By Erie's Scribe on Jan 11, 2009 with Comments 2
Romeo watching another inevitable Browns’ loss
I was watching the end of the first half of the Cardinals/Falcons Wild Card game last weekend, and I was suddenly struck by something very odd that happened. During the last three minutes of the half, neither coach completely botched the clock management.
So there are still coaches in the National Football League who can competently manage the clock? Is Eric Man-Genius one of them (please say yes, please say yes)? I thought the art had been lost, but I now realize that my brain had become muddled by the painful, four-year Romeo Crennel/Phil Savage Era.
I knew that while LeBron’s season has kept me smiling, the only course of action was to come to grips with the horrendous turd of a season the Browns laid. What better way to wash your hands of yet another failed Browns regime (one that managed to stick to the plot of giving its fanbase false hope before crushing its spirit), than with a farewell sonnet to Romeo Crennel? Despite his 24-40 record, Romeo seems like a good guy. So it gives me great pleasure to usher him out in a form The Bard wrote so well.
Romeo Romeo, farewell good sir
You managed the clock like a drunken boar.
Just last year the Browns were like beasts with fir
But, after four and twelve it’s out the door.
You tantalized with a season of joy,
Only to spurn us more with your blank gaze
Who knew that your ten and six was so coy?
Letting the Browns compete as in a daze.
You won me with your gregarious charm
I overlooked your coaching faults for too long
Only had I known you would cause so much harm
Our Browns are once again a sad, sad song.
Now you leave us with emotional blight,
And only a Man-Genius to make us right.
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Tags: Cleveland Browns • Phil Savage • Romeo Crennel
About the Author: I am a Cleveland sports and Buffalo Sabres fanatic. I'm currently living in Erie, but even when I'm not there, Erie runs deep in me. I'm an ex multi-sport goalie, and we goalies tend to see things a bit differently. I went to college with Cecilio's Scribe and I am also a Big Red afficiando. Otherwise my college sports loyalties are all over the place. I try to keep my posts light, but I'm a Cleveland fan so the occassional rant is possible (inevitable?).
Romeo watching another inevitable Browns’ loss
Well played good sir! And I just noticed that that’s a pic of Zerbs jawing with GP at the top of the page!
and, of course, the browns dash our hopes; they’re keeping romeo on in the ‘special assistant to the head coach’ capacity, possibly as a clock management specialist.