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I just read where other players around the league are dissing Browns fans. Joe Haden, guy I respect called it Lame really Lame.

I bet the guy who started this gets his cut before the kids get to eat.

That's where I'm at also. I don't care if someone goes or not though. Doesn't make them a less or more passionate fan than anyone else. Doesn't make them idiots or anything of the sort. I don't really care what a player, organization or a fan thinks either. Deal with it.
This organization has stunk the lakefront up too long. This parade isn't going to increase how inept and laughable this thing has been. As far as the organizer goes he has to live with himself IF he abuses the funds. Not I.

Go Dorsey, go Browns!

I'd rather give my money to the parade's organizer (and even moreso to the food bank) than to Jimmy "jack the rebate" Haslam, or some of the players for that matter. I swear some of our players were more committed social justice warriors this season than they were football players.

Isaiah Crowell can post explicit pictures of a man slicing a police officer's throat and then kneel during a game that was nearly boycotted by the Cleveland Police Department. But Crowell is still #34. That is, 1-34, his record as the starting running back for his last 35 games.

I know there is a lot of frustration over all of these things. If people wanted to attend the parade, more power to them. I did not go. If it was a mile away and 80 and sunny outside, I may have gone.

Thanks , I'm sick as a dog with some kinda flu bug .. crap ! I am being punished , lol ..

Being a loser is telling anyone who thinks differently than you do that they're a loser, loser.

Respect is earned not given.

Yeah, I saw that and gave my TV a one-finger salute. Then I realized it made me mad because it is exactly what we have done the last few drafts. Doesn't mean Florio isn't a knob, but its hard to argue with his conclusion based on past performance. I'm counting on Dorsey to get it right, finally.

just clickin'

We have won 38 games in the last 10 seasons. It's actually kind of hard to fathom. We just finished an 0-16 season, partially the result of giving a lawyer with no personnel experience control of the roster. We deserve all the mockery we get. Might as well laugh it off.

Life is too short to get mad because somebody made fun of your sports team, which is full of players you've never met and aren't even from the city they play in. It's not a reflection on you, as a person. Even the good players on the team, the ones who put forth an honest effort, can be at peace knowing that. The bank account padded with millions of dollars probably doesn't hurt either.

Aren't these professional football players? Why are we so worried that their feelings are hurt because some fans attended an 0-16 parade?

Anyone catch LeBron's thoughts on the parade when asked by Jason Lloyd after last night's game in Orlando?

“[Censored] yeah, I’d be pissed,” James said when asked how he’d feel if he were a player on the team. “But how are you going to be pissed at the fans? It’s not like they don’t show up. I mean, damn. It’s 1-31. If our fans decided they want to have a [censored] parade and we were 1-31 the last two years? You can’t be mad at that. It’s [censored] up. I understand that as a player, but you’ve got to try to fix that [censored]. It could be worse. How ’bout they just boycott a season until y’all win two games in a row?”

Good on Lebron. Common sense prevails.

Dude sure does say ‘censored’ a lot.

I think that shows just a little bit about his mentality. Where's he been playing the last while? Oh, no where.

They already pulled that link. Even if legit, he did win a couple of games.

so says the guy who doesn't play football anymore.

Fair enough, it's your opinion of me and you have as much of a right to it as I have to say I think the people that went to it or support it are losers.

Is what it is.

I couldn't care less about the parade. I thought the idea was mildly amusing, but actually doing it seems a waste of time and energy, but nothing worse than that. But what if a potential FA pickup declines because of how the players perceive it?

I went to the parade. Ran into a lot of passionate Browns fans who sick and tired of the Browns playing meaningless football games in October
It was refreshing to see real fans instead jerks like the Big Dawg and jerkettes like Debra Darnell.

Hold on just a moment. H was offered a contract today by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. I am a Haniltonian by birth...

Morons.

Sorry. That's exactly what they are. This was all about personal attention.

The organizer kept fighting with folks on twitter saying this was a protest, and not a parade (even though he was calling it a parade). It's about his own recognition and twitter follower account. Nothing like self -promotion.

The funny thing is, if the Browns start playing well, they'll all take credit as if this dumb spectacle was the reason why. Just stop.

The funny thing is, it's a "protest" about the team not winning, yet several polls showed a lot of these same people were voting that they hoped the team went winless so they could have this stupid parade.

Hypocrites.

I'm not saying Jimmy Haslam and co. don't deserve to be ridiculed, but this thing was not put together with those intentions. This was all about people getting their own attention, and it's pretty embarrassing.

this is a protest.





this is a parade.



one is celebratory one is not.

You mean Joe Haden who left and signed with a divisional rival is dissing Browns fans? That Joe Haden? Enough said.

not sure I understand this post bro.

I don't understand it either. Haden was released by the Browns, then signed
signed with the Steelers. So glad he is a Steeler now.

It's unfortunate I could only "like" this post once.

This has to be in the running for the post of the decade - let alone the year.

Agreed.

LeBron's take on it was awesome as well.

I didn't go because I simply didn't want to.

Hearing we, as fans, tried donating expired and half eaten food is disturbing to me though. Pathetic.

J/C

Folks saying that this event will affect FA acquirement can't see the wood for the trees.

A dysfunctional franchise that can't win games since forever with a crooked owner, constant regime changes, constant coaching changes is "the "wood". This parade is not the droids you are looking for.

LeCharles Bentley addressed our players on Twitter. Head>Nail>Hit. A great take by him.

Lots of pics, if interested:

Cleveland Browns Perfect Season Parade, January 6, 2018

http://photos.cleveland.com/4501/gallery/cleveland_browns_perfect_seaso/index.html

Seemed self-serving for the "organizer" IMO. In the past, a small number have advocated, protests, non-attendance, demonstrations, boycotts, and such. Readers may remember these. The perceived fan slights and payback are fun to type and carry on about publicly because and get vet two things: Volume and an audience. No attraction in having your own small & quiet protest-is parade away from all media, fans only. The absolute priority was a media splash giving us another black eye for self-gratification. Is the team or FO better today for the self-serving parade? I checked; I am not a revitalized and much improved fan because of the spectacle.
It is not without purpose. I file this one under catharsis, I guess. And I still feel some hope stirring like Spring is coming. The idea that if you punish something harshly enough for long enough it turns into something amazingly better is simply not true. We had us a parade. Now, fan up. We are closer by a day to better situation for the Browns.

I think the PAEADE WAS weak but this guy makes a good point. Screw the players and their feelings. They weren't worried about mine when they kneeled.

Inside the NFL gets it.

https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/951079407812317185


https://ql.mediasilo.com/#ql/5a5457d6e4b0aef09040c2e1/c66713b1-4508-4d3e-9838-24c0d72bd61d

I went. Awesome time.