. Honeymooned on Parris Island. S.C.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    My first marriage was by a Justice of the Peace in Beaufort, SC. Honeymooned on Parris Island. S.C.

    Sounds miserable. My pop was born in the Island though!