Home Is Where The Heart Is

What do trailer parks and Cleveland sports have in common? God REALLY hates them both! If we didn’t have bad luck, we’d have no luck at all. Perhaps luck has nothing to do with it. Luck always seems to be against those who depend on it. Successful men subscribe to cause and effect. Owner, Randy Lerner hired an unqualified head coach. Head Coach, Eric Mangini then convinced Lerner to hire an unqualified (and powerless) GM, George Kokinis. We have three men (now two, thanks for the memories George) using poor judgment and making bad decisions. The result: a 1-7 team with no hope of salvaging the second half of the season. Consider this. The Chicago Bears sandwiched a 30-6 victory over the Browns between a 45-10 drubbing by the Bengals and a 41-21 smackdown at the hands of the Cardinals. The Browns’ offense is on track to set some dubious records. The fewest points scored in a season by an offense, fewest touchdowns scored in a season by an offense, and the lowest quarterback rating for a season by a starting quarterback are all within reach. Brian Daboll and his merry gang have scored five offensive touchdowns. The New Orleans Saints’ defense has scored six. And if the putrid play on the field weren’t enough, there seems to be a daily avalanche of criticism heaped on the Browns, Lerner, Mangini and Derek Anderson in the national and local media. Every bit of the criticism is justified but it is hard to take. Just once I would like to read something positive about my Browns. I will work on that in the next entry.

Many fans are hopeful that the Browns can sneak up on the staggered Ravens next Monday night. But the Browns seem to save their most ludicrous moments for the bright lights of the national stage. I expect to see the players file out of a tiny car like midget circus clowns. Then they will run up to Ray Lewis and spray him in the face with a seltzer bottle. Actually I would like to see that. So Browns fans just half to grin and bear this surreal, nightmarish season. But come January 4th, Randy Lerner better fire Man-dumbass, do his research, check all references and hire both a qualified general manager and a competent head coach (yes, in that order) and turn this franchise around. Manufacture some Browns good fortune Mr. Lerner by making a careful and measured decision just once.