Joe Read, formerly from Stow, sent this e-mail. I re-print it with his permission:
Pat, I think your pal Clark (Judge) did a good job with this (CBSSports.com) interview but the duality of Mangini is incredible. The local press conferences are drowned out by crickets and yawns as the non-info is delivered in boilerplate by the coach. Yet Mangini talks to an out of town columnist and does the equivalent of an Oprah-cleansing. I just don’t get it. I think the Cleveland fans deserve much better from the Browns front-office and management team, particularly when the product is an embarrassment.
What is truly mystifying is that Mangini actually thinks this interview will help him.
Excuse me?
Here is an edited list of the things that will win or lose Mangini his job:
1. Wins
2. Losses
3. Fans in the seats, or not in the seats.
4. Wins
5. The LOCAL media
6. Wins
7. There is no #7
8. Wins . . .
197. The NATIONAL media.
All Mangini is doing with this interview is pissing off the people in his team's home region who write about him every single day. This interview merely assures that those writers will continue to cut him no breaks whatsoever, pointing out every flaw, mistake, and sociopathic tendency the man makes or exhibits.
Do we really want a guy this dumb in charge of this . . .
. . . oh, wait, I forget about the owner.
Alan's favorite kiddie porn perv, Pete Townsend, and the rest of The Who (at least the ones still not 6 feet under) will play the halftime of Super Bowl XLIV. These guys are in their mid-60's.
Here's a link to them for Pat's next Saturday entertainment:
http://xr.com/dsh
Brian D., it has become impossible for me to listen to the Who's "Who's Next" or Townshend's "Empty Glass" without thinking of some old dirty sick demented pervert doing the wild thing with himself while searching for 9-year-olds online. I have more respect for Mr. Herbert, the pedophile on "Family Guy."
the freakin' who???
jesus h., i could have gotten goodell the fifth bass player's incarnation of the outlaws for a steal!
One question I would love Pat to ask Clark Judge: Did Mangini have a notepad with writing in front of him during that interview? I know Mangini obviously is a great salesman regardless, and anybody in his right mind knows the answers in that interview were strictly for an audience of one: Lerner. But the responses in that interview were incredibly curious, as if Mangini covered every bullet point a guy would want to expressly mention in an interview.
Go back to the responses in that interview, it is just remarkable. He repeatedly goes off in very subtle but critical and necessary tangents having little to nothing to do with the actual questions, but tangents that absolutely must be covered if you are attempting to sell a superior on your employment or your continued employment. Each and every bullet point is covered by him. If that guy didn't have a tiny little cheat sheet sitting there right in front of him or hidden away on his lap, then I have an incredible amount of respect for his ability to prepare for an interview.
terje, I'm guessing they went with The Who (well, technically 2 out of 4 of the actual The Who) because Buddy Holly was unavailable. Those pesky 1959 airplane crashes always seem to foil the Super Bowl halftime entertainment.
I think id rather have The Wiggles at the super bowl…does a car dealership want to sell local or advertise out of state to lure customers.. Mangini to the sales desk should be his next gig
The question is….WHO are you, Alan. Pat, do something about these pathetic losers, Alan and Terje before they completely ruin your readership.
joyce, lay off the shrooms. didn't you see pat's post about going over 100,000 in one month? eric mangini's trainwreck had nothing to do with that. it's all me and alan.
you're welcome pat.
Joyce, not to get too technical, but KISS capitalizes the letters of the band's name. The Who is just that. The Who.
But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here, Joyce. After your consumption of all those magic mushrooms having nothing to do with Pizza Hut or Domino's, I'm going to assume WHO is your reference to the World Health Organization.