Deep Thoughts from Elk Fag
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1) It's not going to be a "rebuild" Stefansky said there's plenty of talent on the team to work with.
2) This was hardly a Power Play by Depodesta. Or did you forget Kitchens was Dorsey hand picked Head Coach, and failed miserably with the talent he was handed? Other way around- after massively screwing up on Freddie, Dorsey wanted a mulligan to pick the next Head Coach. Haslam told him you don't have final say this time. John picked up his football, and went home. And another reason Dorsey is gone "does not play well with others". My way, or the highway. John took to the highway.
3) If you'd bother to listen to any of Depodesta's interviews, he's hardly an egomaniac. As much said the scouts know way more than he does about sparq and eveluating talent. All he's there for is to make sure those picks align with what everyone else in the room has in mind.
You can drink the koolaid all ya want. I'm not buying. This story ended for me at 1-31. You same guys praising the analytics bs now are the same ones that praised it then. First time, shame on you second time..........get my drift?
You can drink the koolaid all ya want. I'm not buying. This story ended for me at 1-31. You same guys praising the analytics bs now are the same ones that praised it then. First time, shame on you second time..........get my drift?
I'm hardly drinking the kool aid. Show me.... But to say right out of the gate this is going to be a repeat 1-31? We haven't even gotten to free agency, the draft, and a regular season game has yet to be played, but you're so damn sure it's going to suck again? You apparently took lessons from our banned Ravens troll or Ghoolie.
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You can drink the koolaid all ya want. I'm not buying. This story ended for me at 1-31. You same guys praising the analytics bs now are the same ones that praised it then. First time, shame on you second time..........get my drift?
I'm hardly drinking the kool aid. Show me.... But to say right out of the gate this is going to be a repeat 1-31? We haven't even gotten to free agency, the draft, and a regular season game has yet to be played, but you're so damn sure it's going to suck again? You apparently took lessons from our banned Ravens troll or Ghoolie.
I'm hardly drinking the kool aid. Show me.... But to say right out of the gate this is going to be a repeat 1-31? We haven't even gotten to free agency, the draft, and a regular season game has yet to be played, but you're so damn sure it's going to suck again? You apparently took lessons from our banned Ravens troll or Ghoolie.
Fuck the Ravens and fuck Ghoolie. In fact that offends me so fuck you too!
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Don't let the door hit ya in the azz
If you're going to be a major Debbie Downer- I'm sure no one here will miss your negativity. You're entitled to your opinion, but if all you have is doom and gloom- most of us would really rather not hear it. By any chance are you related to Dorsey?
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I'm hardly drinking the kool aid. Show me.... But to say right out of the gate this is going to be a repeat 1-31? We haven't even gotten to free agency, the draft, and a regular season game has yet to be played, but you're so damn sure it's going to suck again? You apparently took lessons from our banned Ravens troll or Ghoolie.
Fuck the Ravens and fuck Ghoolie. In fact that offends me so fuck you too!
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Is an ElkDawg related to the Jackalope? Guess we'll have to wait a couple weeks to find out...
Meanwhile... this team managed to win 6 games under Freddie and we're going to fall to 2? Not seeing the logic in that...
"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 -
Explain this sparq again
You ask, you get... https://www.topendsports.com/testing/sparq-rating-system.htm
Sometimes sparq is helpful- but not every athletic freak turns out to be a top NFL player. OTOH, a guy like DK Metcalf probably blew the roof off with his sparq score.....
You ask, you get... https://www.topendsports.com/testing/sparq-rating-system.htm
Sometimes sparq is helpful- but not every athletic freak turns out to be a top NFL player. OTOH, a guy like DK Metcalf probably blew the roof off with his sparq score.....
Ronaldo Nehemiah?
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Ron Wolf has some interesting views on anal itics.
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What a difference a year makes. We were up and coming...new talent...optimistic...only question mark was Freddie. Credible players and coaches wanted to come here. Today, Haslam has succeeded in removing all the optimism of ever reaching mediocrity, let alone, the playoffs. He has once again reinforced his status as a moron among NFL owners. This team didn't just not live up to the hype of last season, they set a new standard for disappointment. How can a person who achieves the wealth this guy did, be so damn dumb? Or, is it like somebody else suggested?...did he buy the team with intentions of sabotaging us for life? While it was ridiculous when I first read that angle, I'm really starting to wonder. 0 - 16....our comfort zone....here we come again. Haslam = moron.
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Yes Haslam has proven to be a football owner moron. Can't argue any of the facts...But, quit looking behind the Wizards curtains
... Dolphins HC Bryan Flores is a perfect example, football is played between the white lines.. Get behind The Stefanski train to push this roster up the hill or simply jump off.. Go Brown$ !!
Browns & Buffett: Got to go fishin, Down to rock bottom again, with just a few Friends Team Brotherhood-"It's not about You,Me or I. It's about building We"..Hue Jackson -
Yes Haslam has proven to be a football owner moron. Can't argue any of the facts...But, quit looking behind the Wizards curtains
... Dolphins HC Bryan Flores is a perfect example, football is played between the white lines.. Get behind The Stefanski train to push this roster up the hill or simply jump off.. Go Brown$ !!
Yes Haslam has proven to be a football owner moron. Can't argue any of the facts...But, quit looking behind the Wizards curtains
... Dolphins HC Bryan Flores is a perfect example, football is played between the white lines.. Get behind The Stefanski train to push this roster up the hill or simply jump off.. Go Brown$ !!
I get where your coming from. But the local papers, radio and tv reporters along with most others are pretty down on this system. Or I should say Haslams. They’re just con artists. Let us know when they’re gone. Go Browns
bye bye jimmydee
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Don't let the door hit ya in the azz
If you're going to be a major Debbie Downer- I'm sure no one here will miss your negativity. You're entitled to your opinion, but if all you have is doom and gloom- most of us would really rather not hear it. By any chance are you related to Dorsey?
If you're going to be a major Debbie Downer- I'm sure no one here will miss your negativity. You're entitled to your opinion, but if all you have is doom and gloom- most of us would really rather not hear it. By any chance are you related to Dorsey?
Time for Louis to pipe in for ElkDog.?
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I'm very openly a fan of the latest moves but the point of Flores is an important one. That Miami team intentionally torpedo their season. Flores, coached the hell out of that terrible team to 5 wins. Does anyone else not recognize that Hue Jackson can't find a job ANYWHERE?!! Nobody wants to hire him. Everyone including myself and the media, lauded the Browns when they hired him at the time but hindsight being 20/20, we couldn't have been more wrong. Once again, Dorsey has been ousted now twice within two years from two separate organizations (one of which has gone on to the SB without him). That has to tell you something about his management style. The Browns even tried to retain him recognizing his ability to see talent.
I'm skeptical of some of the latest moves with Wolf and Van Pelt, but there's only so much an organization can do to retain people who a) are able to come b) want to stay. Wolf wanted out even after the attempts were made by Berry to keep him. IMOP, this was probably because his butt got hurt with Berry being promoted and he didn't. Highsmith is not going to another organization, he's essentially retiring. I think the Stefanski really wanted McDaniels or LaFluer from SF as OC, but SF blocked those guys, as is their right to do.
This team has too much talent to go 1-31. Let's see what happens once the off-season parades are over and we can have a better idea of how well this "team" is put together. To preemptively judge how this organization is going to be run is ridiculous.
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Yes Haslam has proven to be a football owner moron. Can't argue any of the facts...But, quit looking behind the Wizards curtains
... Dolphins HC Bryan Flores is a perfect example, football is played between the white lines.. Get behind The Stefanski train to push this roster up the hill or simply jump off.. Go Brown$ !!
Yes Haslam has proven to be a football owner moron. Can't argue any of the facts...But, quit looking behind the Wizards curtains
... Dolphins HC Bryan Flores is a perfect example, football is played between the white lines.. Get behind The Stefanski train to push this roster up the hill or simply jump off.. Go Brown$ !!
So...what you're saying is...don't criticize anything. Just blindly support the ownership no matter what?.....or don't root for the Browns? Bottom line: I don't root for the Haslams, the Lerners, or anyone who has proven to be incompetent in assembling a competitive NFL team in Cleveland. Stefanski is unproven...just like Kitchens was. For me to get behind him will take some evidence that he is or can become a decent HC. The rest of this management...Depodesta, Berry, Haslams,....they can all take a flying leap as far as I'm concerned.
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DePo is being ignored.. and this is proven by DePo's top recommendation as coach 2 years in a row now getting hired?
OK, then.
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DePo is being ignored.. and this is proven by DePo's top recommendation as coach 2 years in a row now getting hired?
OK, then.
DePo is being ignored.. and this is proven by DePo's top recommendation as coach 2 years in a row now getting hired?
OK, then.
.I thought Stefanski was his top recommendation
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You ask, you get... https://www.topendsports.com/testing/sparq-rating-system.htm
Sometimes sparq is helpful- but not every athletic freak turns out to be a top NFL player. OTOH, a guy like DK Metcalf probably blew the roof off with his sparq score.....
Ronaldo Nehemiah?
Ronaldo Nehemiah?
I've said it in many places. If a 40 time was a predictor of NFL success, Reynaldo would be in the HOF.
There's a term for these sort of players Gipper. Combine "workout warriors". Great measurables, but suck as football players. Our own Justin Gilbert & Barky Mingo, the Jets Vernon Gholston, and one of the all time busts, Jamarcus Russell qualify.
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What a difference a year makes. We were up and coming...new talent...optimistic...only question mark was Freddie. Credible players and coaches wanted to come here. Today, Haslam has succeeded in removing all the optimism of ever reaching mediocrity, let alone, the playoffs. He has once again reinforced his status as a moron among NFL owners. This team didn't just not live up to the hype of last season, they set a new standard for disappointment. How can a person who achieves the wealth this guy did, be so damn dumb? Or, is it like somebody else suggested?...did he buy the team with intentions of sabotaging us for life? While it was ridiculous when I first read that angle, I'm really starting to wonder. 0 - 16....our comfort zone....here we come again. Haslam = moron.
What a difference a year makes. We were up and coming...new talent...optimistic...only question mark was Freddie. Credible players and coaches wanted to come here. Today, Haslam has succeeded in removing all the optimism of ever reaching mediocrity, let alone, the playoffs. He has once again reinforced his status as a moron among NFL owners. This team didn't just not live up to the hype of last season, they set a new standard for disappointment. How can a person who achieves the wealth this guy did, be so damn dumb? Or, is it like somebody else suggested?...did he buy the team with intentions of sabotaging us for life? While it was ridiculous when I first read that angle, I'm really starting to wonder. 0 - 16....our comfort zone....here we come again. Haslam = moron.
Freddie there you have it. And who promoted Kitchens? Dorsey. The Chiefs seem to be doing OK without him. John wasn't willing to admit a huge mistake and work with the rest of the FO, so he's gone. His departure can't be pinned on Haslam. Sure, we were 6-10 last year, but we probably could have won at least 4 more with better coaching, and now we're going to sink to 1-15 with the same roster? At first impression, Stefansky has more intelligence and organizational skills in his foot than Freddie has in his entire body.
The key to the whole "process" if you will is if Haslam, Berry, and Depodesta have learned from their mistakes. I'm willing to at least give them a chance.
I get where your coming from. But the local papers, radio and tv reporters along with most others are pretty down on this system. Or I should say Haslams. They’re just con artists. Let us know when they’re gone. Go Browns
bye bye jimmydee
It failed before, it's certainly going to fail again. Time will tell. You can call the Haslam's incompetent, but they're certainly not con artists. They sincerely want to win. So far, their methods have failed. Gipper can confirm a few years ago Jimmy came down and was hanging out at the Tennessee Browns Backers tailgate before the Titans game. How many owners would do that? Or bartend before the London game?
Said it before, a bunch of us oldsters are running out of time.
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DePo is being ignored.. and this is proven by DePo's top recommendation as coach 2 years in a row now getting hired?
OK, then.
.I thought Stefanski was his top recommendation
I thought Stefanski was his (Depodesta's) top recommendation
Overruled by Dorsey. Que up Sinatra's "My Way" for John.
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Yes Haslam has proven to be a football owner moron. Can't argue any of the facts...But, quit looking behind the Wizards curtains
... Dolphins HC Bryan Flores is a perfect example, football is played between the white lines.. Get behind The Stefanski train to push this roster up the hill or simply jump off.. Go Brown$ !!
So...what you're saying is...don't criticize anything. Just blindly support the ownership no matter what?.....or don't root for the Browns? Bottom line: I don't root for the Haslams, the Lerners, or anyone who has proven to be incompetent in assembling a competitive NFL team in Cleveland. Stefanski is unproven...just like Kitchens was. For me to get behind him will take some evidence that he is or can become a decent HC. The rest of this management...Depodesta, Berry, Haslams,....they can all take a flying leap as far as I'm concerned.
So...what you're saying is...don't criticize anything. Just blindly support the ownership no matter what?.....or don't root for the Browns? Bottom line: I don't root for the Haslams, the Lerners, or anyone who has proven to be incompetent in assembling a competitive NFL team in Cleveland. Stefanski is unproven...just like Kitchens was. For me to get behind him will take some evidence that he is or can become a decent HC. The rest of this management...Depodesta, Berry, Haslams,....they can all take a flying leap as far as I'm concerned.
Who said anything about blind support? I certainly said it- SHOW ME this time around.
I get the years of losing and failed expectations have caused plenty of fans to take a jaundiced eye towards anything Browns. But this time around, the acid criticism right out of the gate without even giving the Front Office and Coaches a chance is over the top. MHO.
Regarding Stefansky being "unproven" 90%+ of all head coach hires are unproven first time around. And the failure rate of "proven" retread head coaches is spectacular, with few exceptions. Hue and Shure-loss for starters, and I could probably come up with at least a dozen others if I bothered to think about it for a minute.
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So...what you're saying is...don't criticize anything. Just blindly support the ownership no matter what?.....or don't root for the Browns? Bottom line: I don't root for the Haslams, the Lerners, or anyone who has proven to be incompetent in assembling a competitive NFL team in Cleveland. Stefanski is unproven...just like Kitchens was. For me to get behind him will take some evidence that he is or can become a decent HC. The rest of this management...Depodesta, Berry, Haslams,....they can all take a flying leap as far as I'm concerned.
Who said anything about blind support? I certainly said it- SHOW ME this time around.
I get the years of losing and failed expectations have caused plenty of fans to take a jaundiced eye towards anything Browns. But this time around, the acid criticism right out of the gate without even giving the Front Office and Coaches a chance is over the top. MHO.
Regarding Stefansky being "unproven" 90%+ of all head coach hires are unproven first time around. And the failure rate of "proven" retread head coaches is spectacular, with few exceptions. Hue and Shure-loss for starters, and I could probably come up with at least a dozen others if I bothered to think about it for a minute.
Who said anything about blind support? I certainly said it- SHOW ME this time around.
I get the years of losing and failed expectations have caused plenty of fans to take a jaundiced eye towards anything Browns. But this time around, the acid criticism right out of the gate without even giving the Front Office and Coaches a chance is over the top. MHO.
Regarding Stefansky being "unproven" 90%+ of all head coach hires are unproven first time around. And the failure rate of "proven" retread head coaches is spectacular, with few exceptions. Hue and Shure-loss for starters, and I could probably come up with at least a dozen others if I bothered to think about it for a minute.
Exactly right.
These guys all deserve the fans support until they prove that they don't deserve it when the games are actually being played. Just like with Freddie last year. I loved everything he said last offseason and I really thought and hoped he would be a very good HC. He proved he wasn't ready for the job by his performance as a HC when the games started. Hopefully Stefanski is a guy who can make the leap from coordinator to HC and be very good at the job. I think he can....at least until he proves that he can't.
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