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We could have been stardust, Randy. |
People often define organizational
failure as coming from the top down. The expression "shit rolls
downhill" isn't a part of the American vernacular just because, you know,
it sounds sporty or something.
The Cleveland Browns are more like
a tree - a tall, stout oak that has been standing for a century but over the last decade has shown
gradual signs of sickness, an irrevocable rot that's slowly killing the once-proud
sentinel. The illness is buried in the roots, and sometimes the
only cure is to rip the tree from the ground and plant anew.
Shaky metaphors aside, this is
pretty much how I feel about the Browns' impending sale to Tennessee businessman Jimmy Haslam. The
Browns are a franchise that has been steadily decaying for the last decade. The
root of that putrefaction has been Randy Lerner.