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Originally Posted by horseofcourse

That's pretty funny.....I found this on the Syracuse bench player drafted number 3 overall and it seems as if the Cavs are all set to follow on the fine seasons of the Tribe and Brownies...

•The elephant in the room is Dion Waiters. Things have not gotten much better on the Waiters front after he came into the Summer League out of shape and shot only 30%. It is not time to panic and declare Waiters a bust or a future star in the making, but he needs to improve his play sooner than later if he wants to justify where he was selected. Dion Waiters finished the night with 2 points on 1-7 shooting, 3 assists and 4 turnovers. His jump shot looks broken. I am fine with him taking jumpers in the preseason if the intention is to tweak his shot and improve from a longer range. However, where Waiters will excel is in splitting double-teams and driving into the lane. Hopefully Waiters plays to his strengths instead of settling for lazy jump shots.


Now that seems like a guy who deserves to wear "Cleveland" laundary!

So reassuring.

Maybe they can go 35 and 47 this year.That should be enough to get in that privileged group of NBA play off teams.

Of course, I am not privy to Stern's script.


Say, more on what you saw of Weeden.He's that bad on accuracy? You think he's another .DA.?

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by pointmanscousin

So reassuring.

Maybe they can go 35 and 47 this year.That should be enough to get in that privileged group of NBA play off teams.

Of course, I am not privy to Stern's script.


Say, more on what you saw of Weeden.He's that bad on accuracy? You think he's another .DA.?

He can throw. I think the big int was largely Mr Rogers fault as it's 3rd and 1, you traded up to draft this Richardson. In all honesty the kid actually does look really good. He should get minimum 25 carries a game I think. So you pull him out of the game and go empty backfield. You're up 17-10, the play is covered and Weeden throws about 10 yards behind the secondary receiver...interception. I didn't really watch much of the 2nd half. To me, he looks like a strong armed guy with limited intelligence, just hearing him interviewed and stuff. I think that was DAs downfall, just not smart enough to do it. Not that Brees, Manning, Brady etc are mensa members but they are very football smart listening to them. I hope I'm wrong about Weeden. The defensive backfield is embarrassing. The refs were very kind, they interfere on every single play except of course on the ones where the guy is 15 yards wide open and they called less than half of them. I stumbled through the rest of the first half and after that decided to pass on the 2nd...I'd seen more than enough.

He may not be as bad as DA accuracy wise, and it seems his misses are all throwing behind receivers so perhaps that's correctable with time. Of course he's already 29. I prefer him to little Colt I guess. And of course their alleged number 1 receiver, Little, couldn't catch venereal disease in a whore house which doesn't help either.

Thanks for the rundown.


It wasn't pretty ,but you can't make a swan from a water buffalo.The team just seems , sounds, kind of rudderless.Again we seem to have another coordinator promoted to his level of incompetency....i.e, The Peter Principle.


Just think back to 1999.Talented front office people have been hired, not the two baboons either(Policy and the GM).All those great draft choices for two years and throw in all of Ditka's team picks for Ricky What'sHisName.






But no.

[horseofcourse]

This is one the Brownies should have a chance. Joe Haden is back today, but I thought when they played Buffalo they had a chance and the put forth their worst performance. So in the end they'll figure out how to lose it. Mr Rogers will ensure it I believe. It always cracks me up watching the Tiggers in post season and seeing that Doug Fister who they picked up at the trade deadline for a bag of rocks pitch outstanding game after outstanding game in the playoffs, and yet we still have Obaldo!! It's very special. I remember going on Cleveland sporty threads and not armchair qb'ing stating how the pitcher the Tiggers got with no fanfare at all was far superior to the one we got the second the trades went down and they all laughed at me like I was insane almost. (I always like to redboard my analysis of those trades as it's rare that I am ever so right!!)

[horseofcourse]

Well, 10 point lead with 8 minutes left. Time to see what Mr Rogers can scheme up to blow this one!!

[horseofcourse]

BROWNS WIN, BROWNS WIN!!! It wasn't really that exciting, they dominated the 2nd half, completely. They'll have a shot to win next week too.

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

BROWNS WIN, BROWNS WIN!!! It wasn't really that exciting, they dominated the 2nd half, completely. They'll have a shot to win next week too.

That don't sound right.