The Browns have long been the center of Northeast
Ohio's hearts and minds. The area has flowed the Browns with a die-hard
passion since the 50s when Jim Brown and Otto Graham ruled the gridiron on the
coast of Lake Erie. The Browns have kept the attention focused on them
ever since. They have ruled above and beyond the Cavaliers and the
Indians despite those two franchises having more success at various points over
the past fifty years.
This town is a Browns town but that has begun to
change. After years of the Browns being terrible on the field and
mismanaged in the office, the fans have stopped giving the Browns their love
and more importantly their eyeballs and money. In years past, all the
Browns had to do to draw a crowd at Cleveland Browns stadium was play a
football game and show up dressed in orange helmets. The fans were just
glad to have football being played by their team. Then something
happened...
The Cavaliers and the Indians started having
success. They started making smart decisions that improved the team and
the experience of the fans. Cleveland fans spent their money on teams
that break 52 year curses and teams that lead their division despite having a
middling payroll.
The fans have decided that a revolving door of
general managers, coaches, and quarterbacks were not worth their time and
money. The Browns are now dealing with lack of interest. As the 2016
season begins, the Browns have a new general manager...again, a new
coach....again...., a new quarterback...again. This season however, I
don't see or hear fans talking themselves into a season with false hope.
The season seems to be met with apathy. Fans are still riding high on the
Cavaliers championship, still enjoying the day to day fun of pennant raise with
the #Windians. The Cavs and Indians have usually been quickly dropped
from a Cleveland fan's mind once the sounds of pads cracking hits the
air.
This season attendance at training camp is
down. People aren't going to go spend their time watching an inferior product.
Attendance for the Indians has in fact risen since the beginning of the Browns
training camp. Fans in Northeast Ohio have now tasted a winner and they
will not accept ineptitude and continue to fork over increasingly hard
to come by dollars to support a team that brings them no joy.
Cleveland isn't the sports punching bag lining up for its next body blow.
Cleveland is the reigning and defending king of the sports world and doesn't
want to spend it's time watching a team going through another awful season as
the new regime brings in "their guys" to play "Cleveland Browns
Football". Whatever the hell that actually means.
Cleveland used to be a Browns town.
Cleveland is now a city of champions. The Cavaliers have won a World
Championship and the Indians are the betting favorite to make it to
the World Series. It's your move Browns. It's time to produce
an enjoyable experience. An enjoyable experience in this town has changed
from the last time you embarrassingly left the field. This town demands
winning. This town demands progress. In 2016 in Northeast
Ohio, you have to win or the FANS go home.
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