As more and more players began to complaint about Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini’s toughness in practices, the NFL Players Association decides to set up a meeting with all players who wear Browns jerseys this week to talk about that, with concerns about health and safety.
Defensive end Keith Grennan hurt his knee on a drill last week, and rookie running back James Davis went on injured reserve last month with a season-ending shoulder injury. The two injuries caused a lot of speculations about Mangini’s practice policies, and the league was forced to examine what happened to Davis. After reviewing video of the practice session and interviewing Browns players, coaches and team staff, the league determined the Browns did not violate any league policies.
But new complaints came out last week as veteran running back Jamal Lewis said he thought Mangini was tiring out his players by overworking the Browns. The team did not improve under his strict rules as Mangini expected, the 1-7 performance had caused fans to plan a protest. Maybe Lewis was right, overworking is just not the right way to coach Cleveland players.
Showing posts with label Eric Mangini. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Mangini. Show all posts
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Browns RB Lewis thought the team was beaten down by Coach Mangini
The Cleveland Browns are struggling with another frustratingly losing season because of Coach Eric Mangini, according the Browns running back Jamal Lewis. He thought the coach has been overworking the team.
“Hey, this is his show, it’s not mine,” Lewis said. “It’s his show, it’s not my show. Not anybody else around here’s show. We’re just the crop. You’ve got to take care of your crop. If you don’t take care of your crop, when it comes time to harvest, you’re not going to make no money because the crop ain’t no good.”
The veteran running back has intention to take off NFL jersey and retire after this season. Before leaving, he just wants to say something or try to give advice to the rookie coach. As one of Cleveland’s six captains, he thinks that Mangini’s rugged, lengthy practices of up to three hours have hurt the Browns effectiveness in playing real games. It sounds like to climb out of blame for possible loss by making such comment three days before he will start against the Baltimore Ravens, but at least he represents most Browns players, who are still far from in fond of the first-year coach.
“Hey, this is his show, it’s not mine,” Lewis said. “It’s his show, it’s not my show. Not anybody else around here’s show. We’re just the crop. You’ve got to take care of your crop. If you don’t take care of your crop, when it comes time to harvest, you’re not going to make no money because the crop ain’t no good.”
The veteran running back has intention to take off NFL jersey and retire after this season. Before leaving, he just wants to say something or try to give advice to the rookie coach. As one of Cleveland’s six captains, he thinks that Mangini’s rugged, lengthy practices of up to three hours have hurt the Browns effectiveness in playing real games. It sounds like to climb out of blame for possible loss by making such comment three days before he will start against the Baltimore Ravens, but at least he represents most Browns players, who are still far from in fond of the first-year coach.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Browns will still have Anderson start at quarterback
The Cleveland Browns Coach Eric Mangini was asked on Monday if he planned to bench Derek Anderson, the NFL’s lowest-rated quarterback, the Coach’s answer was a definite “no”. The answer just seemed incomprehensible after another humiliating home loss.
The Browns lost 31-3 to the Green Bay Packers and Anderson went 12 of 29 for 99 yards against the Packers, completing just 23 of 70 passes in the past three games and now having an overall 40.6 rating. However, Mangini just has the feeling that Anderson can give his team the better chance to win than Brady Quinn or anyone else wearing Browns jersey.
Anderson is grateful for Mangini’s support, but knows he must improve or he will lose his job. With so many fans being frustrated by consecutive losses, whoever to be the starter just has to do something to improve the team.
The Browns lost 31-3 to the Green Bay Packers and Anderson went 12 of 29 for 99 yards against the Packers, completing just 23 of 70 passes in the past three games and now having an overall 40.6 rating. However, Mangini just has the feeling that Anderson can give his team the better chance to win than Brady Quinn or anyone else wearing Browns jersey.
Anderson is grateful for Mangini’s support, but knows he must improve or he will lose his job. With so many fans being frustrated by consecutive losses, whoever to be the starter just has to do something to improve the team.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Browns Coach Mangini face criticism from music magazine
The Cleveland Browns Coach Eric Mangini has become a target of abuse because of his strict coaching methods. And recently even Rolling Stone, an iconic music magazine, stepped outside its usual arena to slam Mangini.
A harsh critique in the magazine compared Mangini to Augustus Gloop, the fictional overeater in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and called his short coaching tenure in Cleveland “a sort of Hurricane Andrew of football mismanagement.” Such criticism has been common outside Cleveland since Mangini, who was fired by the New York Jets in December, became Browns head coach. The abuses were mostly resulted from the way he handled the Browns quarterbacks and the fines he levied on players who break his rules. After the Browns had a 1-5 start with their only win a 6-3 decision over the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 11, the coach faces even more bad words.
The coach has fined players for not adhering to his policies— like parking in the wrong spot-and used to fine one unidentified player $1,701 for failing to pay for a $3 bottle of water during a hotel stay. He extended the length of training camp and subjected players to pop quizzes during meetings; forced rookies to take a 10-hour bus trip this summer to his football camp and made his team practice outdoors in the rain. And blames went to him for trading playmaker Braylon Edwards to the Jets after the receiver allegedly punched a friend of NBA superstar LeBron James. All of this have caused complaints from players who wear Browns jerseys, and the Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi, who wrote the above mentioned critique, predicted in his article that Mangini will lose his coaching job in the Browns soon.
A harsh critique in the magazine compared Mangini to Augustus Gloop, the fictional overeater in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and called his short coaching tenure in Cleveland “a sort of Hurricane Andrew of football mismanagement.” Such criticism has been common outside Cleveland since Mangini, who was fired by the New York Jets in December, became Browns head coach. The abuses were mostly resulted from the way he handled the Browns quarterbacks and the fines he levied on players who break his rules. After the Browns had a 1-5 start with their only win a 6-3 decision over the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 11, the coach faces even more bad words.
The coach has fined players for not adhering to his policies— like parking in the wrong spot-and used to fine one unidentified player $1,701 for failing to pay for a $3 bottle of water during a hotel stay. He extended the length of training camp and subjected players to pop quizzes during meetings; forced rookies to take a 10-hour bus trip this summer to his football camp and made his team practice outdoors in the rain. And blames went to him for trading playmaker Braylon Edwards to the Jets after the receiver allegedly punched a friend of NBA superstar LeBron James. All of this have caused complaints from players who wear Browns jerseys, and the Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi, who wrote the above mentioned critique, predicted in his article that Mangini will lose his coaching job in the Browns soon.
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