Is the Browns’ Depth Really That Bad?
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September 8, 2011While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com.
“There is a method to Shurmur’s madness but unlike under Eric Mangini – it does not take a rocket scientist or an abacus to figure it out. Players are not left scratching their heads or quietly questioning why things are the way that they are. Shurmur spells it out for them loud and clear. Call it the Holmgren factor.” [Ruiter/92.3 The Fan]
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“This comes at a time when some teams are really counting on their rookies. Perhaps no team fits that description more than Cleveland — which tied an American professional sports record last season with 26 consecutive losses. So if anyone needs to take a long look at Irving and No. 4 overall pick Tristan Thompson, it’s the Cavaliers. They need to get Irving and Thompson in baggy shorts and high tops, on the practice floor, and learning the Princeton offense under coach Byron Scott. And the Cavs need to do it yesterday, as it supposedly takes at least three years to find out if a guy can cut it in the NBA. If the lockout cancels the season, you can make it at least four.” [Amico/FSO]
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Look who is back under center for the OSU game- “Last week, Jacory Harris got his senior season back when the NCAA decided he would only sit for one game for allegedly receiving improper benefits as part of the sprawling Nevin Shapiro scandal at Miami. Today, Harris got his starting job back when Miami listed him ahead of sophomore Stephen Morris on its most recent depth chart.” [Hinton/Dr. Saturday]
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“As the organization evaluated the roster when making the necessary moves to get down to the 53-player limit, some interesting thoughts surrounded the wide receiver position. Intrigued and disappointed would be the simplest way to describe the thoughts on second-year wide receiver Carlton Mitchell. Mitchell would flash in practice, providing a look the Browns seek, which a bigger type receiver that can stretch the field vertically. Then, as soon as he would excel, he would be prone to inconsistency of some form. From cutting a route off to dropping a pass, Mitchell is developing, but not quite there. On cut-down day, the Browns seriously considered releasing Mitchell, but the intrigue of he and rookie Greg Little potentially lining up in the new offensive scheme was too great … for now.” [Adkins/The OBR] (subscription required)
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Take a guess how many Cavs are in Hardwood Paroxysm’s 50 worst rotation players. I think I counted 5. And that doesn’t even include Jamrio Moon! [Hardwood Paroxysm]
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At least there were 2 of LeBron’s “superior supporting cast” in the Top 10.
Accept money and/or benefits from a booster, get a 1 game suspension. Sell your own property, get a 5 game suspension. Sounds about right.
@2- How do you not see the obvious logic behind the NCAAs decisions…
On a actual note, wasnt it OSU that actually did “self-imposed” suspensions or was it the NCAA that gave those?
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Yeah, OSU’s were self imposed, but so was the Jacory Harris suspension. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I thought NCAA rules were more in place to stop things like agents and boosters funneling money to players and recruits. Didn’t realize it was a far worse crime to sell your own property. Heck, even Troy Smith only got two games for his $500 handshake with a booster. At least AJ Green got 4 games for accepting money from an agent. I just do not understand the 5 game suspension whatsoever. I think Tressel deserved 5 games for trying to cover it up, but it makes no sense to me that the players got 5 games for selling their stuff to non-agents.
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O ya I definitely agree with you on that. If the NCAA wants such hard to regulate asinine restrictions then when you do find problems you need to drop the hammer. for the majority of top teams a 1 game suspension involves playing a MAC equivalent.
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Andrew, you perfectly summed up my frustration with all of this suspension nonsense. You know what, though? (I sound like my 5-year old.) I’m glad Miami will have all of there guys while we won’t. This will have to draw greater national attention to this ridiculousness – and, I’ll be so happy when our suspension-weakened team goes down there and smacks that full-strength U around.
*their*
Oh well. Now I sound like a real internet inhabitant.
the Miami and Ohio State suspensions were cut and dry because of the $$$ amounts. Jacory accepted $300, and that fits a 1game suspension according to the NCAA books.
it doesn’t matter to the NCAA whether the $$$ gained was from stuff they owned (or services rendered as in signing) or not. just the $$$ amount.
this is one of the few cases that the NCAA is not being hypocritcal (as they could only ‘prove’ that amount for Jacory)
Sorry, mgbode, but that doesn’t make it make any more sense. Indeed, it just makes it all that more arbitrary.