What does Haslam think?

BwickBrownie · Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 1599

The Browns hold the longest losing streak in the NFL. The team has already alienated its fanbase and the season is only three weeks deep. We are running into a potential national embarassment this Thursday against an in-division opponent. Our team's overall player talent is still lacking and our head coach appears to be a cattle rancher trying to heard cats.

So what do you think our team's new owner is thinking right now?

Do you think he's outraged that an opposing team can come in and take over our stadium? Do you think he's already made up his mind about Shurmur? Do you think he's wondering what the return policy is on a defective football team and searching his jeans' pockets to find the reciept?

Personally, I'm hoping he can sympathize with the fans. After meeting us one on one during the preseason and then seeing the debacle yesterday (and what surely will come 10 fold when the Squeelers are in town) I hope his first order is to have a press conference in which he speaks directly to the fans. If he wants to address the team in private first, then fine, but his first order of business should let us know he's with us. He feels our pain and now that he's calling the shots, he won't stop until the product is better.

I know words are just words, but I need something to be encouraged about with this organization...

pnies20 · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:09 am Post subject:

He's thinking "man I can't wait until the draft" just like the rest of us...
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DawgX · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 11084 Location: Cleveland, OH

I hope he realizes that the Browns are heading in the right direction. I hope he's not extremely impatient like many Browns fans and fires the front office and coaching staff because they're not winning games right now. Cleveland's overall talent is lacking? I disagree. I think they're just very inexperienced and thus the players are going to make plenty of mistakes. It's quite clear to me that this team has talent. Yes, there's still holes on the roster but not a ton.

I don't know why some people think the Browns are going to get blown out on Thursday. Sure, it's possible that they do but nothing that's happened this season would lead me to believe that they'll be blown out. I mean, they've lost all three games by a combined 18 points. They're biggest loss was by ten points. Had Joe Haden been playing these past two games, I think there's a very strong chance that the Browns would have won at least one of those games.

I also don't get the hate for Shurmur. It's easy to blame the head coach when the team is losing but I don't think he's done a bad job at all. I thinkt the play-calling is much better compared to last year. He's made plenty of good calls this year but the players would sometimes fail to execute.
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MSURacerDT55 · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:26 am Post subject:

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brownsfan1710 · Joined: 07 Nov 2008 Posts: 1529

I think he's thinking how bad we are, and how the fans deserve so much more. In the little interview during the game along the lines of, 'building this team into something great, something Cleveland browns fans deserve.' He isn't happy, and he may only see a handful of players that are actually worth keeping around. Regime change, no doubt.

fsubrowns9510 · Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 13524 Location: Rochester, NY

Who knows but whatever it is Its time to take back our own damn stadium.

Yesterday was PATHETIC.

And also, they really need to research these PSLs that are sold to Ticket Broker companies. All the time the tix are scarfed up by opposing teams fans. Yesterday 5 Bills fans sat in the same row 1 seats that 5 Eagles fans sat in during week 1 which are always sold on Ebay and Stubhub.

BS
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NickZambo · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:12 am Post subject:

I'm on the dump Shurmur bandwagon. Team wasnt ready to go, that falls on the coach.

Talent is there, but we need someone to come help these guys realize their potential.
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NickZambo · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:14 am Post subject:

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roger murdock · Joined: 13 Dec 2010 Posts: 6614

I think there's about an 80% chance everyone gets fired. Wouldn't shock me to seen us draft a Qb if we finished top 5 in the draft
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boblight22 · Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 298 Location: Cleveland

The Browns were down 14-0 yesterday before half of the fans were even in their seats.
Once again we were NOT PREPARED to play a game ... a "MUST WIN" game for that matter.
There is no sense of urgency in the front office or coaching staff.

We have an offensive-minded head coach - yet I don't think he has had one opening drive TD in his tenure. He cannot even script a drive to score????

If you want to blame it on execution, that is fine with me.
The players that are not executing were brought in by this FO!
Our starting G's, our RT, Josh GOrdon, Greg Little - these guys were broguht in by Heckert.

The most frustrating thing is that our staff doesn't seem to get MAD when we get embarassed? Yesterday was a joke.
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