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Eric Mangini

We interrupt today's entertainment …

November 7, 2009

We interrupt today's entertainment for a special link (thanks to proffootballtalk.com for highlighting it). It's about a journeyman cornerback named Rod Hood, but it has some interesting observations on his experience in Cleveland this training camp. Folks, I'm not making stuff up … people do not like playing for this coach. Among Hood's comments: “I’ve [...]

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More on the Browns pathetic and ridiculous tale

November 5, 2009

SI.com tries to shed some light on the departure of George Kokinis.
Don Banks writes that Kokinis felt marginalized within the Browns front office, lacked anything close to the personnel decision-making authority his contract called for, and was ultimately scape-goated by Mangini when the repeated failures by the Browns (1-7) this season intensified the heat on [...]

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The more I think, the more I think it's a real head-scratcher

November 5, 2009

The more I think about Eric Mangini saying he would be included in the hiring of the new General Manager of the Browns, the more puzzling it seems.
Puzzling isn't the right word, actually. Preposterous is the right word. Preposterous. That's it.
Preposterous because somebody is delusional here.
Mangini might be delusional to think even a teeny, tiny [...]

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Mangini's refusal to discuss Kokinis' situation

November 4, 2009

Watching the replay of Eric Mangini's news conference Tuesday, the one when he pretty much refused to discuss the "firing" of GM George Kokinis, one word came to mind.
Arrogance.
The arrogance of this coach and this team to set up this system where the coach is the voice of the team during the season, then to [...]

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First and 10: Another episode of the Browns world turning

November 3, 2009

1)      I awoke to NPR this morning stating that the Browns released an "awkwardly worded statement" that General Manager George Kokinis was gone. Calling the statement awkward — it said Kokinis "is no longer actively with the organization" — would be like calling winter in Nome chilly. You read that statement and you wonder what [...]

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Trying to catch up on another crazy Browns night

November 2, 2009

Well … you drive back from Chicago and walk into a firestorm of phone calls about the status of Browns GM George Kokinis. Then you spend the next several hours on the phone …
The Browns released a statement at 10:45 p.m. stating that Kokinis "is no longer actively involved" with the team. Here is where I [...]

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Hard to imagine the Browns season being worse

November 1, 2009

What's left to blog on the Browns?
Let's do some quick hits, then I'm going to post an entire Jamal Lewis postgame interview. I have great admiration for Lewis as a professional. As a result, I give great weight to what he says. First, though:
–Randy Lerner spoke to three of us after the game and he [...]

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First and 10: The frustration grows

October 27, 2009

I'll be at the Cavs opener tonight, so this week's First and 10 arrives a little early.
1)      There were many reactions to my idea that it's time for the Browns to admit they made a mistake with Eric Mangini, that it's best to move on. Almost 90 percent of the e-mails and calls were positive. [...]

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Another thought on Mangini

October 25, 2009

My column for tomorrow's Beacon Journal: It's time to admit a mistake with Eric Mangini.

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Brady Quinn plays not a down as Browns are blown out by Packers

October 25, 2009

Things Brady Quinn must be wondering:
–What it takes to calculate the velocity of a pigeon carrying no mail flying into the jet stream during the early evening hours without knowing the initial speed of the pigeon?
—The formula for Coke.
—Why he can't play six or seven minutes in a blowout loss when the guy ahead of [...]

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The James Davis injury, II

October 24, 2009

In the comments on my previous post on the league’s decision regarding the James Davis injury, Brad wrote:
“Pat, talk about a pg 15 retraction…… Maybe you should put a few more words to it to even out how you described it when it happened.”
He then went back and posted my First and 10 comment on [...]

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This deserves to be mentioned

October 23, 2009

It's only fair to point this out. The league found no wrongdoing by the Browns or Eric Mangini in the injury of rookie running back James Davis.
The league's statement: "After reviewing video of the practice session and interviewing Cleveland Browns players, coaches and team staff, the NFL determined the injury sustained by running back James [...]

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Like it or not, it's the national impression

October 22, 2009

Eric Mangini does not fare well in AOL's ranking of the best and worst NFL coaches.
The ranking is done by Dave Goldberg, who covered the NFL for the Associated Press for about 59 years. I point that out to say he's right — rankings are purely subjective — but to say that he's not some [...]

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First and 10:The Pittsburgh gap has gotten no smaller

October 20, 2009

1)      Another game, another loss to Pittsburgh. It would be nice to think after one of these games that the Browns are getting closer to Pittsburgh. But they're not. They're … just … not.
2)      Spent some time talking to Bruce Arians after the game Sunday. He's the Steelers' offensive coordinator, but he's also a former [...]

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Interesting …

October 13, 2009

I do know that some of the things described in this profootballtalk.com report — the pop quizzes especially — were among the things that drove players nuts about Eric Mangini.
Most interesting.
A win in Pittsburgh might validate some of this information, no?

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Be nice to know exactly what the Browns received for Braylon

October 8, 2009

It would be nice if reports are true that the third-round pick the Browns acquired for Braylon Edwards becomes a second-rounder based on Edwards' play in New York, but Eric Mangini does not reveal those facts lest the new wallboard in Berea fall over.
The other word is that it only becomes a second-round choice if [...]

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Trade obscures team's reality

October 7, 2009

Lost in the news of this trade is how this Browns season has disintegrated. Already.
Think about this: Fans are actually celebrating the fact that the Browns played close against Cincinnati at home.
Edwards, theoretically, was the best player on the offense. No, he hadn't played like it. Far from it, in fact, but the potential remained. [...]

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First and 10 with the Browns: Suspend Braylon Edwards

October 6, 2009

First and 10
1)      The Browns should suspend Braylon Edwards for Sunday'a game in Buffalo. He earned it. Suspend him. Enact some true discipline, not the ceremonial kind that fines guys for minor offenses or forces them to run a lap for this, that or the other. Edwards embarrassed the Browns with his actions in the [...]

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A take on Eric Mangini

October 5, 2009

Interesting column on Eric Mangini by someone who grew up with him.

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A different view of today's game

October 4, 2009

It's not exactly reverent, but it is interesting.

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The Browns will start Derek Anderson

October 1, 2009

Well … Brady Quinn got more time than Charlie Frye …
Now we have Derek Anderson returning to the Browns starting lineup at quarterback. Quinn’s dream lasted 10 quarters, and now it’s in the land of the unknowns.
I wasn’t real thrilled with the way Quinn played, but the more I think the more I wonder if [...]

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The negativity continues

September 29, 2009

A national view. And it's not pretty.

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Three and Out — the readers take over

September 29, 2009

Three and Out
There were too many letters to include in First and 10 this week, so I put a bunch of them here and I let the readers take over.  And I honor your efforts by using these goofy green boxes.
Dear Pat,
I’d say I sympathize with you for covering this sorry excuse for a professional football [...]

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First and 10 … sort of … with the Browns

September 29, 2009

First and 10 27 with the Browns
 1)      Well things are just peachy now, eh? It’s hard to believe the Browns could be more of a mess, and a revived Cincinnati team arrives Sunday. It’s also hard to know where to start with this team. There are only 10 items (though the name did change this [...]

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First and 10: How woeful are my brownies?

September 22, 2009

First and 10
1)     To avoid being negative … I guess we can look at the bright side, at the glass as half-full. At 0-2 the Browns are not mathematically out of the playoff race. So with 14 games left and (presumably) at least two playoff teams in the division, the Browns only have to win [...]

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