Grossi hilariously makes an ass out of himself again

Tour2ma

Missing the punchline there, John...

Love the "two sources" bit...

Cleveland Browns rumors: Team talking to Canadian Football League coach

The search could get interesting for the Cleveland Browns, as rumors indicate the team has talked to a Canadian Football League coach.

Look for Cleveland Browns rumors to heat up this week, with Josh McDaniels interviewing today and Kevin Stefanski to come later in the week.

That said, there was an interesting nugget involving the Browns talking to Canadian Football League coach Ryan Dinwiddie.

The report comes from TheLandonDemand.com’s Tony Grossi (subscription), who cited two anonymous sources as stating the Browns are indeed talking to the Toronto Argonauts coach. Interestingly, Dinwiddie just got the gig in Toronto. He was previously employed as a quarterbacks coach for the Calgary franchise.

The 39-year-old was a quarterback during his college days at Boise State and spent a couple of seasons on the Chicago Bears practice squad.

It’s important to note that while the Browns have talked to Dinwiddie, they have not reached out to interview him, according to Grossi.

“Sometimes you interview guys out of curiously,” Grossi’s source said. “I don’t think Jimmy [Haslam] would let them do something like that. But he is open-minded.”

https://factoryofsadness.co/2020/01/06/cleveland-browns-rumors-team-talking-canadian-coach/

The Gipper

Not sure why you think this makes Grossi look like an ass.....unless you are saying he completely made this up. Which I do not believe for a moment. Now, maybe someone from the Browns there is feeding him a line of horseshit....but if those guys have been reputable sources in the past about things....then it is they who are the asshats and not Grossi.

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

Not sure why you think this makes Grossi look like an ass.....unless you are saying he completely made this up. Which I do not believe for a moment. Now, maybe someone from the Browns there is feeding him a line of horseshit....but if those guys have been reputable sources in the past about things....then it is they who are the asshats and not Grossi.

Gip- seriously. Grossi ran with it without checking it out.

nickers

Tony is a DUPA!... I'm not surprised by this..

Westside Steve

Bad idea. Too easy for people to replace the N with an M.

WSS

darren15

Funny thing is if the made up rumors were we were talking to Belichick he would not run with it as it would be deemed a positive storyline

The Gipper

@hoorta said:

Gip- seriously. Grossi ran with it without checking it out.

Uhm, the article said that this was confirmed by two sources within the Browns. If you have 2 ...supposedly knowledgeable sources telling you the same thing, how is that "not checking it out". Just curious.

I am not here to defend Grossi, but if any journalist has 2 inside sources telling you the same thing, why would that not be something to run with in an article?

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

Uhm, the article said that this was confirmed by two sources within the Browns. If you have 2 ...supposedly knowledgeable sources telling you the same thing, how is that "not checking it out". Just curious.

I am not here to defend Grossi, but if any journalist has 2 inside sources telling you the same thing, why would that not be something to run with in an article?

Could it be the "inside sources" fed Tony a line of bull? IIRC, Grossi no longer has any inside sources after he got sent packing by the Plain Dealer.

The Gipper

@hoorta said:

Could it be the "inside sources" fed Tony a line of bull? IIRC, Grossi no longer has any inside sources after he got sent packing by the Plain Dealer.

That is my point...if his insiders feed him a line of bull...yet they have been reliable in the past...it would not be on him. And I don't agree with the latter. No matter what company's badge he has had on his lapel, he has still covered this team continuously for all these years. I don't think those sources give a rat's ass who he gets his paychecks from. Hell, with websites growing...it is a long way from the day that the team was only covered by the beat writers from 3 local papers.

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

That is my point...if his insiders feed him a line of bull...yet they have been reliable in the past...it would not be on him. And I don't agree with the latter. No matter what company's badge he has had on his lapel, he has still covered this team continuously for all these years. I don't think those sources give a rat's ass who he gets his paychecks from. Hell, with websites growing...it is a long way from the day that the team was only covered by the beat writers from 3 local papers.

Well I noticed Tony started a Land on Demand pay website. Seriously. Not buying. There's far better stuff out there if you want to pay money for inside info.

The Gipper

@hoorta said:

Well I noticed Tony started a Land on Demand pay website. Seriously. Not buying. There's far better stuff out there if you want to pay money for inside info.

Not necessarily. That is the WKNR site. They are an ESPN affiliate. They advertise that all day and all night on that station. Since the Plain Dealer thing.....he has written for ESPN.com..and this is really simply be a continuation of his ESPN work. So, it is an ESPN entity...and what better name in sports can you have than that?

bjh2130

@the-gipper said:

Uhm, the article said that this was confirmed by two sources within the Browns. If you have 2 ...supposedly knowledgeable sources telling you the same thing, how is that "not checking it out". Just curious.

I am not here to defend Grossi, but if any journalist has 2 inside sources telling you the same thing, why would that not be something to run with in an article?

Or you know he made up the fact he had 2 inside sources and his 1 "inside source" was the guy trolling him.

Bigalow80

The guy who started the rumor admitted it...and has the text to prove it.

https://www.complex.com/sports/2020/01/cleveland-browns-head-coach-fake-story

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

Not necessarily. That is the WKNR site. They are an ESPN affiliate. They advertise that all day and all night on that station. Since the Plain Dealer thing.....he has written for ESPN.com..and this is really simply be a continuation of his ESPN work. So, it is an ESPN entity...and what better name in sports can you have than that?

Not really bashing Tony- but he got trolled with a phony story. Probably not to only reporter that's happened to.

Yeah, he does have a press pass and the ESPN contacts to work with, so he's not totally unreliable. But there's probably around a dozen other guys (like Lane Adkins et al) who are more connected than he is.... And I do find Grossi interesting when he's sitting in on Red Zone with Donovan and Dieken.

The Gipper

I think most of you guys worry way too much about who writes a story.....and little about the story itself sometimes.

hoorta

@the-gipper said:

I think most of you guys worry way too much about who writes a story.....and little about the story itself sometimes.

Well, it was pretty easy to create an unfounded rumor. I hope no one puts 100% credence in a lot of articles, like the unfounded Lincoln Riley rumor that just sprouted... Some reporters are more credible than others. Or you forget MKC's unabashed love affair with Jimmy Garoppolo?

Browns149

@hoorta said:

Well I noticed Tony started a Land on Demand pay website. Seriously. Not buying. There's far better stuff out there if you want to pay money for inside info.

I don’t know why anyone would pay for that site.

Bigalow80

This is the problem with the twitterverse and modern age journalism though. Everyone is so quick to get the "hot" story, they don't fact check anymore. Even worse, there are zero repercussions for presenting misinformation.

Kvoethe

Phoney Grossi

Lol

Tour2ma

Most of us worry too much about who wrote a story... lol...