Comments on: First and 10: Rambling about the Browns and Eric Mangini

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:21:05 +0000

You have to be pretty long in the tooth to reference F Troop, but you also have to be pretty long in the tooth to use the expression "long in the tooth."

By: s. t.

s. t. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:28:49 +0000

alan t., if you are the same alan t. who once left his retainer on the bus, seems only fitting that tracking you down would come to this. How about picking up the phone and giving someone a call to let them know that you’re still alive, you a-wipe?

You have my number—it hasn’t changed in 8 years. Of course you’ll claim you lost it, so take 1957 T___ and make the necessary adjustments:
+3 +5 -5 0 -3 +6 +2 +3 +2 +1

By: ProfPaul

ProfPaul — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:25:52 +0000

Slapped in the face by the obvious:
* It's Randy Lerner's team. It's his money. It's his call. Remember, Lerner fired Crennel and Savage even though he has yet to pay them more money than most of us will earn in our lives.
* We haven't sat in on the interviews. We don't know the questions Lerner asked. We haven't heard the answers. We have no idea what plan Mangini offered. How did he impress Lerner so much?
* As we go about our jobs and lives, we might feel that we are better equipped to run a team and make decisions. But this is a big part of Lerner's life. He's done research, he's consulted other teams and experts, he's well aware of the importance of what he's doing. For him the team's success or failure means real money as well as the satisfaction and status that all owners seek.
Bottom line: Lerner's the owner, he's the boss, he's making the call. Ultimately he's responsible and he knows it. If it all goes kablooey he still owns the team until he decides to sell. Any experts with half a billion can then step up to the plate.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:48:36 +0000

Favre was throwing inaccurately and really stupid long before he got that purported "torn biceps tendon." If that injury was really serious, he'd have had trouble picking up a can opener, let alone throwing a football down a football field. It's an excuse for his bad performance, and a poor one. Favre is a white Evander Holyfield. Hang it up, already, before you get yourself killed.

I'm a lot smarter since I started wearing this:

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By: Tim in Plantation FL

Tim in Plantation FL — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:10:16 +0000

Sarge, I could be wrong, but from what I've heard, Mangini wasn't allowed to bench Favre even if he wanted to. The fact that Favre played the last 5 games with a torn biceps is the main reason for the Jets downfall. Now, I'm not sure why his arm/shoulder wasn't examined further. Was it Favre just telling everyone that his arm was just a little bit sore and it'd be OK, or was it the GM/owner that gave the directive to keep playing him and not look into the arm problem until after the season?

It seems to me that if Lerner thinks Mangini is his guy, then why bother with the Kokinis as GM thing then? Just let Mangini have control over the 53 man roster and promote the current Player Personnel director (McWright or whatever his name is) to GM and have him work with Mangini to find Mangini the players he wants and also have him do the contract stuff. We would then have a structure similiar to what Philly has with Reid controlling the roster. If Kokinis gets the job, he'll supposed to have the final say on the roster, but it's already apparent that the plan is for Mangini to really have the final say and Kokinis will be out there just getting Mangini the players he wants.

By: terje

terje — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:30:19 +0000

lady executive? would that be at the executive's den on the east side of cleveland?

By: larry d.

larry d. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:09:39 +0000

Thanks for taking time out of your busy lady executive schedule to comment j-smile.

You're amazing–how do you do it?

By: jmbsmile4u

jmbsmile4u — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:00:58 +0000

As I read Mr. McManamon's columns, two common threads run through them: his feel for this team and how they react to situations, and the couple of "need to get a life" dummies, such as Terje, for example, who respond to his comments. I may be just a female executive in a boys' world, but I do know sports, and a response from an uninformed person when I see one. It's Mr. Lerner's money and his call, so I say, get behind Coach Mangini. I'm sure the coach wouldn't have an opinion on how Mr. Terje and his ilk in these forums run their paper routes and pizza delivery businesses! Good reporting, Patrick! J.

By: alan t.

alan t. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:52:30 +0000

I don't know how I overlooked the ultra-fabulous Bernie bling. And the sunglasses resting on top of his head, not over his eyes. Lerner definitely should emulate the look.

By: terje

terje — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:02:57 +0000

alan, bernie's going to be pissed that you left out wearing gold chains in his advice to lerner.