As more and more players began to complaint about Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini’s toughness in practices, the NFL Players Association decides to set up a meeting with all players who wear Browns jerseys this week to talk about that, with concerns about health and safety.
Defensive end Keith Grennan hurt his knee on a drill last week, and rookie running back James Davis went on injured reserve last month with a season-ending shoulder injury. The two injuries caused a lot of speculations about Mangini’s practice policies, and the league was forced to examine what happened to Davis. After reviewing video of the practice session and interviewing Browns players, coaches and team staff, the league determined the Browns did not violate any league policies.
But new complaints came out last week as veteran running back Jamal Lewis said he thought Mangini was tiring out his players by overworking the Browns. The team did not improve under his strict rules as Mangini expected, the 1-7 performance had caused fans to plan a protest. Maybe Lewis was right, overworking is just not the right way to coach Cleveland players.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Browns RB Lewis thought the team was beaten down by Coach Mangini
The Cleveland Browns are struggling with another frustratingly losing season because of Coach Eric Mangini, according the Browns running back Jamal Lewis. He thought the coach has been overworking the team.
“Hey, this is his show, it’s not mine,” Lewis said. “It’s his show, it’s not my show. Not anybody else around here’s show. We’re just the crop. You’ve got to take care of your crop. If you don’t take care of your crop, when it comes time to harvest, you’re not going to make no money because the crop ain’t no good.”
The veteran running back has intention to take off NFL jersey and retire after this season. Before leaving, he just wants to say something or try to give advice to the rookie coach. As one of Cleveland’s six captains, he thinks that Mangini’s rugged, lengthy practices of up to three hours have hurt the Browns effectiveness in playing real games. It sounds like to climb out of blame for possible loss by making such comment three days before he will start against the Baltimore Ravens, but at least he represents most Browns players, who are still far from in fond of the first-year coach.
“Hey, this is his show, it’s not mine,” Lewis said. “It’s his show, it’s not my show. Not anybody else around here’s show. We’re just the crop. You’ve got to take care of your crop. If you don’t take care of your crop, when it comes time to harvest, you’re not going to make no money because the crop ain’t no good.”
The veteran running back has intention to take off NFL jersey and retire after this season. Before leaving, he just wants to say something or try to give advice to the rookie coach. As one of Cleveland’s six captains, he thinks that Mangini’s rugged, lengthy practices of up to three hours have hurt the Browns effectiveness in playing real games. It sounds like to climb out of blame for possible loss by making such comment three days before he will start against the Baltimore Ravens, but at least he represents most Browns players, who are still far from in fond of the first-year coach.
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