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Should the NFL just take over this team?

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  • Here's a thought...

    I believe the state of the Browns would a lot better off if the League just somehow took over this team...The Browns are actually hurting the brand of the NFL...This team is an annual sh*t dump and can't do anything right...They have had top draft picks for what? the last 15 years and still can't manage to assemble anything resembling an NFL franchise....this team doesn't even have any players worthy of a Fantasy Football team..after 15 years of top picks?...are you kidding me?...yet, years after year after year...the masses will pay the money, be promised a competitive team and fleeced for stadium seating, parking and everything else that goes along with Sunday's calamity.....It actually is boarderline criminal for what they are doing.....This team may win 1 or 2 games this year and feel real good about the draft pick they'll get in April...only to F*ck it up again....It's Groundhog year again people...same old, same ol, same old....

  • Look, gimp is back yee haa.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
    sisky fringoS 1 Reply

  • gimp too?? holy hell the gangs all here. Mr. God please hadron collide this dimension before Shep and Stockton find their way back as well...

    and not to get political in yet another non-political thread but...

    gmp, you sound like a socialist w a bailout mentality. can't you see we're failing here?!? plz allow the experts to crash and burn like capitalism affords them too. not everyone gets to have a trophy.

  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    Look, gimp is back yee haa.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Look, gimp is back yee haa.

    beat me too it.

    PS i got a real kick out of the "let me get my microscope" comment. lol

    PSS you inspired this avatar. i had a bunch of others i tried but this is the only one the site would accept for whatever reason.

  • No. You get some good people in place and give them enough time to get the job done. I don't see a merry go round of coaching changes and GM changes with the other teams in our division and that is the one difference with the Browns since 99 and always trying to chase after that elusive HC and GM who will turn it around. We need continuity. With the right people in place continuity will breed success.

  • Seriously. We just had our best season in 5 years, avoiding double digit losses for the first time in that long. We had some low moments but we had some great moments (crushing the steelers and bengals for example). And after one game of the new season, people are bitching and whining?

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    Seriously. We just had our best season in 5 years, avoiding double digit losses for the first time in that long. We had some low moments but we had some great moments (crushing the steelers and bengals for example). And after one game of the new season, people are bitching and whining?

    @gftchris said:

    Seriously. We just had our best season in 5 years, avoiding double digit losses for the first time in that long. We had some low moments but we had some great moments (crushing the steelers and bengals for example). And after one game of the new season, people are bitching and whining?

    Oh...give em more credit than that.../..they were bitching and whining by the second quarter......and still are.....

    16 more weeks of tantrum coming up.....the main reason I am elated my kids are grown and gone.....

  • @douche-nozzle said:

    This is all true but a huge majority of Cleveland fans only want to win now and aren't willing to allow success to breed and the ownership and front office seems to play to that audience.

    Too early to lay that charge on Haslam. I think Haslam knows he has some good people in place and showed it with Pettine after a disappointing finish to last season and Haslam being one of the first owners to show support to their HC.

  • I don't know... 3 or 4 of these trolls sound like the same idiot.

  • C calfoxwc

    I don't know... 3 or 4 of these trolls sound like the same idiot.

    @calfoxwc said:

    I don't know... 3 or 4 of these trolls sound like the same idiot.

    They definitely all rode the same bus in......play one bad game and "POOF".......it's a whiny cry baby troll apocalypse....

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  • I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that our realistically winnable games are pretty much now aren't they? Doesn't this schedule become horrible as the season goes on? Like after Oakland the only game I can't see us losing is against the 9'ers, that's practically Christmas. We might eek out a game or two against maybe the Chargers or Cardinals, albeit doubtful...but other than that where are the wins going to come against? Next week in Tn is no gimme either as it looks like Mariota ain't half bad, although that was Tampa he put one on.

    We needed these first couple games to make a halfway decent season of it. I was hoping we'd go 3-0 or at worst 2-1 to start the season, maybe we can still do that I dunno. Do that and play halfway respectable throughout the season and maybe we can hang our hat on something, but seriously did you see anything in the way they came out and played yesterday that says these guys were chomping at the bit to make a season of it? It's like they're already kind of phoning it in.

  • @douche-nozzle said:

    ... a huge majority of Cleveland fans only want to win now and aren't willing to allow success to breed and the ownership and front office seems to play to that audience.

    Dumbest Douche post ever...

    "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
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  • I think the majority of the fans don't give a shit who is the coach, gm or qb so long as we can WIN A GAME and not get blown out of the water like a fish in a barrel.

    3 seasons until our new head coach, let's hope they get it right this time.
  • MudflyM Mudfly

    @calfoxwc said:

    I don't know... 3 or 4 of these trolls sound like the same idiot.

    They definitely all rode the same bus in......play one bad game and "POOF".......it's a whiny cry baby troll apocalypse....

    @mudfly said:

    They definitely all rode the same bus in......play one bad game and "POOF".......it's a whiny cry baby troll apocalypse....

    But it's been 1 bad game for the last 15 years!!!..

  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @douche-nozzle said:

    ... a huge majority of Cleveland fans only want to win now and aren't willing to allow success to breed and the ownership and front office seems to play to that audience.

    Dumbest Douche post ever...

    @tour2ma said:

    Dumbest Douche post ever...

    Well Tour- just the facts.

    http://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/browns-set-nfl-record-in-season-opening-loss-091415

    Eleven openers lost in a row- new NFL record. 16 out of 17. Welcome to Groundhog Day.

    Two winning seasons since 1999. I don't think it's unreasonable to start expecting better. Soon.

  • Fans should buy team and sign Josh Lenz and Josh Cooper, trade for Brian Hoyer and then get Josh Cribbs back to return kicks. That's the ticket.

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  • Mike HM Mike H

    Fans should buy team and sign Josh Lenz and Josh Cooper, trade for Brian Hoyer and then get Josh Cribbs back to return kicks. That's the ticket.

    @mike-h said:

    Fans should buy team and sign Josh Lenz and Josh Cooper, trade for Brian Hoyer and then get Josh Cribbs back to return kicks. That's the ticket.

    Dont forget #fail for cardale/hackenberg

  • It's coaching and new management. We will know more after a few games. But I sure don't think having Goodell take over is the answer. I hate that guy!

    We probably need an offensive coordinator and maybe better play calling. Instead of reaching for another journeyman QB, coach what you have! They need a better system on both sides of the ball. Use the 4-3 more and activate Gaines, Cooper and Bowe. Next year get a stud wide receiver and Ezekiel Elliot.

    How can anyone expect Manziel to perform without weapons. Every team has a weapon. Except us!

    Bengals AJ Green and Hill

    Steelers Brown and Bell

    Patriots Tom And Gronk

    Giants BeckhamJr

    Etc etc

    DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!

  • Last season we won 2 games vs playoff teams, Bengals and Steelers. 5 other wins Saints 7-9 , Bucs 2-14, Raiders 3-13 , Titans 2-14 & Falcons 6-10. Viewed on this board as a step forward viewed by the rest of the NFL as predicting 5-11 for 2015-16

  • Where is Jimmah Haslam? Haven't heard from him yet. Hopefully we turn this shit around and soon. I always have the faith we will.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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