Monday Morning Brownie Blues
We're reasonably sure that we've given the Mangini regime and the 2009 Cleveland Browns as great a benefit of the doubt as anyone, anywhere. And still, the biggest question on our mind today is whether the Cleveland Browns could ever be restored under the stewardship of an owner whose primary municipal affiliation is with a city other than Cleveland. Isn't it fair to suppose that there are too many NFL owners who are so much more connected than Randy Lerner not just with the NFL franchise in the family name, but the city in which the franchise resides, as to make it impossible for Lerner-led Browns to ever compete? So many NFL owners for whom stewardship of the franchise is a labor of love, rather than a challenging distraction from matters closer to the heart? Hasn't it all been too much over this last decade for us to suppose anything else?
A site for Cleveland sports named Cleveland Frowns. Sigh. Here's an interesting quote later in this post: The only thing worse than going through the rest of this year with Tweedledee and Tweedledum at quarterback is going to be watching the Browns next year.