<![CDATA[If I were Jimmy Haslam...]]>After watching most of the game last night, and season, it is clear that this entire team, with a few exceptions is infected with a disease. These players / coaches refuse to win, and will lose under all circumstances. The Browns have set new depths of losing in all situations. There is no hope, whatsoever, for this group to ever win another game. That's why I would plead with the commissioner to grant the Cleveland Browns a waiver for the remaining games, to simply forfeit the rest of the season. If I could get that approval, I would cut all players, immediately, and of course, fire all coaches and management. The players who haven't quit on this team, would be interviewed for next season. No coaches would be retained. This would not really offend the players....90% of them don't want to be here, and have no interest in playing. If anything, it was clearly displayed last night....to a national audience, that this is not a franchise on the upswing. We are wallowing in incompetence...especially in coaching. It's time to shut it down and start new and fresh with real football people. Pettine will never get an interview for a HC position again. If this was a temporary run of bad luck, or less talented players, it would be different. It's not that, but a tradition as consistent as reliable as the Buzzards returning to Hinckley on April 15th.

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@edwardejw said:

You children. I guess history was not the strong suit of many of you.

On January 12, 1946, Dan Reeves was denied a request by the other National Football League (NFL) owners to move his team, the Cleveland Rams to Los Angeles and the then-103,000-seat Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] Reeves threatened to end his relationship with the NFL and get out of the professional football business altogether unless the Rams transfer to Los Angeles was permitted.[1][2][3] A settlement was reached and, as a result, Reeves was allowed to move his team to Los Angeles.

Been there, done that!

Know all about it. Not gonna happen. That is more analogous to the Modell situation.

But, in that case....the city did not fight to keep the team....and there was no ironclad lease. The city knew that it was getting a Paul Brown run organization to replace the Rams.

And that team's owner knew the handwriting on the wall when he knew PB was coming to town. So he skedaddled. Good move for him? Sure, probably.

And as far as I am concerned, the Rams should probably have always stayed in LA.

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@mudfly said:

Ive been waiting for that.....but Jimmy is pretty freaking quite......(which doesnt bode well for Pettine or Farmer)....

The good part of that, is that he's kind of proven out NOT to be the "tampering owner" everyone was implying he was.....

I think he made the rotten jonny pick but can't blame him. If I just bought an NFL team I know I would want to kick the tires some. I also think he learned a valuable lesson too and has let football be up to football people.

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@mudfly said:

Ive been waiting for that.....but Jimmy is pretty freaking quite......(which doesnt bode well for Pettine or Farmer)....

The good part of that, is that he's kind of proven out NOT to be the "tampering owner" everyone was implying he was.....

He may have done it already without media attention. You know that would raise a distracting shitstorm.

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@flyingfooldoug said:

If I'm Jimmy. I give the FO and HC a vote of confidence and let them get us a whole team brought in under one system and putting out max effort.

Ive been waiting for that.....but Jimmy is pretty freaking quite......(which doesnt bode well for Pettine or Farmer)....

The good part of that, is that he's kind of proven out NOT to be the "tampering owner" everyone was implying he was.....

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/555631https://brownsboard.com/post/555631Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:52:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:49:54 GMT]]>If I'm Jimmy. I give the FO and HC a vote of confidence and let them get us a whole team brought in under one system and putting out max effort.

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@edwardejw said:

He is a vindictive hating pussy who has no people skills

Wow....irony to the max!!!......

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@kvoethe said:

I would Fire Farmer and Oneil. Id like to keep pettine, but damn he seems clueless at times.

Pettine is the worst of the lot! He is a vindictive hating pussy who has no people skills nor football smamrts.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/555610https://brownsboard.com/post/555610Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:03:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:01:59 GMT]]>You children. I guess history was not the strong suit of many of you.

On January 12, 1946, Dan Reeves was denied a request by the other National Football League (NFL) owners to move his team, the Cleveland Rams to Los Angeles and the then-103,000-seat Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] Reeves threatened to end his relationship with the NFL and get out of the professional football business altogether unless the Rams transfer to Los Angeles was permitted.[1][2][3] A settlement was reached and, as a result, Reeves was allowed to move his team to Los Angeles.

Been there, done that!

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@canton-dawg said:

LA is a good spot for what?

Certainly not an NFL franchise, hell they lost 3 teams already.

And they'll have 2 more NFL franchises in the next year or so.

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@texasag1969 said:

What you say and what your heart tells you can be two different things Mark. He has also said on numerous occasions he would love to coach Manziel, warts and all. I think he is aware that it is undertaking transforming a problem child into a responsible adult and uses his experience with Brett Farve as a parallel process. He's even said he would enlist Farve to help him get thorough to JM. That does not sound like a guy truly done with coaching. Farve was JM's idol when he played in junior high and high school, so lets hope he follows directly in those footsteps from addiction to stardom.

I was referring to Billick not Gruden. I agree with you on Gruden. I think he will coach again somewhere. I'm surprised he didn't jump at the Notre Dame job a couple years back.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/555462https://brownsboard.com/post/555462Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Sat, 05 Dec 2015 01:45:35 GMT]]>I would Fire Farmer and Oneil. Id like to keep pettine, but damn he seems clueless at times.

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@canton-dawg said:

LA is a good spot for what?

Certainly not an NFL franchise, hell they lost 3 teams already.

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@pumpkin-eater said:

Yeah, LA is a good spot. This franchise is a joke and embarrassment. Move them to LA before they completely ruin the Browns name

LA is a good spot for what?

Certainly not an NFL franchise, hell they lost 3 teams already.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/554909https://brownsboard.com/post/554909Fri, 04 Dec 2015 01:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:38:25 GMT]]>gruden went to my high school and used to get rolled for his lunch money.

chucky?

HA!

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@tour2ma said:

lol... Favre coaching JM... my dream scenario...

Kind of like the best NA/AA sponsors are the ones who had just about every fall possible but somehow made it through to sobriety. Yeah, I like it. Brett Farve-Sponsor. 😆

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/554769https://brownsboard.com/post/554769Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:23:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:01:12 GMT]]>lol... Favre coaching JM... my dream scenario...

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@mark-o said:

He has said in many interviews that he has no interest in coaching again. He likes doing just a bit of tv work during the week...working an NFL broadcast on Sunday and going home to his family on Sunday nights and like all ex-coaches who go into broadcasting.....he says I haven't lost a game in years.

What you say and what your heart tells you can be two different things Mark. He has also said on numerous occasions he would love to coach Manziel, warts and all. I think he is aware that it is undertaking transforming a problem child into a responsible adult and uses his experience with Brett Farve as a parallel process. He's even said he would enlist Farve to help him get thorough to JM. That does not sound like a guy truly done with coaching. Farve was JM's idol when he played in junior high and high school, so lets hope he follows directly in those footsteps from addiction to stardom.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/554733https://brownsboard.com/post/554733Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:09:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:56:17 GMT]]>I hope Jimmy listens to Jon Gruden and lets his young coaching staff stay and learn.

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@bammer said:

What about Brian Billick? He won a SB with Tony Banks and Trent Dilfer, newcomer Jamal Lewis and a stout D. Run effectively, play great D and a QB that can manage the game. Right now we don't have any of the 3...

He has said in many interviews that he has no interest in coaching again. He likes doing just a bit of tv work during the week...working an NFL broadcast on Sunday and going home to his family on Sunday nights and like all ex-coaches who go into broadcasting.....he says I haven't lost a game in years.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/554205https://brownsboard.com/post/554205Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:31:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:53:07 GMT]]>What about Brian Billick? He won a SB with Tony Banks and Trent Dilfer, newcomer Jamal Lewis and a stout D. Run effectively, play great D and a QB that can manage the game. Right now we don't have any of the 3...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/554097https://brownsboard.com/post/554097Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:53:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:34:01 GMT]]>Can we trade Farmer to Miami and maybe Manzgina for a 4th round pick? Hell I will take a 5th or 6th.

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@tour2ma said:

Man... it seems like a long time ago when Jimmy had the foresight to lock up Farmer and prevent his leaving for (where was it?) and we found Pet while wandering through the wilderness...

Farmer interviewed with Miami.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/554030https://brownsboard.com/post/554030Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:22:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If I were Jimmy Haslam... on Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:19:35 GMT]]>If I was Haslam I would pull the plug on Farmer. He has proven he doesn't know talent. I would look for a proven GM. Then let him decide on Pet and either keep him or bring his guys in.

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