Friday, November 7, 2008

Cleveland Browns

I have been a Cleveland Browns fan since 1980. I remember watching games with my dad throughout the 1980s. I lived through Red Right 88, The Drive, the Fumble, the 4 Quarterback year of 1988 (Kosar,Danielson,Pagel and Strock) The last AFC Championship appearance in 1989. The cutting of Bernie Kosar. The last time the Browns won a playoff game 1994. In 1995 the year the Browns left Cleveland. I told myself that I was done then. However, the pull in 1999 brought me back to the Cleveland Browns. What have we seen since? 2-14,3-13,7-9,9-7,5-11,6-10,4-12,10-6 and now 3-6. We have had 3 NFL Coaches since we came back. Chris Palmer,Butch Davis and now Romeo Crennel. All 3 never a NFL head coach before. We have not had an NFL coach here in Cleveland that has prior experience as a head coach since Nick Skorich back in the 1970s! Romeo Crennel is not a head coach in the NFL. Look at his record 4-12,6-10,10-6, and now 3-6. After 4 years he is 23-32?! I never would have believed that in 1989 it would be the last time I saw the Browns in an AFC Championship game. This is just getting ridiculous, they are getting progressively worse. We need a coach that has a record of turning teams around. Bill Cowher is just sitting there on CBS waiting for the right opportunity. Cleveland is perfect for him. Make Phil Savage the personnel director and let Cowher have a say in personnel decisions. (Similar to Pioli and Belichick in NE) If we can't get Cowher then bring back Marty Schottenheimer. Yeah I know he can't win the big game but at least we got to the big game! Marty brings discipline to the teams he coaches. If the Browns fire Romeo and then hire yet another defensive coordinator I am through. You can't keep repeating the same mistakes and expect a different result.

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