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OBR Radio Replay - Thu, Nov 5 2009 at 5:29 pm

Here’s the MP3 file from last night’s OBR Radio Program, where Barry and Lane talked about the team’s loss to the Steelers and what really happened as the trade deadline passed…

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Simply demoralizing - Thu, Nov 5 2009 at 1:37 pm

Much about being a fan has to do with hope and optimism, sentiments hard to come by these days amongst followers of the Cleveland Browns. One has almost to remind oneself this was a season to which many looked forward with significant anticipation, owing to the installment of a new regime.  (more…)

Transcript: Eric Mangini, 11/04 - Wed, Nov 4 2009 at 11:17 pm

(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody.  Yesterday we spent the day working on first and second down specific things, indentifying some areas that we want to really emphasize.  Different periods reflected that emphasis.  We went back through and looked at some core offensive plays, schemes, approaches, defensive plays, schemes approaches, same thing on special teams, those things that we’ll be carrying forward through the next eight games and where the breakdowns have been through the early part of the season.  Then make those adjustments, make the technique corrections, really bring an awareness to the group.  This time is great for us to go back and watch our tape, our players, look at our statistics and really move in a direction that can fix those things. To some degree, you look at what’s worked well, not just from our perspective, but against us.  There are certain things that we’ll incorporate in all three phases and you install those.  Last night it shifted to third down, some more work on two-minute, some of the sub blitz packages both ways and installed that this morning, worked on that this morning.  We’ll go out and practice it.  The players will come back on Monday and we’ll emphasize the red area, the goal line, the things that we normally do on Friday that day and move in to a regular week after that.  I think it will be good for the players to have a chance to get away, recharge and come back ready to go on Monday.”

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Open Locker Room Quotes, 11/04 - Wed, Nov 4 2009 at 11:14 pm

Running Back Jamal Lewis

(On the bye week)- “I think it will just help correct a lot of mistakes that we have made over the last eight weeks. [It will] give us a good self evaluation and see actually where we are at, what works, what doesn’t work, what should we keep doing, what should we not keep doing. Just kind of iron out the kinks and try to start off the second half of the season like we wanted to start off the first.”

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Cribbs to Visit School - Wed, Nov 4 2009 at 9:32 pm

Cleveland Browns WR Josh Cribbs To Visit St. Francis of Assisi School in Gates Mills, OH on Tuesday, November 10

Cribbs among 34 players participating in “NFL Take a Player to School” presented by the JCPenney Afterschool Fund

WHO:
Cleveland Browns WR Josh Cribbs
Students from St. Francis of Assisi School

WHAT: Cribbs will pick up 3rd grade student Justin Renner in a limo from his house, take him to school, visit the Principal’s office, and speak to students about the importance of good health. During the visit, Cribbs will lead kids in fitness activities, as part of NFL’s PLAY 60 campaign, helping youth get 60 minutes of exercise a day.
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Bye Week Game Release - Tue, Nov 3 2009 at 5:33 pm

We’ve got our weekly release from the Media Relations group, even though it’s a bye week. Enjoy.

Locker Room Quotes, 11-3-09 - Tue, Nov 3 2009 at 2:55 pm

Wide Receiver Joshua Cribbs

(On another change within the organization)- “I feel like the organization is still intact.  We have our captain of the ship, (Eric) Mangini is still running it.  We always went to war with him and we’re going to war with him.”

(On why the team’s hard work during the week does not turn into positive results on Sunday’s)- “I have no answer for that.  You can’t explain some of the things that happen.  Our effort is not being shown in the win column and it’s evident.  It’s really disappointing to the fans and to us as players.  It’s just something that we’ve been struck with, we have to deal with.  It’s not going good right now, but as a professional player I have to keep going.  As team, we have to keep going and move on, try to win the next game.”

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Transcript: Eric Mangini, 11/3/09 - Tue, Nov 3 2009 at 2:51 pm

(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody.  In terms of the decision that was made yesterday, I can tell you that anytime a decision like this is made it is difficult personally and professionally.  George (Kokinis) is a friend of mine and I respect him and I wish his family well.  I can tell you that for a variety of reasons things didn’t work out.  You never go into a situation like this with the intention of it not working out.  We felt that, organizationally, this was the best decision in order to move forward. We have a strong structure in place on both the pro side and the college side and things will continue to operate effectively on a day-to-day basis.  I understand that you all have a lot of questions and there is really nothing that I’m going to add to this.  I hope that you can respect that.  What I will talk about are the things that we’re doing as a team over the course of the week in order to improve. 

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Mangini Doesn’t Want to Expound - Tue, Nov 3 2009 at 11:42 am

Eric Mangini said very little in his opening comments about the relieving of duties of friend and GM George Kokinis.

“George is a friend of mine and I respect him…For a variety of reasons, this didn’t work out.”"

“We have a strong structure on the pro side and the college side and will continue to move on. I know you have a lot of questions, but I’m not going to address anything else.

“In terms of this topic, I will not add anything to this…”

With that all questions to start the Q & A were on the topic, but Mangini refused to address any of them.

“In terms of timetable, I can say all I can,” he said. “I understand and appreciate the questions you have, but I can’t talk about anything other than what I’ve said.”

He wouldn’t say if Kokinis will be replaced, let alone, by whom.

“What I can say is I think we have a really strong structure on the personnnel side.”

He was asked about the role of  Bernie Kosar.

“I understand the question, but can’t say any more (about Kosar’s role).”

Stay tuned to the OBR.com for more info…

– Fred Greetham

Transcript: Eric Mangini, 11/2 - Mon, Nov 2 2009 at 11:29 pm

(Opening statement)- “In talking to the players today about the game, it came back to the same thing offensively that I talked about yesterday. It’s the self inflicted wounds.  That was a point of emphasis going into the week, knowing that Chicago was as effective as they have been over time with Lovie (Smith) in terms of getting the ball out and we need to protect the football and we didn’t do that very well.  The ball was on the ground way too much and even when we got drives going they stalled because of it. You can’t win any games with that many turnovers, it’s too hard.  I thought defensively, there were some good things throughout the course of the game, in terms of the pressure that we were able to generate, some of the different coverage combinations, which I think created some problems and [there were] some good things in the running game as well.  On special teams I thought that, it’s a good unit, they have a good unit.  Outside of the first punt return [we were] fairly productive, but really wasn’t as productive as we had been throughout the course of the season.

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