Jonathan Paul Manziel
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First off in other starter news...
Paztor is getting the start at LG.
In other player news...
Pryor has a good shot at making the active 46.
... when it comes to the personalities that may or may not be involved in this situation and given the quality of hard evidence we receive from the likes of ESPN Mary Kay or Grossi (nevermind the radio jocks) that my nearly five decades of experience dealing with talented, sometimes arrogant, often stubborn and egocentric personalities afford me a fair amount of insight, which is at the very least as good as anyone's here. Even if it gets a bit exaggerated at times
I by no means have the market cornered on ego spotting, but my "Arrogancimeter" is pretty well-honed. And I have little doubt that your vocation has exposed you to more oversized egos than mine did.
Sometime over a few beers we should compare notes... but I warn you, notes from MKC carry precious little weight with me...

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And I bet you'd agree with this statement:
I can't imagine that two men with the ability to make or break each other's career and each seeing the other as a roadblock to his goal wouldn't just fucking hate each other.

WSS
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Or he improved simply because he sobered up and started trying.....
Are you suggesting he gave the same effort this year as last?......if so, thats not very objective.....
Its a little weird that you are crediting "coaching" with his improvement, while driving the train to fire em all......
I don't think you know what objectively means.
And I've never said fire them all. I've said Fire Pettine and O'Neil, because they are bad coaches.
That would be a mistake. Before he clears his locker JM should have to propose a Self Improvement Plan for management approval.
And, unlike TC's narrative, Pet's agreement as well with concerns registered noted from the vetting process.
I think you can draw the line there if your purpose is to deny Pet for any credit for anything good occurring under him. I've no doubt Flip has added value to the effort... as has O'Connell.
However, I do not see denying Pet's role in setting the stage either in 2014, before Flip arrived, or in 2015, when Pet spent time in the QB room with Flip and Kevin.
The one variable that changed was the OC and QB coach. I'm just playing the game you were trying to play, and not attributing anything to anyone that there isn't evidence of.
The facts are that Manziel was awful last year, now he looks better. McCown has been awful almost his entire career, now he looks like he could be a borderline starter for some franchises. And the only changes were adding Flip and O'Connell for the explicit reason of progressing the quarterback.
Anything else past that is just conjecture. We have no way of knowing how much influence Pet has in the QB room, if any at all. But if we're being objective, the facts are that we added Flip and O'Connell, and that Manziel and McCown are having the best seasons of their careers.
The one variable that changed was the OC and QB coach.
Not true, TC. McCown came in as did Davis later. Both were positive role models... although Davis' semi-moneysign made me wonder.
And I am not willing to ignore the shift in Pet's emphasis from Defense in 2014 to Offense in 2015. Specifically in the latter case into the QB room, which is on the record. I am not willing to lay off the simultaneous decline in the D with the rise of the Offense to coincidence.
If Pet did nothing more than establish his rookie OC's authority in that room, then he needs to be credited with doing so. This I know from my career, when a senior manager championed a kid added to his staff and insured my new peers would pull with me... something a couple would do less than enthusiastically.
And as a codicil to my on-going pledge, if I ever do the semi-moneysign, you get $5k.
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First off in other starter news...
Paztor is getting the start at LG.
In other player news...
Pryor has a good shot at making the active 46.
I by no means have the market cornered on ego spotting, but my "Arrogancimeter" is pretty well-honed. And I have little doubt that your vocation has exposed you to more oversized egos than mine did.
Sometime over a few beers we should compare notes... but I warn you, notes from MKC carry precious little weight with me...

Buddy I would relish that opportunity and don't give a flying fuck if we ever mention football! Like politics when the subject is so confining we tend to forget there's an entire world of cool shit to talk about.
As long as there's a good quality IPA involved.
WSS
lol... there's a organizational exercise where 3 or more teams are set, and the only way to maximize the reward total for all involved, i.e., the organization, is for each team to win slightly less than the rules allow.
If Jimmy would just send his plane to pick me up...
Buddy I would relish that opportunity and don't give a flying fuck if we ever mention football!
We could always talk music... I play a mean stereo...
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I still think Pettine wants nothing to do with him, while the FO says you will, and like it.
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Man, Manziel is the guy. I just hope that he really still wants to be a Brown after his contract is up. I would hate to have found that guy that could stabilize the position that has been spinning so fast since 99. Maybe an unstoppable force takes such a polarizing captivating presence that we have found to stabilize it...
He's human, but his fight and desire to win on gamedays are something extraordinary. If everyone played with his heart we would never be beaten. He reminds me of Cribbs or Vickers.
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Man, Manziel is the guy. I just hope that he really still wants to be a Brown after his contract is up. I would hate to have found that guy that could stabilize the position that has been spinning so fast since 99. Maybe an unstoppable force takes such a polarizing captivating presence that we have found to stabilize it...
He's human, but his fight and desire to win on gamedays are something extraordinary. If everyone played with his heart we would never be beaten. He reminds me of Cribbs or Vickers.
Man, Manziel is the guy. I just hope that he really still wants to be a Brown after his contract is up. I would hate to have found that guy that could stabilize the position that has been spinning so fast since 99. Maybe an unstoppable force takes such a polarizing captivating presence that we have found to stabilize it...
He's human, but his fight and desire to win on gamedays are something extraordinary. If everyone played with his heart we would never be beaten. He reminds me of Cribbs or Vickers.
Po i love ya man but i'm dumbfounded by some of your posts. cribbs was great until his #s declined and they added WR to his repertoire. vickers was great as well as a blocker BUT you do know that QB is the most important position on the field and if you don't have the gumption, the leadership and the skills (both mental and physical), then you just don't have it and will end up like mccoy and weeden and quinn and.........
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VesnaKociper said:
I think Manziel blows.... BUT........... he has to be given a consistent chance to perform. Pettine is a jackoff. If Manziel wants to get drunk and get laid, it's his business. As long as he can play football, who cares? Give the kid a shot with no black cloud over his shoulder. Who the fuck among any of us would perform well like that? Pettine strieks me as a closet homosexual cocksucker......... Seriously, what kind of a man gets vindictive because another man is living it up and getting pussy? I think it would be good if Pettine went to a concert in Paris, and let us all say a prayer of hope. Seriously, the guys is garbage.
Exactly.
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maybe it'd be an accordion concert and you'd be the headliner. this time they aim for the stage.
oh wait! there is no such thing as accordion concerts.......... forgot.
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Erving is starting to look like another one of Farmers first round flops.Zombo said:
Are we feeling better about this one by telling ourselves that Cam Erving "wasn't playing his natural position"?
Zombo
--I'm sure if a Tackle got hurt, he'd be awesome
At least the kid owns up to it...
"I played like shit so I'm not starting" - Cam Erving #Browns
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I'm more interested in hearing all you Manziel cock gobblers make excuses for him after he proves once again that he blows... good times!
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To the people who keep saying that he's done nothing wrong........
"Over the last couple weeks I was forced to learn a hard lesson and I had to learn it the hard way," Manziel said.
What did he learn?
"Obviously there's a way to conduct yourself that 31 others guys in the league do each and every week," he said. "You have to follow that example and realize that this is a very prestigious situation I'm in being a starting quarterback in the NFL. So I have to take pride in that and act accordingly."
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Did johnny dropout or failout of lawschool?
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"Over the last couple weeks I was forced to learn a hard lesson and I had to learn it the hard way," Manziel said.
What did he learn?
"Obviously there's a way to conduct yourself that 31 others guys in the league do each and every week," he said. "You have to follow that example and realize that this is a very prestigious situation I'm in being a starting quarterback in the NFL. So I have to take pride in that and act accordingly."
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Because he couldn't pass the bar...
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Man, Manziel is the guy. I just hope that he really still wants to be a Brown after his contract is up. I would hate to have found that guy that could stabilize the position that has been spinning so fast since 99. Maybe an unstoppable force takes such a polarizing captivating presence that we have found to stabilize it...
He's human, but his fight and desire to win on gamedays are something extraordinary. If everyone played with his heart we would never be beaten. He reminds me of Cribbs or Vickers.
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Well Caine I really don't know anything about that but I'm sure it wasn't Johnny's fault. Everyone at lawschool was prolly jealous of Johnny getting fucked up and getting pussy while they had to study so the dean sabotaged him.
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Test......I got some kind of notify that I wasn't allowed here no mo.
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Well Caine I really don't know anything about that but I'm sure it wasn't Johnny's fault. Everyone at lawschool was prolly jealous of Johnny getting fucked up and getting pussy while they had to study so the dean sabotaged him.
Well Caine I really don't know anything about that but I'm sure it wasn't Johnny's fault. Everyone at lawschool was prolly jealous of Johnny getting fucked up and getting pussy while they had to study so the dean sabotaged him.
whisssshhh.
WSS
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