False Start: How the New Browns Were Set Up to Fail
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (746 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1886228884 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 161 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Truth on False Start RetroSixties False Start: How The New Browns Were Set Up To FailTerry Pluto explained what all us loyal Browns fans have known - just needed someone with clout to expose the truth. What a costly mistake to Cleveland - a huge city with a reputation at stake! What a clear example of the heartlessness and greed Art Modell was really made of! Giving us underhanded crap to a town that had fans many other pro-teams were jealous of. The fans need to 'own' the Cleveland Browns as we're the ones who would find the heart and soul in adm. Must read for Brown's fans Terry Pluto has written a number of excellent books and this book on the Browns is one of his best. The book is an absolute must read for all Brown's fans. It gives an insight that can be found no where else. If you've wondered why the Browns are struggling in 200Must read for Brown's fans L. Blasiman Terry Pluto has written a number of excellent books and this book on the Browns is one of his best. The book is an absolute must read for all Brown's fans. It gives an insight that can be found no where else. If you've wondered why the Browns are struggling in 2004 it is because of decisions made or not made in 1998 and 1999. It portrays a team that the NFL and the other owners milked to line their own pockets. It shows a team that struggled from day one because it never had a true general manager, didn't get the . it is because of decisions made or not made in 1998 and 1999. It portrays a team that the NFL and the other owners milked to line their own pockets. It shows a team that struggled from day one because it never had a true general manager, didn't get the . "Browns fans again get the short end of the bargin" according to Domenic Vitanza. Terry Pluto has out done himself here again. The Curse of Rocky Colavito is great but this book just hits home with our beloved Cleveland Browns. He goes into detail on how The NFL "Took care" of one of the most proud franchises and turned it into a laughing stock. Its a great read. Cleveland Browns fans take notice that pain and misery goes onI pray for a Super Bowl win before I die
(Jim Vickers Cleveland Magazine 20041101) . (Chris Mortensen ESPN 20041207)A book NFL fans in general and Browns’ fans in particular will definitely want to read a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at how the new Browns were created and what’s kept them from making the progress everyone expected. (John McClain Houston Chronicle 20041122)While many of the Browns’ hurdles have been debated at length, Pluto tells the tale from the mouths of former coach Chris Palmer, former team president Carmen Policy and even newly departed coach Butch Davis. The result is an intriguing, if not at times, unbelievable, explanation of how and why the Browns have struggled since the team’s 1999 reincarnati
He is a nine-time winner of the Ohio Sports Writer of the Year award and has received more than 50 state and local writing awards. Terry Pluto is a sports columnist for The Plain Dealer. He lives in Akron, Ohio. He was called “Perhaps the best American writer of sports books,” by the Chicago Tribune in 1997. . He is the author of 23 books, including The Curse of Rocky Colavito (selected by the New York Times as one of the five notable sports books of 1989), and Loose Balls, wh
How much longer would they have to wait for a return to glory? Pluto sifts through the clues and looks for answers. This book chronicles the backroom deals, big-money power plays, poor decisions, and plain bad luck that have dogged the venerable team since Art Modell skipped town in 1995. When the new Cleveland Browns took the field in 1999, it was supposed to be the dawn of a grand new era of football in Cleveland. But it soon became clear: Browns fans got a bum deal. Yet while they were celebrating the supposed victory that kept “our name, our colors, our team” in Cleveland, fans should have been looking over their shoulders and keeping a close watch on the NFL. “A book NFL fans in general and Browns’ fans in particular will definitely want to read a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at how the new Browns were created and what’s kept them from making the progress everyone expected.” — Houston Chronicle“Your team never had a chance.” Terry Pluto, one of Cleveland’s top sportswriters, takes a hard look at the unhappy beginnings of the new Cleveland Browns franchise. They just wanted their Browns back. The NFL had traded one of the most storied teams in football history for a franchise mired in mediocrity.These fans, after owner Art Modell skipped town with their beloved Browns, became the only fans ever to take on the NFL, demand their team back—and win. L