Andy Lee Traded to Panthers
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A starter "removed" from our defensive football team?....wtf does that mean???......To me, its sounds like a coach who is watching his player vanish without any prior notice or input. ......poof!
Could be. But his tone, to me, didn't sound like he was out of the loop.
I certainly HOPE, that he's not out of the loop. I mean, because if it DOES turn into the same situation that we just had...where the coaches hated the FO (GM in that case) then it's on Haslam yet again. At which point I would have to chant, "No ring for the hand until a new owner that we land".
Could be. But his tone, to me, didn't sound like he was out of the loop.
So, if he's in the loop, he would know Kruger was in line for the first cut....right?
And, this is a fluid process....so they've certainly been grading players all along....not just this week, right?
And the Coach, KNOWING Kruger was gonna get cut and Ogbah would be the OLB, decides to start Kruger all 3 games and play Ogbah at DE only?....with no reps at OLB, even though he is the projected starter?......no reps at OLB during camp either?
Pffft....
So, Ill make it simple.....either he's not in the loop, which is terrible.....OR......he is in the loop and they are just completely stupid and clueless...
There. Understand?
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holy fucking shit...look not that i'm terribly upset about Kruger being let go, frankly it should have been done with the other vets like Dansby and Whitner. But holy fucking shit mudfly is abs right it does sound like Hue and the staff may not have been aware that Kruger was going to be cut. THat is HUGE. I mean that is potentially groundbreaking bullshit. Forget about Jimmy firing Hue after one season....Hue may resign after one season. Seriously no coach anywhere is going to put up with that. If Horton and Hue wanted Kruger to stay, as disappointed as i've personally been in Kruger...he stays, period. It doesn't matter what Fans think. If the coach wants Kruger or any of the players, they stay period end of discussion. Cuts based on salary cap issues happen months ago. You don't spring that kind of a cut on your coach this close to opening day.
THis is beyond bad if indeed Hue was not onboard with Kruger getting cut.
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believe me this is not about a missed tackle. it's another 'move' that makes these guys seem relevant. these clowns are really pissing me off.
analytics, schmanalytics.
go fuck urself sushi.
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Sashi is really fucking us over... Jimmy just wants to save money. he doesn't care about winning. he's spending as little as possible.
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is it possible the front office is already losing confidence in Hue already? 31st in offense and 32nd in defense is pretty concerning as are the reports of the players being discontent. I personally loved our draft and thought we added some talent at least the POTENTIAL for talent is there. The cuts have been logical so far I'm not seeing any high effort players on the cut list. honestly the biggest concern i have is Ray Horton. Honestly if i were jimmy and hue came to me and said "I want to hire horton" i would have told him to "get the fuck out" and gotten a different head coach but hey thats me. we'll just have to see how this season plays out. but i think if it plays out too poorly we should prepare for a coaching change but not necessarily another "reset" maybe instead of looking at a new coach like a 3-4 year rebuild process we look at it more like just another piece in the puzzle.
Is it possible that everyone except Hue wanted Kruger off the team? Kruger clearly was not performing in the preseason games and the tape last year showed he wasn't as good as he was 2014. The stats don't show a starter and even though he was getting the veterans treatment maybe the FO thought it was undeserved. Maybe Hue is just disappointed in Paul and that he was going to be the guy and now he's looking at starting a rookie. It honestly sounds from the presser that hue was a supporter of kruger and the he was overruled in keeping him. Lets be honest here the "Analytics" dont support Paul's position as a starter and we are paying him too much to be a backup thats the bottomline.
but hey we could see a much better game on Thursday with an effective offense and a slightly less than porus defense. You dont hire the leading expert in sports Analytics if you dont plan on dramatically changing the way you run a football organization. This includes roster decisions and coaching so i think we'll need give this a little extra time to see how this looks I'm hoping coaching changes dont need to happen because of the learning curve of course but coaching in this style is more about optimization of talent and potential returns on said talent for team building and risk analysis for coaching schemes and styles. -
The Browns organization is already thought of as one of the biggest clown stocks in the league. If Hue Jackson is fired in under 3 years we become the joke of the decade, count on it.
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LMAO.
Step away from the ledge guys!
We traded a punter for a fourth round pick ... And a punter!
A punter who is averaging 46 yards per boot in the preseason and is ten years younger than the guy we traded.
Browns win all around.
And Lee was a pussy.
You guys are fucking nuts with your conspiracy theories with Lee and Kruger. Fuck them.
We are a young team that just rebooted and we've already collected a thousand draft picks and Hue is taking out guys that don't fit his mold.
What don't you get?
Z
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i really like Hue. I just have doubt's in his decision making when it comes to personnel ... His handpicked defensive coordinator is a glaring example of that...preferably I'd like to see Horton gone and replaced immediately with damn near anyone but i don't think that's going to happen. Also the reason we are a laughing stock right now is that we have 87 wins and 185 losses in 272 contests. we have a 32% win rate when rounded up! Coaching turnover is irrelevant compared to w/l.
back on topic i think its a good trade and tend to agree with zombo on this one. We start the most unknowns and atleast we have the element of surprise right? lol. I mean that's pretty much how rg3 got rookie of the year! i see A LOT of potential in the browns this year -
what a bunch of malarkey. Seriously, all this invented hysteria?
You don't think Hue saw Lee's attitude on that punt return?
any player who loves the game would TRY to make a play and inspire his teammates.
Do you really think Kruger was a deal where Hue had no idea of what was going on?seriously?
Kruger has lost at leaset a step, he bulked up with the ratbirds for playing time. What the heck?
The Browns have some young, terrific talent prospects, go look and see how long Kruger has been
in the league.
Come on, I liked Kruger, but he's been in the league about 7 years. Even Kruger thought he might be
a cut. He would have wanted to be cut earlier, but the Browns had to see what they had in new draftees.
It was performance based. He's lost a step.
All of this conspiracy theory stuff is just wrong. In the past, coaching staffs have simply kept returning veterans
and never coached and developed young players but rarely. Not this coaching staff. If they have a better young talent,
they teach him, and if he's good, he gets a job. Kriger will still land with another team - good luck to him.
I think we would have had this skyisfalling stuff if they had KEPT Kruger and cut another player.
Let them build their team. This sensationalism isn't necessary. (just my goofy opinion.)
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I get it but this FO has made no bones about their plans from day one. This stuff only continues to show it.
Thats not true.....they never said they were stripping the roster bare of all highly paid/mature players.....and, just last week, Sashi went on record as saying the were NOT rebuilding and everything they do is in an effort to win....and they are playing to win now....
Lying sack of crap....(and a bad decision maker too)....
Embarrassing your growing" team and fans on a weekly basis is NOT how this team will get better or create a winning culture.....they are immersing all their new talent and rookies in a cesspool of shit......
Embarrassing your growing" team and fans on a weekly basis is NOT how this team will get better or create a winning culture.....they are immersing all their new talent and rookies in a cesspool of shit......
Have to wonder what Joe Thomas thinks of this...... At the rate they're destroying this team, Joe will be ready to retire by the time they're any good.
In the words of Marvin Gaye, "What's goin' on?"
Either these Harvard guys are way smarter than all of us put together or they have no fucking clue how football works.
I"m rapidly deciding they have no clue. If they want to do the "Suck for Luck" method, they're going about it the right way.
16-0
0-16 Mark. 0-16. Get used to the idea.
Well, they did let go of a OLB and a CB and a few others on that defense as well..
They dealt the punter for the trade value.
Yup- a 2018 4th round pick.
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They must be fine with going 0-16 this year
I think the FO is......Hue?.....not so sure...
Watch his pressy.....read the words.....and you will see that he is not on the same page as sashi and, I think, is surprised and bummed by what has transpired since his hire...
Of course, he's not gonna say it directly....but it's pretty easy to see his demeanor and hear his words and know he was not prepared for this....
Heck...today he's says they have 2 days to find their next linebacker because his "starter" is no longer on the team....so Ogbah back to olb....but why was Hue calling Kruger "starter" and Ogbah a DE just a few days ago.....???????
I tell you why....cause he;s in the dark about what the FO is doing.....completely....
Example?....from todays press conf....
On if the Browns have someone in particular in mind to play in Kruger’s position:
“We are working on that. That is what practice was for today to again make sure that we have the right people in the right spots. We will practice again tomorrow, and Thursday we will trot them out there and go at it.”
So...mini camp, training camp, 3 years of tape, and 3 preseason games and they just decided TODAY that Kruger was gone?.....and, IN ALL THIS TIME, have done NOTHING to prepare the next man up????....If Hue knew, then SOMEONE else woulda been playing OLB besides Kruger .......oh, I dont know, perhaps play OGBAH a few reps, eh?....since your "plan" was for him to be the OLB.....Oh, it wasnt your plan?.....what exactly was your plan Hue.....???
Here's another diddy from Hues pressy....
On what areas the Browns need to improve in most:
“Obviously, since we made several changes on defense, we want to keep on looking. I feel pretty good about where we are offensively. I just think we need to fine tune some things and get better at some things. Obviously, there was a starter that was removed from our defensive football team.
A starter "removed" from our defensive football team?....wtf does that mean???......To me, its sounds like a coach who is watching his player vanish without any prior notice or input. ......poof!
Watch the tape....he doesnt smile.....he looks uptight......he refuses to comment on certain things....keeps saying well play what we have....he's vague.....NONE of the normal HUE we've seen in every other pressy ever.....and that is because 1) he sees how bad we are after 3 games.....2) FO is making moves that he's not on board with.....
I remember watch Chud crumble as the season crumbled.....was a broken man(or coach) by years end....
Hues already showing strain and we haven't even started yet.....
Bad bad bad
I think the FO is......Hue?.....not so sure...
Watch his pressy.....read the words.....and you will see that he is not on the same page as sashi and, I think, is surprised and bummed by what has transpired since his hire...
Of course, he's not gonna say it directly....but it's pretty easy to see his demeanor and hear his words and know he was not prepared for this....
Heck...today he's says they have 2 days to find their next linebacker because his "starter" is no longer on the team....so Ogbah back to olb....but why was Hue calling Kruger "starter" and Ogbah a DE just a few days ago.....???????
I tell you why....cause he;s in the dark about what the FO is doing.....completely....
Example?....from todays press conf....
On if the Browns have someone in particular in mind to play in Kruger’s position:
“We are working on that. That is what practice was for today to again make sure that we have the right people in the right spots. We will practice again tomorrow, and Thursday we will trot them out there and go at it.”
So...mini camp, training camp, 3 years of tape, and 3 preseason games and they just decided TODAY that Kruger was gone?.....and, IN ALL THIS TIME, have done NOTHING to prepare the next man up????....If Hue knew, then SOMEONE else woulda been playing OLB besides Kruger .......oh, I dont know, perhaps play OGBAH a few reps, eh?....since your "plan" was for him to be the OLB.....Oh, it wasnt your plan?.....what exactly was your plan Hue.....???
Here's another diddy from Hues pressy....
On what areas the Browns need to improve in most:
“Obviously, since we made several changes on defense, we want to keep on looking. I feel pretty good about where we are offensively. I just think we need to fine tune some things and get better at some things. Obviously, there was a starter that was removed from our defensive football team.
A starter "removed" from our defensive football team?....wtf does that mean???......To me, its sounds like a coach who is watching his player vanish without any prior notice or input. ......poof!
Watch the tape....he doesnt smile.....he looks uptight......he refuses to comment on certain things....keeps saying well play what we have....he's vague.....NONE of the normal HUE we've seen in every other pressy ever.....and that is because 1) he sees how bad we are after 3 games.....2) FO is making moves that he's not on board with.....
I remember watch Chud crumble as the season crumbled.....was a broken man(or coach) by years end....
Hues already showing strain and we haven't even started yet.....
Bad bad bad
reading between the lines here but i wouldn't be surprised if this FO (if still here) does the trade down again AGAIN next year and drafts 5-6 LBs, none of which will be some super star blue chip the caliber of a khalil mack and once again NOT draft the QB.
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http://nfltraderumors.co/trade-browns-trade-veteran-p-andy-lee-panthers/
Brilliant move. He decided not to put effort in trying to tackle the return man in Tampa Bay. Team played like crap as a whole. Hue's sending a message. If you don't want to put in 100%, you're gone. Don't care if you are a veteran, one of the best at your position. You're gone. Best part, is it's just a punter, so not like it's gonna impact the team all that much.
The culture change is real.
Edit: I can't believe the Browns got a fourth round pick and a punter for Andy Lee and a seventh round pick. Holy crap lol.
Hopefully that plan of action works out.http://nfltraderumors.co/trade-browns-trade-veteran-p-andy-lee-panthers/
Brilliant move. He decided not to put effort in trying to tackle the return man in Tampa Bay. Team played like crap as a whole. Hue's sending a message. If you don't want to put in 100%, you're gone. Don't care if you are a veteran, one of the best at your position. You're gone. Best part, is it's just a punter, so not like it's gonna impact the team all that much.
The culture change is real.
Edit: I can't believe the Browns got a fourth round pick and a punter for Andy Lee and a seventh round pick. Holy crap lol.
Seems like we are going to need a punter pretty badly this season so it would be nice if the replacement is better not just more of a pet or cheaper.
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I think the FO is......Hue?.....not so sure...
Watch his pressy.....read the words.....and you will see that he is not on the same page as sashi and, I think, is surprised and bummed by what has transpired since his hire...
Of course, he's not gonna say it directly....but it's pretty easy to see his demeanor and hear his words and know he was not prepared for this....
Heck...today he's says they have 2 days to find their next linebacker because his "starter" is no longer on the team....so Ogbah back to olb....but why was Hue calling Kruger "starter" and Ogbah a DE just a few days ago.....???????
I tell you why....cause he;s in the dark about what the FO is doing.....completely....
Example?....from todays press conf....
On if the Browns have someone in particular in mind to play in Kruger’s position:
“We are working on that. That is what practice was for today to again make sure that we have the right people in the right spots. We will practice again tomorrow, and Thursday we will trot them out there and go at it.”
So...mini camp, training camp, 3 years of tape, and 3 preseason games and they just decided TODAY that Kruger was gone?.....and, IN ALL THIS TIME, have done NOTHING to prepare the next man up????....If Hue knew, then SOMEONE else woulda been playing OLB besides Kruger .......oh, I dont know, perhaps play OGBAH a few reps, eh?....since your "plan" was for him to be the OLB.....Oh, it wasnt your plan?.....what exactly was your plan Hue.....???
Here's another diddy from Hues pressy....
On what areas the Browns need to improve in most:
“Obviously, since we made several changes on defense, we want to keep on looking. I feel pretty good about where we are offensively. I just think we need to fine tune some things and get better at some things. Obviously, there was a starter that was removed from our defensive football team.
A starter "removed" from our defensive football team?....wtf does that mean???......To me, its sounds like a coach who is watching his player vanish without any prior notice or input. ......poof!
Watch the tape....he doesnt smile.....he looks uptight......he refuses to comment on certain things....keeps saying well play what we have....he's vague.....NONE of the normal HUE we've seen in every other pressy ever.....and that is because 1) he sees how bad we are after 3 games.....2) FO is making moves that he's not on board with.....
I remember watch Chud crumble as the season crumbled.....was a broken man(or coach) by years end....
Hues already showing strain and we haven't even started yet.....
Bad bad bad
reading between the lines here but i wouldn't be surprised if this FO (if still here) does the trade down again AGAIN next year and drafts 5-6 LBs, none of which will be some super star blue chip the caliber of a khalil mack and once again NOT draft the QB.
reading between the lines here but i wouldn't be surprised if this FO (if still here) does the trade down again AGAIN next year and drafts 5-6 LBs, none of which will be some super star blue chip the caliber of a khalil mack and once again NOT draft the QB.
I've been thinking the same and hope to God we are both wrong mik. If we have two top 5 picks we need to use them.
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Could be. But his tone, to me, didn't sound like he was out of the loop.
So, if he's in the loop, he would know Kruger was in line for the first cut....right?
And, this is a fluid process....so they've certainly been grading players all along....not just this week, right?
And the Coach, KNOWING Kruger was gonna get cut and Ogbah would be the OLB, decides to start Kruger all 3 games and play Ogbah at DE only?....with no reps at OLB, even though he is the projected starter?......no reps at OLB during camp either?
Pffft....
So, Ill make it simple.....either he's not in the loop, which is terrible.....OR......he is in the loop and they are just completely stupid and clueless...
There. Understand?
So, if he's in the loop, he would know Kruger was in line for the first cut....right?
And, this is a fluid process....so they've certainly been grading players all along....not just this week, right?
And the Coach, KNOWING Kruger was gonna get cut and Ogbah would be the OLB, decides to start Kruger all 3 games and play Ogbah at DE only?....with no reps at OLB, even though he is the projected starter?......no reps at OLB during camp either?
Pffft....
So, Ill make it simple.....either he's not in the loop, which is terrible.....OR......he is in the loop and they are just completely stupid and clueless...
There. Understand?
OR, just a CRAZY option B here, they gave the veteran the benefit of the doubt to prove himself in the preseason and let him work to earn his roster spot. When he sucked major ass they cut him. Why would that be stupid and clueless? Literally a blow-up doll would be as effective as Kruger was for a long time. Not having a true replacement isn't some big deal-it's part of the process.
I swear, some of you guys should start making those conspiracy videos on Youtube.
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Not buying any FO/Hue friction.
Des Bryant? Seem to remember his injury dictating Ogbah's move to DE...
If Horton and Co. burned any bridges, left themselves with limited OLB options, that's on them. It's not as if Krug's poor play snuck up on them overnite.
As for Lee... fits the pattern. On field impact may materialize... Standings impact will be nil...
Messages being sent right and left.
Main one I am seeing is that our latest "players' coach" is more of a myway/highway dick...
"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 still think they plan on doing the Indianapolis version of "suck for Luck" to get the first pick in the draft.Thats not true.....they never said they were stripping the roster bare of all highly paid/mature players.....and, just last week, Sashi went on record as saying the were NOT rebuilding and everything they do is in an effort to win....and they are playing to win now....
Lying sack of crap....(and a bad decision maker too)....
Embarrassing your growing" team and fans on a weekly basis is NOT how this team will get better or create a winning culture.....they are immersing all their new talent and rookies in a cesspool of shit......
Maybe we can call it "lose on for Deshaun".
Maybe we can call it "lose on for Deshaun".
Face plant on the lawn for Deshaun???
Im not down....I understand we needed to rebuild. But, now we need 40 guys....soo, next year we gonna draft 5 LB's?.....and the years after we gonna draft 5 QB"S????
So....RGiii is supposed to be the next guy....but lets say we draft a qb....so how does he play w/o a line? or a Defense....
Likely just one QB, but multiple LBs and still leaves 8-10 picks for other talent.
There should come a point around 2019 (give or take) when we will play the FA game. OL and LBs can be plentiful there.
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LMAO.
Step away from the ledge guys!
We traded a punter for a fourth round pick ... And a punter!
A punter who is averaging 46 yards per boot in the preseason and is ten years younger than the guy we traded.
Browns win all around.
And Lee was a pussy.
You guys are fucking nuts with your conspiracy theories with Lee and Kruger. Fuck them.
We are a young team that just rebooted and we've already collected a thousand draft picks and Hue is taking out guys that don't fit his mold.
What don't you get?
Z
Zombo said:
LMAO.
Step away from the ledge guys!
We traded a punter for a fourth round pick ... And a punter!
A punter who is averaging 46 yards per boot in the preseason and is ten years younger than the guy we traded.
Browns win all around.
And Lee was a pussy.
You guys are fucking nuts with your conspiracy theories with Lee and Kruger. Fuck them.
We are a young team that just rebooted and we've already collected a thousand draft picks and Hue is taking out guys that don't fit his mold.
What don't you get?
Z
that's it and that's all, Browns saw an opportunity to get a good deal and they pulled the trigger. Did Andy's long punts even matter when the defense lets teams run on them at will anyway?
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That 4th-rounder could turn into the next Seth DeValve!
That 4th-rounder could turn into the next Seth DeValve!
Or the next Vince Mayle.
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