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    Always have thought that the Browns need to get to and play and become familiar with playing IN the stadium....Mangini said he got lost a couple times there....wtf? You have a multiple million dollar facility that is never used.....how caN THE PLAYERS feel LIKE THIS IS THERE HOME FIELD WHEN THEY ARE NEVER FKN THERE? JUST MY OPINION BUT ITS STOOOOPID! tHERE IS NO "MY HOUSE FEEL" oops sorry bout the caps...they need to spend more time at CBS!!!!

    What's your opinion!!!????

  • I couldnt agree more this team needs to feel the passion and the "im home" feeling and they need to be totally familiar with the stadium but it would cost lerner a lot more money to operate camp from there....

  • You are somewhat limited in what you can do there.

    The training facility has all the training equipment, rehab facilities, and multiple practice stations.

  • Im not saying they should practice all the time there....but damn, once a week to change it up and become familiar with the place atleast...Just doesn't make sense...the stadium never gets used and the players should love the place....the only way you love a place is to be there... no? How can there be a Home field Advantage when our players play there as often as the opponents do...stooopid!

  • Do any other NFL teams actually practice or spend time at their real game day stadium?

    This isn't exactly the old days of Muni where you needed to know where the painted dirt and pot holes were.

  • Two preseason games and a scrimmage are enough. They play football there, they're not building the damn place. Find the locker room, find the sideline, listen for the National Anthem, begin to earn your contract. Very, very simple process.

  • Here's what I think they should do.

    Mon-Fri at the "office"....Berea. Last practice in Berea....Friday. Staurday practice should be at CBS before the game, it's a walk-through anyway, (it's not like a walk-through will tear the field up)....they all stay downtown at their hotel Saturday night. Game on Sunday. Back to Berea on Monday.

    Monday to Friday at the Office

    Weekends spent at CBS

  • Here's what I think they should do.

    Mon-Fri at the "office"....Berea. Last practice in Berea....Friday. Staurday practice should be at CBS before the game, it's a walk-through anyway, (it's not like a walk-through will tear the field up)....they all stay downtown at their hotel Saturday night. Game on Sunday. Back to Berea on Monday.

    Monday to Friday at the Office

    Weekends spent at CBS

    88fingerslewy said:

    Weekends spent at CBS

    To what advantage? You'd rather the guys give up home field advantage by staying in a hotel instead of at home? Uh, that kind of defeats the purpose. And what would a walk through every Saturday @ CBS accomplish?

  • 88fingerslewy said:

    Weekends spent at CBS

    To what advantage? You'd rather the guys give up home field advantage by staying in a hotel instead of at home? Uh, that kind of defeats the purpose. And what would a walk through every Saturday @ CBS accomplish?

    @vegasdogg said:

    To what advantage? You'd rather the guys give up home field advantage by staying in a hotel instead of at home? Uh, that kind of defeats the purpose. And what would a walk through every Saturday @ CBS accomplish?

    They already stay at a downtown hotel night before the game. THEY ALREADY DO THAT!!!! They did it last year and the year before that.

  • Im not saying they should practice all the time there....but damn, once a week to change it up and become familiar with the place atleast...Just doesn't make sense...the stadium never gets used and the players should love the place....the only way you love a place is to be there... no? How can there be a Home field Advantage when our players play there as often as the opponents do...stooopid!

    @solon16 said:

    Im not saying they should practice all the time there....but damn, once a week to change it up and become familiar with the place atleast...Just doesn't make sense...the stadium never gets used and the players should love the place....the only way you love a place is to be there... no? How can there be a Home field Advantage when our players play there as often as the opponents do...stooopid!

    The fans are what create the home field advantage. The building is just the place where we congregate.

  • @vegasdogg said:

    To what advantage? You'd rather the guys give up home field advantage by staying in a hotel instead of at home? Uh, that kind of defeats the purpose. And what would a walk through every Saturday @ CBS accomplish?

    They already stay at a downtown hotel night before the game. THEY ALREADY DO THAT!!!! They did it last year and the year before that.

    88fingerslewy said:

    They already stay at a downtown hotel night before the game. THEY ALREADY DO THAT!!!! They did it last year and the year before that.

    I have no idea if they stay downtown. There at home - let them sleep there. But seriously, why walk around the stadium every Sat home game? It would seem to me walking the AWAY stadium might make sense - but I have a feeling the AWAY team would say no. LOL

  • So the multiple hundred million dollar facility gets used 8 times? Players and coaches and staff should use the facility....once a week. The rerason for the thread was Mangini said he had gotten lost there....Just makes no sense not to have the team there once a week, if for nothing else to freakin be comfortable in your home stadium, make it feel like HOME!

  • Isn't that what Family Day and the preseason games are for?

    Groundskeepers and admins are extremely anal about their turf and August can be a hard month on its stress level. Camp is set up where players can feel comfortable and get acclimated to daily routine where they can just concentrate on football. Hell, some teams practice completely out of the area let alone across town.

    On a related note, I'm to the point where I would really like a better training camp venue. They have been pondering it for awhile, but every time they bring it up they have some extreme idea of going to Columbus or something. Keep it in the area but a better venue for fans would be awesome. Berea is a nice complex and I've been in it, but it's nothing where the equipment couldn't be picked up and moved.

    What I spoil for is a facility within NE Ohio that has close parking, but more importantly large bleachers that surround the field----doesn't have to surround the whole area. This way you can get there and grab a seat, yet still see the entire field. The way they have it now is a complete and total pain in the ass to try to see what's going on. If you are fortunate enough to find a spot closest to the field they scrimmage on, the site lines are terrible and you get stampeded. If you could just sit up in a large bleacher section you could have access to the entire field and not be claustrophobic.

  • Isn't that what Family Day and the preseason games are for?

    Groundskeepers and admins are extremely anal about their turf and August can be a hard month on its stress level. Camp is set up where players can feel comfortable and get acclimated to daily routine where they can just concentrate on football. Hell, some teams practice completely out of the area let alone across town.

    On a related note, I'm to the point where I would really like a better training camp venue. They have been pondering it for awhile, but every time they bring it up they have some extreme idea of going to Columbus or something. Keep it in the area but a better venue for fans would be awesome. Berea is a nice complex and I've been in it, but it's nothing where the equipment couldn't be picked up and moved.

    What I spoil for is a facility within NE Ohio that has close parking, but more importantly large bleachers that surround the field----doesn't have to surround the whole area. This way you can get there and grab a seat, yet still see the entire field. The way they have it now is a complete and total pain in the ass to try to see what's going on. If you are fortunate enough to find a spot closest to the field they scrimmage on, the site lines are terrible and you get stampeded. If you could just sit up in a large bleacher section you could have access to the entire field and not be claustrophobic.

    @riffer-x said:

    What I spoil for is a facility within NE Ohio that has close parking, but more importantly large bleachers that surround the field----doesn't have to surround the whole area. This way you can get there and grab a seat, yet still see the entire field. The way they have it now is a complete and total pain in the ass to try to see what's going on. If you are fortunate enough to find a spot closest to the field they scrimmage on, the site lines are terrible and you get stampeded. If you could just sit up in a large bleacher section you could have access to the entire field and not be claustrophobic.

    The only other camp that i've been to was Buffalo's (for the Browns scrimmage). Flugels hosted us for that weekend. The facility in Rochester was far more fan friendly than what we have. It was a small college campus. The various practice fields were roped off, but you weren't scrunched in like Berea. i attended the Friday combined practice. The Saturday scrimmage was a controlled session at their college stadium (like our Family Day).

    Zombo stole my umbrella.

  • 88fingerslewy said:

    Weekends spent at CBS

    To what advantage? You'd rather the guys give up home field advantage by staying in a hotel instead of at home? Uh, that kind of defeats the purpose. And what would a walk through every Saturday @ CBS accomplish?

    @vegasdogg said:

    To what advantage? You'd rather the guys give up home field advantage by staying in a hotel instead of at home? Uh, that kind of defeats the purpose. And what would a walk through every Saturday @ CBS accomplish?

    I think the team does do a walk through at the stadium on saturday before games.

    I don't know how mangini will do it, but it is pretty common for the browns to spend Saturday night in a hotel when they are at home. The players aren't sleeping at home.

  • A couple years back, didn't they have a training camp in Bowling Green? Thought I remembered that somewhere, maybe when the new facility in Berea was under construction?

  • I think they should practice there more, too. Anything to give your team the slightest edge.

  • I agree. They should do something to get more familiar with CBS. If that means practice there once a week, then that's what they need to do. If that means, a Saturday walk-thru. Great. Mankok and company need to do whatever it takes to help this team find an identity. Part of that is getting that "PROTECT MY HOUSE" attitude! If they don't know the place, then why would they feel that way. It's pretty pathetic that our head coach gets lost in his own home stadium! He has probably been there more than most of the players that are new to the team. Imagine how lost they feel there!

  • I agree. They should do something to get more familiar with CBS. If that means practice there once a week, then that's what they need to do. If that means, a Saturday walk-thru. Great. Mankok and company need to do whatever it takes to help this team find an identity. Part of that is getting that "PROTECT MY HOUSE" attitude! If they don't know the place, then why would they feel that way. It's pretty pathetic that our head coach gets lost in his own home stadium! He has probably been there more than most of the players that are new to the team. Imagine how lost they feel there!

    @lcdawgfan13 said:

    I agree. They should do something to get more familiar with CBS. If that means practice there once a week, then that's what they need to do. If that means, a Saturday walk-thru. Great. Mankok and company need to do whatever it takes to help this team find an identity. Part of that is getting that "PROTECT MY HOUSE" attitude! If they don't know the place, then why would they feel that way. It's pretty pathetic that our head coach gets lost in his own home stadium! He has probably been there more than most of the players that are new to the team. Imagine how lost they feel there!

    Thank you...exactly!!!

  • I'd still pose the following question, what do other teams that get the "protect my house" attitude do?

    I do not see practicing at CBS having any impact or advantage for the Browns, just as it serves no advantage for other teams in the league.