tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post5518514101646373896..comments2024-02-12T08:19:47.349-07:00Comments on Rich's Rants: Chilly praiseRich Passanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802826156712863793noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-40328121774661575912012-03-21T18:31:56.141-07:002012-03-21T18:31:56.141-07:00Thanks Rich! I`m looking forward to it...Thanks Rich! I`m looking forward to it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-39337930071117162632012-03-20T21:35:44.072-07:002012-03-20T21:35:44.072-07:00Will have one shortly. Have been extremely busy la...Will have one shortly. Have been extremely busy lately. I promise you one thing . . . you'll like it. It isn't very flattering to Mr. Holmgren.richpassannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-64134314873809097402012-03-17T06:47:53.629-07:002012-03-17T06:47:53.629-07:00Hey Rich, I`m waiting for your thoughts on Holmgre...Hey Rich, I`m waiting for your thoughts on Holmgren`s phone conference with the season ticket holders.... You could call it "Open mouth insert foot Pt 2" <br />Seriously, you`re killin` me here... This is to good for you to pass up...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-4054474429413271492012-02-21T18:32:03.272-07:002012-02-21T18:32:03.272-07:00After last season's sorry performance -- and 4...After last season's sorry performance -- and 4-12 is sorry -- how much more patience are you calling for? Two seasons of Holmgren and Heckert have produced a 9-23 record with little progress. The only bright spot was the defense. Aren't Holmgren and Pat Shurmur offensive guys (no pun intended)? <br /><br />How much longer are the fans expected to wait? When Mangini came on board, his critics were told to be patient. You see where that ended up. I'll say it again . . . Holmgren should have wiped the slate clean when he took over and fired Mangini. Instead, he bailed. It cost him. And that's not a second guess. I wrote that at the time he took over.<br /><br />Unless the Browns have a dynamite draft and productive foray into free agency, even your patience might start to wear a bit thin. Unless, of course, you follow the team in a sycophantic manner.richpassannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-30267459074229618102012-02-21T16:05:09.953-07:002012-02-21T16:05:09.953-07:00Gimmie a break with the Marty talk. He hasn't ...Gimmie a break with the Marty talk. He hasn't been offered a job in the league for years - that should tell you all you need to know. As for you guys being so down on Holmgren, is there really anyone who could have came in and turned the steaming pile of crap that has been our roster into a winner overnight? Be critical of Holmgren with sound specific reasons - that's fair. But don't have such crazy expectations that you run every guy out of town before he has a real chance to implement a plan. That approach has gotten us nowhere.<br /><br />For the first time since our expansion rebirth, we have a FO that shares a vision and works well together, a GM with experience and a good draft record, and a philosophy of building through the draft, which has been the likeliest way to get to the Superbowl in the last decade.<br /><br />Have some patience for once, or we'll continue to be a sorry expansion team that can't do anything right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-82034960968399917632012-02-13T08:00:45.739-07:002012-02-13T08:00:45.739-07:00Got that right.Got that right.richpassannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-83132884269818755502012-02-12T22:02:03.809-07:002012-02-12T22:02:03.809-07:00Marty was the guy Randy should have gone all out t...Marty was the guy Randy should have gone all out to hire. He knows how to build a team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-1194596752878580912012-02-12T09:24:52.559-07:002012-02-12T09:24:52.559-07:00They're not, pending the results of the April ...They're not, pending the results of the April draft. And even then, the odds are long that this season will bring any significant improvement.<br /><br />You'd think by now that Randy Lerner would somehow fall in love with the right guy to run the club. Mike Holmgren has failed spectacularly in his first two years.richpassannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800694504837785724.post-21740931016170848952012-02-12T09:20:50.460-07:002012-02-12T09:20:50.460-07:00So the two of them worked together not calling pla...So the two of them worked together not calling plays before. How inspiring,lol.Somehow I don`t see how the Browns are any better off than they were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com