Comments on: The Browns are behind the 1999 expansion pace

By: San Antonio Bill

San Antonio Bill — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:06:29 +0000

I think Bill from his30Nov.09 comment said it best. he hinted and I'll put it bluntly–there is no coaching being done on this team. There are some nice young receivers on this teaam , but we see no timing routes between them and the QB. It is obvious when you watch the game neither are on the same paige. Who ever the coach is next year if they don't hire Charlie Weis to the OC coaching position then this franchise has no hope of coming out of this no NFL offense. Charlie Weis is a fine OC. If the players are in a numb stage then it is time to replace the head coach.

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:06:33 +0000

terje…you sources are correct as confirmed however his gingerbread sipping is only seasonal as after all it is almost Christmas….

By: terje

terje — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:42:11 +0000

david, sources have it that pat likes to sip gingerbread lattes while ripping on that moron from alaska/idaho.

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:12:25 +0000

Gee Pat, I thought somehow you'd interject some cool, hip…"open minded" article about 'YOUR" band filled with Bruce Springsteen fillers or Sarah Palin bashes as to why this team is worse than the 99 team-something like, "The way I see it Springsteen was inactive from The E Street Band from the end of 1988 through early 1999…so without his major influence in our lives that only explains the downfall of the current Browns being within the same year–coincidence-OR not-HMMM?" Now in terms of Palin, last I heard she has not one penny invested in either the Browns or any other sports team, so this too can be and should be eliminated from any future "SPORTS" article/commentaries you choose to write. Please Pat for the sake of community respect, keep your political views between yourself and those that you happen to get together with on Sat. night at some swank/jazzy Akron dive with only those in your inner circle, meanwhile we, not so politicized individuals that do care yet work daily for a living yet without making it our mission to the world to spread our political views as we just have more to worry about, say feeding the kids!. Back to "sports".. our love for our Browns as it is, even as bad as it is happens to be now, our one weekly escape from reality just 3 and a half hours on Sunday you seem not to relate too, as you are one of many, the likes at CNN, MNBC and others…so please? Keep the politics out of your "articles" as , well really, I get that crap enough! Sports SHOULD be my escape whether my brown and orange are doing well or not-I as my N.E.Ohio bro's cannot help still loving them just the same….so, in closing, keep sipping your martini's, make fun of Palin's glasses and disabled child but at your candle lit table only…yet in the meantime, I as many more will live on, creating new ways to make our basement our "Browns' sanctuary" knowing one day I will rip a cold one out from my hidden fridge the wife knows none about and celebrate our 1st frinkin title…think ONLY Sports Pat"ty", really, it will loosen ya up a lot!

By: Alex K.

Alex K. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:20:06 +0000

Mangini is the Lord of his kingdom and no player should ever, ever question him over his rule.

Just look at his history. Because of his Lordship's rule, he has stabbed veteran players in the back, fired his own best friend General Manager, accused another former buddy coach of stalling time with fake injuries, and accused his former "mentor" (Belicheck) of cheating by stealing signals. He has overlooked veteran players at charity events (Rogers) and has had the most grievances filed against him in one season in the NFL. If a player makes a statement to the press, that player's time is cut for the next game. Rookie players cannot get onto the field to play because they have not "shown enough" yet??? So, he picks up free agents off the waiver wire and plays them instead??? He fines players with excessive fines and even refuses to allow them to play in a game until they learn "his way or the highway".

What happened to the days of a coach being a mentor, teacher and instructor instead of a ruler??? Not much else I can add here, other than I sure would hate to be his friend. I'd probably want to punch him. I wonder how many Browns players feel that way right now???

Strange behavior leads to strange happenings.

By: larry d.

larry d. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:46:55 +0000

The David Carr Syndrome.

By: Larry E.

Larry E. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:32:22 +0000

Given a supporting cast, along with countless practice sessions with receivers SIMULATING GAME CONDITIONS, Quinn will be a good QB. Right now, among a few other problems that can be corrected, he is suffering what we used to call "Big Eyes" when I coached HS football a hundred years ago. After a while, a young QB sees a rush coming that can be picked up, but a little panic sets in in the back of his mind anyway and errant throws result. Like any other job, a QB performs at his best when he is comfortable. Here, its having confidence in both line and receiver.
Its a complicated game.

By: Tim in Plantation FL

Tim in Plantation FL — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:40:52 +0000

Well Rick, it may not be all the QB's fault in many of these games, but they're definitely part of the problem. Brady Quinn just flat out missed on several throws against Cinci in which he had plenty of time. Throws that he made in the Detroit game. I didn't say playing Ratliff would solve all of our problems or that it's even the right thing to do. I'd just like to see him play for curiousity's sake.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:04:09 +0000

Timmy – its not a QB issue with this team. Man, how many people are out there who think if only the right QB could get in there, we'd be on our way to the promised land!
There are 10 others on offense and 11 others on defense and a whole "coaching" staff and gosh dang it, if only we had a guy like Peyton Manning to lead them all.

By: Tim in Plantation FL

Tim in Plantation FL — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:56:16 +0000

I thought I'd never say this, but I wouldn't mind seeing what Brett Ratliff can do. I know he didn't look that great playing with the 3rd stringers in preseason, but I'd like to see what he can do with the starters. Our QB play has been terrible the whole season except for Anderson's decent game against Cinci and Quinns very good game against Detroit. If Quinn just throws the ball half as well as he did in the Detroit game, we have a chance to win. I know the arguments against this, such as we need to give Quinn more game experience to see if he can be the starter going into next year, but I still would like to see the change to shake things up a bit. I don't know if he could do much worse.