Eric Mangini Has a Lot to Prove in 2009

It now is officially one month until the start of training camp, and I’m going to get the negativity out of my system.   I want to go into the new season with a clean slate and an open mind. So with that said, I’m going to get my gripes out now. That way they’ll be out there, and when I’m praising the new coaching staff, I can’t be called a shill.   Like the economy, until this coaching staff proves it’s turning things around when it counts, I have no faith things are going to get better. I am a cynic because of circumstances.   I have watched the Browns go through three administrations in 10 years, each time with the promise things would get better. But, like the Indians, failure is tolerated in Cleveland to an alarming extent.   Head coach Eric Mangini, so far, has proved he runs a much better camp than Romeo Crennel ever did, and veterans will have to work just as hard as rookies to make his team.   Players are ... (link)