Scott Raab on the Tribe playoffs, Chief Wahoo, Hoyer injury, Mike Brown - WFNY Podcast - 2013-10-07
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Release Date: 10/07/2013
Talking the 5-3 Browns with Jake Burns
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Josh Poloha welcomed former WFNY'er and current OBR'er Jake Burns to the pod to talk about the Cleveland Browns as they sit at 5-3 and ready to welcome the Houston Texans.
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Browns Friday Fumble - Week 10 - Houston Texas
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Dylan and Dave are well rested after the bye week, and we've got a new passion that they want to share with you. In addition to that, they break down the Texas roster and give you their SPICY predictions for this week's game.
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Adnan Virk Talks Cy Bieber, Lindor Trade Rumors and More
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The Dery Brothers welcome Adnan Virk to the podcast. The season is over, but the Indians just picked up some new hardware as Shane Bieber receives the Cy Young award. They also discuss Francisco Lindor trade rumors and DeNiro vs. Pacino.
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The Browns Opt Out of Trade Deadline Deals
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I think the Browns made a mistake by not finding a way to invest in their defense at the trade deadline. It's likely not a catastrophe, and it doesn't lead me to conclude the Browns Brain Trust is broken, but I think it's a mistake nonetheless.
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Ray Flanagan talks Cleveland Music and "The Arsenal"
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Ray Flanagan is a full-time professional musician in Cleveland. He joined the podcast to discuss the Cleveland music community in the time of COVID. He also talked about his new song coming out this Friday called
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Browns Friday Fumble - Week 8 - Las Vegas Raiders
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The Friday Fumble is better late than never, and are here to get you ready for the match up with the old school raiders! We give you good and bad ideas from the Bengals game, give some Browns trade scenarios and go over the Raiders roster from head to foot.
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Talking Buckeyes with Colin Hass-Hill
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The Waiting For Next Year Dot Com Joshcast is back and he's talking Buckeyes with Colin Hass-Hill.
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Grading Baker Mayfield's Bengals Performance
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Craig got himself into a bit of Twitter trouble following the Browns victory over the Bengals by giving Baker Mayfield a B- for the game. Sure, Baker broke records and finished exceptionally well, but he put up a zero for the whole first quarter. How do you talk about a game that was such a 180? Plus, what do you make of OBJ and the Browns' future? Finally, are you having fun yet? Craig is.
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Breaking Down Baker's Heroics in Win over Bengals
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Josh and Joe had the instant reaction after the Browns' fifth victory of the NFL season in seven tries.
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Browns Friday Fumble - Week 7 - Cincinnati Bengals Part 2
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Dylan and Dave had a bit of a mishap when trying to watch the game last week, so they let the numbers decide who won. They confess some deep dark secrets and then we check in with Don and Devin from Northern Kentucky.
info_outlineHere is the email I sent to Scott prior to our podcast this week.
Indians year in review. The team was maddening. They finished great. They actually made the playoffs. They got shut out in the playoffs.
Do you need a short-hand "good" or "bad" rating for the season? I'm curious if your son had a take on whether it was a good or bad season and how that conversation went. I still just talk "at" my three year old about sports so I told him that they made the playoffs and that it was a good year. Maybe next year they can have an even better one. I imagine the 14-year-old sports fan opinion is a bit more nuanced.
Speaking of nuance, the Browns won to make it three wins in a row, but the biggest reason (other than the defense) for making it three in a row tears his ACL. I worked really hard to enjoy the win, but in the end, the feeling of gloom rose to the top. I never imagined it would happen when he was named starter, but I looked forward to watching Brian Hoyer play.
I did a podcast with Sam Allard and Brian Windhorst last week and we talked about how the Mike Brown story should probably be much bigger in Cleveland. Because Brown was here once and people mark his exit as the same time frame as "The Decision," Mike Brown has largely been labeled a failure. Windhorst told me that he doesn't necessarily think that's fair and that Mike Brown's resume should have made his hiring in Cleveland a bigger deal.
At the time, I thought Mike Brown should have been fired after the Orlando series, if I'm being perfectly honest. Maybe I was crazy, but it seemed to me that even though he won coach of the year that year he had coached badly against Orlando and even in the sweep of the Hawks before it.
Maybe I'm too fickle though. I said the same thing about Eric Wedge when he won Manager of the Year in 2007. Later on in 2010 I said that those two coaching awards were some of the worst things that happened to the respective franchises because it made those two coaches untouchable. Am I nuts to have put Eric Wedge and Mike Brown in the same category?
Lastly, I truly am excited to have Mike Brown back. That being the case, it occurs to me this is the most excited I've been about all the coaches of the respective Cleveland sports teams in a long time and maybe ever. It's hard to think we'll look back and regret Terry Francona. I think there's a good chance that Chud and his staff are the real deal. Am I jumping the gun? If so, how much?