We Can Never Win With Mike Brown Family

[Shake n Blake]

(10-24-2017, 09:14 AM)Wyche Wrote: There are only two plausible scenarios here:

1)  Mike Clown is a total and complete moron.  I mean, we're talking mental disability level here, not just run of the mill stupid.  Hell, even a dumbass can see something is not working after 26 years.....shit!  Even an utter boob can realize that the stench of losing during the abyss hangs on Piano Man like a horse thief from the gallows.  How stupid can you be to not see how that leads to no accountability for anyone else?  "Shit, that dude been here since Moby Dick was a minnow, part of the 2nd worst decade in all of professional sports history.  Part of a staff that saw its head coach become the fastest to reach 50 losses, part of teams that saw its owner become the fastest to reach 200 losses.  Why the hell am I gon' worry 'bout doin' my job?  Hell, if ol Merv cuts me, Mikey will bring me back!"

2)  Mike Clown is feeding us all a line of shit, and thinks we're stupid enough to buy it.  In other words, it's all a con and a cash grab.  Winning football and championships are only the biscuit wheels on the gravy train IF we happen to do either.  They're fortunate byproducts of doing business......fortunate so long as those players are on rookie deals.  Winning also means paying players to keep them, that's really why we "don't value" positions, or guys "wanted to leave".  There is only one singular goal here, profit.  If we happen to win a few along the way, so be it.

Now, which scenario seems most likely to you?

I've wondered the same thing many times, but honestly I think it's a bit of both. I mean, we all saw the ideas he proposed in Hard Knocks. Coaches looking at him in disbelief, but unable to put him in his place due to him being the owner. Think about it. Our GM happens to be the owner and can fire anyone that questions him...so he's in an environment where his stupidity has been enabled and cemented over a 40 year span at least. No one can tell him he's a buffoon.

He also has very strange or archaic views on what it means to be successful. I've seen him defend our run game by pointing out that we had a 1000 yard rusher. That's probably the worst way to determine rushing success. Yards per carry and team rush rankings are what you want to look at. I've seen him defend Marv and say we were competitive over a stretch where we had a losing record. I've seen him say in interviews that "you win some, you lose some". Paraphrasing here, but his message was definitely that it's unrealistic to expect consistent winning.

What kind of owner says that? He's definitely a different kind of guy...but he's also very miserly. You saw that Enquirer article from 1998. He was still driving an old Lumina. He wouldn't use AC unless the temperature hit 90. Wouldn't buy an answering machine. Wouldn't pay to have mice removed from his wife's car. Then you have all the old (and true) legends. Willie Anderson having to buy proper towels. Drink machines that charge players. Renting out TV sets at training camp. Taking free agents to Wendy's. Flying them in on coach. No practice facility. 

So yeah, he's definitely both...and that's what makes him the worst owner in professional sports.