how do you inherit a team that ceased to exist? Modell owned the Browns, he moved them to Baltimore, and renamed them the Ravens. I though Randy Lerner was the one who brought them back as an expansion team?
as much as i like dogging on the Browns just because they've been the NFL's skidmark for so many years, I hope the new guy does something active and makes a splash. Lerner and his hiring choices were so conservative and bland they hardly included any risk, and absolutely almost zero reward.
I never even heard of Pat Shurmur before he became the HC of Cleveland, and when they announced the hiring I was like WHO? :dw: Mangina was an epic and catastrophic failure as I knew he would be, Crennel was a questionable call and so were all the dufus' who coached prior to that from the time they came back in the league in 1999. I think it was Chris Palmer who was their first HC when they came back. It's like the "even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while" rule didn't even apply in Cleveland, because they resembled a blind, retarded, deaf, mute, fingerless and toeless dog desperately trying to get help, but unable to call for help or see to find his way.
Although I thought it was fantastically epic that Kansas City locked Crennel in as HC, don't have to worry about them winning another division anytime soon with the Walrus behind the podium
he's a great DC, but he sucks as a head coach.
Al Lerner brought the team back and died in 2002, then Randy took over. Randy owns a soccer club in England and seems to enjoy that more which is why I'm glad he's gone.
man, these teams are getting WAY up there in value. Used to be you could snag one for a couple hundred million, now they've more than quintupled in price.
