An open letter to Dawg Pound Mike

Mike,

You are living a fantasy that many people dream of by getting to express your thoughts with the owner of your favorite pro sports team. But from hearing you flap his gums about this meeting, I could only think of 1 thing and that is don't you think Randy Lerner is smarter than you, Dawg Pound Mike? And if he isnt, don't you think he can hire someone who is? The only reason Randy Lerner took the meeting with you is for PR. The only person Randy Lerner is listening to is the corporate sponsors than give him the most money.

And by hearing you claim that he is passionate and is upset with the state of the football team makes me believe he outsmarted the genius Dawg Pound Mike. If I'm Randy Lerner of course I'm pissed off, he is paying over $100 million in salaries and is getting didly poo in return for them. If Randy Lerner really did care he would have spoke to Phil Savage for more than 6 minutes to realize that his plan to win a super bowl here is to throw bukubucks at a bunch of jabroni's. He would have let another team interview Eric Mangini to realize he isn't all he is cracked up to be. If he wanted to believe Eric Mangini was the next Bill Belichick that's fine, but even Belichick had time away from football and a second defensive coordinator stint under Bill Parcells to realize where he messed up in Cleveland. He would have hired someone other than George Kokinis who apparently did work for the Browns but not sure what he did beside trading any player that was talented.

Dont you think every owner in the NFL is passionate? Well maybe not Detroit, they need to worry about the auto industry. Ok, but the Rams owner must care about being 1-7. No actually, the Rams owner is selling the team to Rush Limbaugh. What about Oakland, Al Davis, just win baby? Yes Al does care, but the problem there is Al has been dead for years. Its weekend at Bernies nonstop there. Pretty tough to win a game when everybody is taking orders from people who are controlling a dead guy. Clearly lowly Tampa Bay's owner must care. No actually, like Randy, the Glazers lone passion is their soccer team in England and the reason for the demise in Tampa is 3 fold (1. Letting Tony Dungy go 2. Letting Rich Mckay go 3. Dismantling the Defense before its prime). See Dawg Pound Mike, the Cowboys are competitive every season because Jerry Jones is passionate and it rubs off on his players. The Patriots are successful because Robert Kraft hired smart football people to run his franchise, now he stands back and polishes his Lombardi trophies. The Steelers have had so much consistency, and its because the Rooney family knows how to run an organization. Maybe that's why we ha vent beaten Pittsburgh in 6 years.

If I was in the interview with Lerner, I would have told him to take deep breaths next time he is in position to hire a coach and not take the first Patriots assistant he sees. I would have told him either move the Browns to London or LA, but dont keep them in Cleveland if you are going to continue to own the team. The Browns cant be successful and wont be successful unless Randy Lerner hires someone that matters. And to be honest, I don't think anyone who matters will join the Browns because the rebuilding process will be much to long and agonizing.

Dawg Pound Mike, you are delusional. You are 40 and you wear a giant bone on your head. You and Big Dawg and the Bone Lady should all get together and cry about how bad the Browns are. But just know that this losing season, wont be the Browns last.

Sincerely,
Joe