We had a very productive meeting on Tuesday with Mr.
Lerner. Mobile Dawg and myself sat down with him in his office for almost 2 hours. We spoke about history, tradition,
core values and what the Cleveland Browns stood for and what our fans expect. We started out by discussing the "Late
walk In" or the "Brown Out". He understood what we are doing and he respects it. Mr.Lerner knows
we are NOT trying to embarrass the fans, the city or the organization and, he never told us not to go through with this!!
We then began to talk about the coach and the play on the field. He told us he is "Disgusted" and he is "not
happy" and that he takes full blame. He said that he wants to win so bad for the fans and the city!! Mr. Lerner then
went on to tell us that he really wasn't ready to be an owner. He is a BROWNS FAN!! and he was put in this position
when his late father passed away. Mr. Lerner has been listening to people and getting ideas from everyone to try to make
this organization a success!! He told us that the decisions so far have not worked out but that isn't distracting him from
being an owner and he isn't selling this team! HE WONT SELL THIS TEAM!! We asked him if he was more interested in
his soccer team, we told him that most fans think that is the truth! He said no, and we believe him!!ds
We also talked about the History of the Cleveland Browns. We told him we wanted our 4 AAFC Championship
Banners and our 4 NFL Championships banners unveiled at the home opener in 2010! We want all the former Cleveland Browns to
be on the field and have a unveiling of the Championship Banner and the Retired numbers of Ernie Davis, Lou Groza, Otto Graham,
Don Fleming and Jim Brown. We also wanted Michael Stanley band on the field to play the song "Here we go again"
and get the stadium rocking and start the 2010 season off with a BANG!! Mr. Lerner loved this idea and told us this will be
done!!
We also want the wall in the dawgpound gone. We want to build up the hill
and put a fence in where the wall is. THAT IS THE TRUE DAWGPOUND!! This will be done!!!
We
also want the "Entertainment" at Cleveland Browns Stadium fixed!! IT IS TERRIBLE!! The music is not loud and currently
they do nothing to energize the fans. We have been to many road games and the stadiums are rocking! I have addressed
this with everyone and still the same old thing. The NFL rule states that no music or video sounds can be played while
the clock is running. But in Cleveland we don't do anything to energize the crowd with music or video such as DEFENSE
chants or anything to generate noise!! IT IS SAD! He told us they will get that fixed as well. I told him we would help!!!
We also went in discussion on how people are getting tossed for minor things like standing, cheering
to loud and even having noise makers!! THIS IS A FOOTBALL GAME!! He could not believe fans are being thrown out for standing!!!
Also he couldn't believe fans were being tossed for calling the referee an asshole!! He told us this is Cleveland Browns football!!
He told us he will look into this and get this fixed! He is very upset with this news as well.
We talked about Coach Mangini. He told us he is smart, believes in core value and that he respects him. We
told him that the Coach needs to be better in his communicating with the fans and Lerner agreed. Lerner did say that
he hates how Mangini is so secretive and he really hates that! iWe told him that we are concerned that free agents wont want
to come here because of the Coach. Mr. Lerner told us that every coach deserves 1 year In my opinion if Coach Manginii does
not get this team winning or close to 500...he will be gone!!
We talked about
Bernie Kosar. We told him that Bernie Kosar is a great move in brining back to the organization. He bleeds orange and brown
and he is smart!! He talked about the GM. We told him what GM??? We never heard from him. He went on to say that the decision
was unbelievable and that he is truly upset of what happened. He didn't go any further with that and we didn't ask.
We told Mr. Lerner over and over to talk to the fans. Mr. Lerner will not do interviews and we kept
trying to get this done and we are not going to stop.
The Late Walk In the Brown
Out is still on! We hope we have the support from all fans and trust me...this is helping our cause. THE FANS VOICES
ARE BEING HEARD!!!
We left the meeting with much respect for Mr. Lerner and his
passion to win. I never doubted his passion. I knew it all along! I just wish you could have seen and heard what we did!!
I don't want to see Mr. Lerner to ever sell this team. He wants to win so bad. He is trying to do everything he possibly can
do!! We did tell Mr. Lerner that the "Late Walk In" is still on. We need to keep this going guys!! We need to hold
them all accountable to the fans!! IT IS WORKING!! WE CAN'T STOP NOW!! WE ARE GETTING OUR VOICES HEARD!!