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Step #1 in endearing yourself to a rabid but negative-by-nature fan base: paint over a mural of the team's great figures from the past.
[Eric] Mangini, meanwhile, has been doing some football stuff, hiring a staff, watching tape, that kind of thing. But he also has asked for the interior of the building to be painted. Seems he didn't like the way things looked. And he asked that a mural of the Browns' hall of famers near the players entrance be painted over.Jim Brown, Paul Brown, Otto Graham, Bernie Kosar, Dante Lavelli -- feh. The Akron Beacon-Journal's Patrick McManamon also writes that Mangini is holding Romeo Crennel's old assistants in limbo by refusing them permission to interview for other jobs while the head coach tries to figure out with of his old Jets coaches he'll get to bring to Cleveland.
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What a moron. The only thing Cleveland has to be truly psyched about is the fact that no matter who is asked the question "Who is the greatest running back of all time", thr answer is unequivocally Jim Brown. Period. Ask Emmit Smith. Ask Barry Sanders. They will tell you. Why paint over the mural, clean the damn locker room instead.
by Wait'll next year on Jan 24, 2009 7:54 PM EST reply actions
The Mangina lives in Brewster, here on Cape Cod. We’re trying to pool up enough scratch to get him to come a few towns over and coach Bourne High. Notre Dame has more prestige, but we have better seafood.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jan 24, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions
This guy is going to make Browns fans hate him, but then he’s probably going to win, which will make Cleveland fans go absolutely crazy.
by npcPronk29 on Jan 25, 2009 10:34 AM EST reply actions
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