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  • One other aspect of the apathy is that I now just basically peruse or scan the topics on this board rather than trying to read almost every post. 

  • In the meantime.. Wentz has his team poised for the playoffs in year 1!.. Let that sink in...

  • In the meantime.. Wentz has his team poised for the playoffs in year 1!.. Let that sink in...

    @nickers said:

    In the meantime.. Wentz has his team poised for the playoffs in year 1!.. Let that sink in...

    What does that have to do with this thread?

    Go out and research the ratings for the Browns telecasts if you need a task to perform.😛

  • I'm betting your post Gip describes a high % of Browns fans..... myself included. I remarked in the Tavern yesterday that I was offered 3 free tickets to this week's Chargers / Browns game and I politely declined as I refuse to give the organization a single penny other than the percentage they get from my DTV NFL Package.

    The last Browns gear I purchased was during the Butch era. I almost bought a hat during Pet's 7-3 run, but didn't want to jinx it..... Lord, could you imagine if I made this worse with a jinx?

    But yea, apathy has set in for me and with the Rams being back and lighting it up, my apathy is fading away slowly and being replaced with "Who give's a schit....... and when are the Rams on?"

  • @nickers said:

    In the meantime.. Wentz has his team poised for the playoffs in year 1!.. Let that sink in...

    What does that have to do with this thread?

    Go out and research the ratings for the Browns telecasts if you need a task to perform.😛

    @the-gipper said:

    What does that have to do with this thread?

    Go out and research the ratings for the Browns telecasts if you need a task to perform.😛

    I'm not here to do your "BITCH' work

  • We draft or trade for a quarterback and win two out of three of the first games next season and this dump will be a zoo.

    WSS

  • @the-gipper said:

    What does that have to do with this thread?

    Go out and research the ratings for the Browns telecasts if you need a task to perform.😛

    I'm not here to do your "BITCH' work

    @nickers said:

    I'm not here to do your "BITCH' work

    Perhaps not.....you are apparently here just to be a Bitch and attempt to hijack a thread?

  • We draft or trade for a quarterback and win two out of three of the first games next season and this dump will be a zoo.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    We draft or trade for a quarterback and win two out of three of the first games next season and this dump will be a zoo.

    WSS

    Ya know, you're probably right. 

  • @westside-steve said:

    We draft or trade for a quarterback and win two out of three of the first games next season and this dump will be a zoo.

    WSS

    Ya know, you're probably right. 

    @d-bone said:

    Ya know, you're probably right. 

    Yes,  we Browns fans will look for any little spark. 

    God fuyucking forbid that this team actually supply one.

  • He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

  • Its true.  Apathy is setting in.   Yesterday I could not get together with the guys to watch the game.  I had other, more important things to do.  Just making other things a matter of priority over watching the Browns is one particular sign of it.    Then, when I came home I turned the game on briefly, saw the Browns getting hammered by like 2 TDs, then said "Fuyuck This Shizer", and turned the game off to do something else.

    So, this Browns organization reaps what it sows.....a fan base that to a great extent may not even want to bother watching your games.   This is on Jimmy, Sashi, Hue.  This is their creation.

    Why is it that somehow I get the feeling that these guys do not care at all about the fact that they are alienating their fan base.  As long as the owner is getting his TV revenue....he perhaps does not care that he is losing money on ticket sales and concessions etc.   The GM does not care about winning or losing...only about if he can continue his process....and try to supposedly "win" deals that he makes.    The coach seems oblivious to losing. While he may superficially care....he is getting paid in two years of doing this more that what most of us will make in a lifetime.

    THEY seem to have an apathetic attitude toward winning.  Ergo...why should we, the fans, have anything but an apathetic attitude toward the team.?

    And just out of curiosity....does anyone know what the local ratings are for the Browns?    I suspect they have seriously deteriorated over the last couple of years.  Deservedly so.

    @the-gipper said:

    Its true.  Apathy is setting in.   Yesterday I could not get together with the guys to watch the game.  I had other, more important things to do.  Just making other things a matter of priority over watching the Browns is one particular sign of it.    Then, when I came home I turned the game on briefly, saw the Browns getting hammered by like 2 TDs, then said "Fuyuck This Shizer", and turned the game off to do something else.

    So, this Browns organization reaps what it sows.....a fan base that to a great extent may not even want to bother watching your games.   This is on Jimmy, Sashi, Hue.  This is their creation.

    Why is it that somehow I get the feeling that these guys do not care at all about the fact that they are alienating their fan base.  As long as the owner is getting his TV revenue....he perhaps does not care that he is losing money on ticket sales and concessions etc.   The GM does not care about winning or losing...only about if he can continue his process....and try to supposedly "win" deals that he makes.    The coach seems oblivious to losing. While he may superficially care....he is getting paid in two years of doing this more that what most of us will make in a lifetime.

    THEY seem to have an apathetic attitude toward winning.  Ergo...why should we, the fans, have anything but an apathetic attitude toward the team.?

    And just out of curiosity....does anyone know what the local ratings are for the Browns?    I suspect they have seriously deteriorated over the last couple of years.  Deservedly so.

    Well went to hang out with the guys to watch the game at the local Mexican restaurant- fully expecting the Browns to lose. They didn't disappoint me, and it's gotten to the point it doesn't even upset me in the slightest racking up another lopsided loss. Where's the improvement Hue and Sashi? I'm seeing zero progress from game one to game eleven. The stadium will be a ghost town for the last few games. I had always said I'd burn my season tickets rather than sell them to fans of another team- but I finally gave up on that idea. Just couldn't bring myself to waste gas and a total of six hours of driving to watch this garbage. We netted $28 for our $85 face tickets. a few years ago, tickets in our section were selling for $200. BTW, Ravens game, you can get in the building for $6, and 50 yard line club seats are discounted to $115. 

  • He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    @tour2ma said:

    He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    And most of the fans think he's down to the king and a few pawns, and is about to get checkmated..... 

  • In the meantime.. Wentz has his team poised for the playoffs in year 1!.. Let that sink in...

    @nickers said:

    In the meantime.. Wentz has his team poised for the playoffs in year 1!.. Let that sink in...

    Actually, it's year 2...

  • @tour2ma said:

    He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    And most of the fans think he's down to the king and a few pawns, and is about to get checkmated..... 

    @hoorta said:

    And most of the fans think he's down to the king and a few pawns, and is about to get checkmated..... 

    Yup... no denying that's what most folks think.

    Thank, God I am not one of you.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why is it that somehow I get the feeling that these guys do not care at all about the fact that they are alienating their fan base.

    Because your feelings are not trustworthy?

    No way is it a matter of not caring. It's accepted because they understand that what they are putting on the field is very hard to love. They know that only winning will bring back the fans... that only winning will bring back the love.

    But they also believe, as a few of us here do, that they are on the right path... even though it is more painful journey than they anticipated. They are the ones starting to formulate our Big Board. They are the ones with one eye down the road. And they are dedicated to not just bringing back the love in the near term, but sustaining it for the long haul.

  • He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    @tour2ma said:

    He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    Some folks have the same opinion about Trump. I believe in both cases they are off the mark.

  • Here is the thing to remember................ football is funded by fans.........fanatics........................people, you, me, all of us, who continue to buy the sports product without any regard to common sense, or reasoning that applies to other purchases in our lives.

    WSS hit the nail on the head and I think this is a wake-up reality check for anyone who thinks Browns fans are somehow special or different from other fans. The Steelers once couldn't draw jack, if they go 3 - 13 they again won't draw jack, just like the current Browns aren't drawing jack.

    Haslam is no dummy, and none of the other owners are either. A winning team erases all the doom and gloom, it erases woes about how we no longer have a lifetime winning record...blah blah blah............... it even eliminates the opposing fans who say...YOU SUCK..............because once you are winning there is no insult in saying to us.........YOU SUCKED LAST YEAR............nobody cares about last year............do you? Of course nor.

    If a team could destroy it's fan base by sucking, no financial interest with a lick of sense would buy an NFL franchise. However frustrated Haslam is, he still has the upper hand.............he knows that some wins will bring the party back to a full boil and all the pain will be forgotten. Can you imagine the Browns winning a SB? You think 1999 was a celebration?

    Apathy? Yeah, sure, some of us are taken by it, but we remain here. Will some fans decide to call it quits? Sure, but a fan base has never been a static body. People have always come and gone. You win, you get new fans, you get some former fans back.

    This team, and franchise suck as bad as the New Orleans Aint's......but really, do we ever hear fans and announcers talking about those days? Of course not, because they don't lose any more.

    As horrible as the Browns experience has been....as Steve pointed out, a win streak and all is forgotten.

  • He hijacks because he cares?

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    @tour2ma said:

    Sashi is playing Chess while most here think checkers...

    Not me T.............. I think he's playing Candy Land. 🥷

  • Here is the thing to remember................ football is funded by fans.........fanatics........................people, you, me, all of us, who continue to buy the sports product without any regard to common sense, or reasoning that applies to other purchases in our lives.

    WSS hit the nail on the head and I think this is a wake-up reality check for anyone who thinks Browns fans are somehow special or different from other fans. The Steelers once couldn't draw jack, if they go 3 - 13 they again won't draw jack, just like the current Browns aren't drawing jack.

    Haslam is no dummy, and none of the other owners are either. A winning team erases all the doom and gloom, it erases woes about how we no longer have a lifetime winning record...blah blah blah............... it even eliminates the opposing fans who say...YOU SUCK..............because once you are winning there is no insult in saying to us.........YOU SUCKED LAST YEAR............nobody cares about last year............do you? Of course nor.

    If a team could destroy it's fan base by sucking, no financial interest with a lick of sense would buy an NFL franchise. However frustrated Haslam is, he still has the upper hand.............he knows that some wins will bring the party back to a full boil and all the pain will be forgotten. Can you imagine the Browns winning a SB? You think 1999 was a celebration?

    Apathy? Yeah, sure, some of us are taken by it, but we remain here. Will some fans decide to call it quits? Sure, but a fan base has never been a static body. People have always come and gone. You win, you get new fans, you get some former fans back.

    This team, and franchise suck as bad as the New Orleans Aint's......but really, do we ever hear fans and announcers talking about those days? Of course not, because they don't lose any more.

    As horrible as the Browns experience has been....as Steve pointed out, a win streak and all is forgotten.

    @ghoolie said:

    Here is the thing to remember................ football is funded by fans.........fanatics........................people, you, me, all of us, who continue to buy the sports product without any regard to common sense, or reasoning that applies to other purchases in our lives.

    WSS hit the nail on the head and I think this is a wake-up reality check for anyone who thinks Browns fans are somehow special or different from other fans. The Steelers once couldn't draw jack, if they go 3 - 13 they again won't draw jack, just like the current Browns aren't drawing jack.

    Haslam is no dummy, and none of the other owners are either. A winning team erases all the doom and gloom, it erases woes about how we no longer have a lifetime winning record...blah blah blah............... it even eliminates the opposing fans who say...YOU SUCK..............because once you are winning there is no insult in saying to us.........YOU SUCKED LAST YEAR............nobody cares about last year............do you? Of course nor.

    If a team could destroy it's fan base by sucking, no financial interest with a lick of sense would buy an NFL franchise. However frustrated Haslam is, he still has the upper hand.............he knows that some wins will bring the party back to a full boil and all the pain will be forgotten. Can you imagine the Browns winning a SB? You think 1999 was a celebration?

    Apathy? Yeah, sure, some of us are taken by it, but we remain here. Will some fans decide to call it quits? Sure, but a fan base has never been a static body. People have always come and gone. You win, you get new fans, you get some former fans back.

    This team, and franchise suck as bad as the New Orleans Aint's......but really, do we ever hear fans and announcers talking about those days? Of course not, because they don't lose any more.

    As horrible as the Browns experience has been....as Steve pointed out, a win streak and all is forgotten.

    It’s true, if we win next year and in 2019 it’ll get everyone to shut the f#%* up. And I hope to god we do.

  • @hoorta said:

    And most of the fans think he's down to the king and a few pawns, and is about to get checkmated..... 

    Yup... no denying that's what most folks think.

    Thank, God I am not one of you.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why is it that somehow I get the feeling that these guys do not care at all about the fact that they are alienating their fan base.

    Because your feelings are not trustworthy?

    No way is it a matter of not caring. It's accepted because they understand that what they are putting on the field is very hard to love. They know that only winning will bring back the fans... that only winning will bring back the love.

    But they also believe, as a few of us here do, that they are on the right path... even though it is more painful journey than they anticipated. They are the ones starting to formulate our Big Board. They are the ones with one eye down the road. And they are dedicated to not just bringing back the love in the near term, but sustaining it for the long haul.

    @tour2ma said:

    Yup... no denying that's what most folks think.

    Thank, God I am not one of you.

    Because your feelings are not trustworthy?

    No way is it a matter of not caring. It's accepted because they understand that what they are putting on the field is very hard to love. They know that only winning will bring back the fans... that only winning will bring back the love.

    But they also believe, as a few of us here do, that they are on the right path... even though it is more painful journey than they anticipated. They are the ones starting to formulate our Big Board. They are the ones with one eye down the road. And they are dedicated to not just bringing back the love in the near term, but sustaining it for the long haul.

    But I don't want to wait until my grandkids are 20!

  • Wow Gip, It was the same way for me yesterday. I had a few other things that I been putting off and it did not have to be done yesterday but I figured why not just get it done. I didn't tune in til well I am not sure but on game day I am ready at 10am if not before. Sad that I don't see any hope for us to win a single game this year. I am shocked that our team still try but every week a we have guys dropping passes when they are wide open,, defensive backs dropping int's missed blocks rb missing holes etc. This should not happen this late in the season and we do it thru every game.