Why didn't the sign Robbie Gould?

LogicIsForSquares

@d-bone said:

This better not be true

Grossi has bouts of being full of shit and he really hates the current front office.

TexasAg1969

All I know is that saving $$$ gave the Browns 3 misses to the left. Love this analytics because anal pretty well describes what that $$$ decision just did to the Browns. Fucking genius baseball loving Ivy Leaguers have no common cents.

flyingfooldoug

Maybe the FO thought he can hit a fastball?

flyingfooldoug

@wargograw said:
A win would not have been a good thing today. Relax. Look ahead.

Really must be a stool fan. Winning is not good in football? I still can't believe this was posted. I may get cynical and pissed but never ever wished them to not win.

bbedward

@alkid3 said:
Personally I didn't think Coons was bad.

Coons was fine but didn't have the leg to make the long ones.

Unfortunately the guy that played yesterday couldn't make anything.

The Gipper

@richiswhere said:
According to Tony Grossi the coaching staff want to sign Gould but the front office stepped in and signed Parker

I heard that it was simply a matter of money. This guy was cheaper and that is why they took him over Gould.

So when did analytics simply boil down to "taking the cheapest route". The cheap ass bullshit cost a game, pure and simple.

D Bone

@wargograw said:
A win would not have been a good thing today. Relax. Look ahead.

WTF?? I can't even.........

@logicisforsquares said:
Grossi has bouts of being full of shit and he really hates the current front office.

Yea, kind of what I was thinking and could see him just trying to stir shit up with this allegation from probably an 'unnamed source'.

OldBrownsFan

@the-gipper said:

I heard that it was simply a matter of money. This guy was cheaper and that is why they took him over Gould.

So when did analytics simply boil down to "taking the cheapest route". The cheap ass bullshit cost a game, pure and simple.

If that is true I really hate to hear it. A decent kicker yesterday and that game was ours.

ccch

Tabor might be finally did it....spoke out publicly that he didn't want Gould as the kicker but management signed him because he was cheaper. He should be replaced soon unless they want to save some money and not pay 2 SP coaches.

The Gipper

@ccch said:
Tabor might be finally did it....spoke out publicly that he didn't want Gould as the kicker but management signed him because he was cheaper. He should be replaced soon unless they want to save some money and not pay 2 SP coaches.

Wait.....you are conflicting yourself. Do you mean Gould or Parkey...wtfever? I thought the coaches wanted Gould....but Sashi was being a cheap bastard and opted for the cheaper option?

flyingfooldoug

This is just half right. It was age not money. And buckle up buckaroos, he'll be kicking for us in DC. Hue sez he stays.

Orion

...and some knucklehead said one of MY threads was the worst thread ever.

wargograw

Draft position, idiots. Unless you guys are actually pissy that we're down another game in our AFCN title run.

medicineman

Draft? DRAFT? We have draft picks up to our arm pits every fucking year and always trade our top pick, to get a player who never even does jack shit. We deserve wins NOW not the bullshit excuse how we are going to build from the draft. We draft, takes the players 3 years to develop and then they join a winning team. I am sick of being the joke of the NFL, I hate playing in December and our only point is trying to spoil another teams po chance.And if you think us losing is a good thing???? Then you are a fucking idiot

flyingfooldoug

@wargograw said:
Draft position, idiots. Unless you guys are actually pissy that we're down another game in our AFCN title run.

Ya, talking draft in mid Sept is soooo much better than being relevant. Of course you're the guy that thinks losing is productive.

syd

@flyingfooldoug said:
Of course. Losing is soooo much better than winning. I really can't believe I'm reading this ignorant bullshit

agreed what a dumbass

Richiswhere

From the Miami Herald

(True story: After the game, league sources said Browns special teams coach Chris Tabor wanted his team to sign free agent kicker Robbie Gould on Friday when Cleveland’s first-string kicker Patrick Murray sustained a knee injury. But Browns management decided Gould is too expensive and so they went with Parkey — who practically single-handedly lost the game for them.)

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article104146136.html#storylink=cpy

RoyceRolls

@flyingfooldoug said:
This is just half right. It was age not money. And buckle up buckaroos, he'll be kicking for us in DC. Hue sez he stays.

That's what I heard. Grossi seemed convinced that the 300k salary difference didn't matter as much as the age difference (parkey in his mid 20s, Gould in his mid 30s). The FO saw a guy who was young, had already been to the pro bowl and could've possibly been a long term solution at the position.

It's a shame that the kid shit down the side of his leg, but let's hope it doesn't happen again. The last thing this team needs is Billy Cuntlips 2.0

The User from Cleveland

@medicineman said:
I hate playing in December

I know we haven't been to the playoffs in a while but last time I checked playoff teams don't take December off.

mjp28

@the-gipper said:

I heard that it was simply a matter of money. This guy was cheaper and that is why they took him over Gould.

So when did analytics simply boil down to "taking the cheapest route". The cheap ass bullshit cost a game, pure and simple.

Correct. The minimum NFL 2016 salary for a first-year player is $450,000. And what does a loss really cost a team now in lost revenue both now and over time especially losing game after game because they do NOT have a dependable kicker?

Both punters and kickers might not be glamor positions but you hate to hear wide left or wide right and oh crap we lost another game. In fact the worst team I have the better punters and kickers I want!