Cleveland Browns: A Case for Hope on the Shores of Lake Erie

January 30, 2013   ·   David DeWitt   ·   Jump to comments

The last time I wrote I made a case that the then-current Cleveland Browns regime should still have the support of the fans.
Alas, the Mike Holmgren Machine came crumbling apart after the Browns built up expectations winning three games in a row, and let them fall again losing their last three on the way to a 5-11 season.
With that, the long-ago admired Cleveland Browns organization reached a new nadir of failure with its deepest season-by-season record slump in franchise history. For the first time ever, the Browns lost 11 or more games five years in a row.
But still something felt different.
It was plain for every Browns' fan to see that this extremely young squad has talent and potential. And so the idea became popular that perhaps this organization didn't need to do another massive blow-up.
Perhaps, new owner Jimmy Haslam the Thrice and CEO Joe Banner could reboot the organization á la carte, as it were. More than a few wanted defensive coordinator D...

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