That good ole Sam
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Man I miss watching the 80's browns on extremely shitty quality VHS with my dad as a little tyke.
Sure was nice to point me down memory lane and remember when the browns were actually good/exciting.
Its such a shame we were once one of the great / proud franchises. Now the laughing stocks of the NFL, laugh at us.
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Cause he wasn't that good:
1978: 8-8. Who would ever forget those beatdowns by the Seahawks and Bengals at the end of the year
1979: 9-7. Playoffs were well within reach at 7-3, Sam led the team toward destruction and they missed the playoffs
1980: 11-5. Peak year of this core of talent, year he ended with stupid playcalling by Sam
1981: 5-11. Horrible
1982: Strikeyear, not worth mentioning
1983: 9-7. Another underachieving year blew the Central title against the Oilers
1984: 1-7. By this time, Sam was a joke. It took Marty to clean up his mess.
One thing you have to remember, is during the mid-late 70's, the Browns had been collecting talent topping it off with the Wizard/CM draft. The best Sam could do was underachieve in 79,80 and 83. By 84, none of the players would play for him because he was a joke.
Overromantized coach because of one team that had a tragic ending which Cleveland craves.
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RED RIGHT 88 FOR THE LOSE!!!!
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I will never forgive Sam for the 1980 season. The Browns were about as good as anybody in the league that year. The Steeler run was over, the Cowboys were slowly going down. It was before the NFC powers would come to rule the league.
It was the best shot, better than the drive,fumble. They blew it.
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why was Rutigliano ever fired anyway?
As with most coaches, the act got old.
It's pretty rare where a coach stays with the same team for 10-15 years.
It's rare in baseball, but it happens, and the right BB coach can usually hang for a while....football...not as usual.
Part of it I suppose is football coaches are usually a little older when they finally get their shot and with a 16 game schedule, things are compressed.
Take baseball as an example..it is a good bet almost all teams are going to win 60 and lose 60....42 games determine who is great, and who is average, and who is looking for a job.
The premium on winning every week is much greater in football.
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Love those orange pants. And I forgot what an offense can do with the ball for the Browns till I watched that clip.
I miss the days the Browns were not only competitive, but good.
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