Browns finally complete another summer transfer as they complete the signing of Patrick Mahomes shirt number revealed medicals “DONE” here is what he said to the fans…
Good morning, Cleveland Browns fans!
I was introduced to corporate bullcrap relatively quickly in my career, which only makes sense because I started work after college at one of those then “Big X” consulting firms where your merit was measured in no small part by the quality of the dimple in your tie. It was a real square peg-in-a-round hole fit, career-wise, which I only made because I had a totally false impression of who I was and what I wanted to do when I left college.
But team lunches, rah-rah local meetings, and other elements of team building were all a part of that, mostly hiding the political savagery beneath, meaning that you were non-infrequently pulled away from work to do some useless corporate bullsnark that was generally a complete waste of time.
Personally, I was always about the work. I liked building stuff, trying to do right by clients, and creating computer systems that did actual useful work. I liked learning new things. I didn’t like the BS attached to working for a corporate entity. Some people do, I’m sure, but I suspect I’m not in the minority.
I bring this up because the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards were last night, which I remember as an entirely corporate function where businesses were represented by tables of humans, most of whom were cajoled there to provide attendance. Some of them, I guess, like banquet food and hearing speeches from already-heralded athletes who are there to get heralded some more. To me, with my drab outlook on life, it was sort of a waste of time.
I’m sure there’s some GCSA organization who will read this and say, “You must be a miserable person.” You would partially be right, and maybe my focus on work over frivolity makes me weird, but I was basically pushed to go to these things so I could be another head in the crowd and clap on cue. I didn’t feel like it was a good use of my time.
Still, I would applaud the loudest for the high school and other athletes for whom this was a great moment in their lives. They deserve it, but I’m not sure Myles Garrett cares about corporate Cleveland handing him a plaque.
At any rate, that’s basically what it is, but the media goes there in case athletes show up and say anything interesting, so today’s Newswire is all about stories of which Browns athlete won what at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards, an excuse for the town’s movers-and-shakers to hobnob with athletes.
Also present in the Newswire are awards given via the Pro Football Writers Association of America in various categories that include some Cleveland Browns. There is also some burbling coaching hire news and some epic slow-news-day stuff, such as a story about someone building a tall Joe Flacco snowman in his yard. Must reading.
Have a good one! GO BROWNS!
Jake and Andrew once again roll out the midweek mailbag of listener-submitted questions for them to answer on any range of Browns topics from scheme, tendency, or performance to more broad team-based analysis as the off-season is in full swing. Today starts with Part I where you get topics on Browns the rationale behind Stefanski giving up play-calling and the type of OC who could do that, the solution at the tackle positions with three capable players, whether Elijah Moore is a good enough second receiver from a target share perspective, and lastly how the Browns find enough competence in zone coverage to turn it into a weapon instead of a “change of pace”. Later today you will see Part II uploaded, so check back!
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