Cleveland get ready to release the Beast!! Hillis is a Monster, he is a jim Brown throw back, but nit as fast. I watched him for four years at Arkansas and he will run over people. He is also on of the best at catching the ball out of the backfield, he has great hands. I'm glad that he is now a Brown, in 2008 he carried the broncos running game, but the came McHoodie and hillis wasn't his man. So Good luck Browns, and roit in the basement Broncos. Get ready to release the BEAST!! Good luck Hillis.
@tnew55.... if you ever find urself - at any time - rooting for the ravens or steelers (or bengals, for that matter), wat kind of browns fan were you in the first place? i dont care how many yrs u have been a "fan." bottom line....there's good times and bad times for each and every major professional team in the country (yankees not included) and its unfortunate that the browns bad time has persisted for a decade. that shouldnt make them question ur allegiance. please get off the browns team, tnew. and be sure not to jump back on wen the browns r back....
Lat year, the Bengals were 4-11-1, and we were 4-12. That is all.
I've been a Browns fan for over 40 years and have endured some bad teams and heartbreaks, but this is absolutley the worst. I hope Randy Lerner reads this and understands the impact Mangini is having on the Browns I do not mean on the field. That is evident. The lack of any apparent plan for the present, much less the future and the poor way in which this head coach administers this team is turning off your fan base. I can't believe that is posible as the Cleveland Browns fans have the reputation as one of the most loyal and dedicated fan base in the country. But no longer. Dare I say it, I find myself rooting for the Ravens or the Steelers or some team in a foriegn NFC because of this mess. Mr. Lerner, please do the right thing...get rid og Mangini, get a serious football person in place and get out of the way so they can do their job. If your fans see the organization on the right path, they will give you time. We will not tolerate and stick arouond for the aimeless meandering that is the current state of the franchise.
I've been a Browns fan for over 40 years and have endured some bad teams and heartbreaks, but this is absolutley the worst. I hope Randy Lerner reads this and understands the impact Mangini is having on the Browns I do not mean on the field. That is evident. The lack of any apparent plan for the present, much less the future and the poor way in which this head coach administers this team is turning off your fan base. I can't believe that is posible as the Cleveland Browns fans have the reputation as one of the most loyal and dedicated fan base in the country. But no longer. Dare I say it, I find myself rooting for the Ravens or the Steelers or some team in a foriegn NFC because of this mess. Mr. Lerner, please do the right thing...get rid og Mangini, get a serious football person in place and get out of the way so they can do their job. If your fans see the organization on the right path, they will give you time. We will not tolerate and stick arouond for the aimeless meandering that is the current state of the franchise.
Does no one else think Mangini's timeout was the worst timeout in memory? I have not seen it brought up anywhere.
Obviously nobody is here to read about Association Football [soccer], but it's worth noting Randy Lerner has invested heavily in his other football team, Aston Villa, over the last three years. This summer he spent £30 million acquiring players [about $50 million], and that doesn't include wages. Villa have also invested heavily in facilities recently - in stark contrast to his unloved Brownies, where everyone who visits the treatment room gets a free staph infection. Seeing how much he's lavished on his 'other' team puts his hands-off approach into perspective.
At east Lerner isn't afraid to throw some money around. I just hope that he'll find someone to help him spend his money ina wiser fashion than he has in the past. The list of Coaches that the Browns have hired since coming back to the league is like a punch line to a bad joke - Palmer, Davis and Crennel were so bad that they will NEVER be hired as Head Coaches in the NFL again. But they look like Lombardi, Noll and Walsh compared to the atrocity that is Mangini.
Randy Lerner is a complete failure in the football business. He was a reluctant owner, having inherited the team, doesn't live in Cleveland and is never visible to the fan base except when stuff like the current mess happens. He never learns from previous mistakes. He fired Butch Davis after his father hired him because Davis had total control and failed msirably, he hires Crennel despite the fact 31 other teams passed on him for 15 years because the NFL told him it was good for "diversity", he then hire Mangini without talking to any football savvy people and gives him total control thereby repeating the Davis mistake. What Lerner needs to do is sell the team OR bring in a guy to by CEO that has a track record of success in the NFL, give him a 5/10% of the team and put him in total control to act as the owner. He can then be invisible and there will be someone capable on site ALL THE TIME. Actually my preference is that he sell it.
If Kokinis getting fired was just a Mangina power-play, I will be very disappointed. I am sure Kokinis could have coached just as well...
They shudve fired Mangini also ! GO BROWNS !
Cmon lerner bring in accrosi and shotty!
