The Lue Loop

Does this really look like someone who knows what’s going on? He has the look that most comedians remember their fathers looking like after any question. Tyronn Lue look lost all the time, but…

  What it must be like to be Tyronn Lue, I mean this guy has the kind of luck people only dream about. Really think about it he really wasn’t a good player, Lue left  the University of Nebraska early for the NBA, he was drafted 23rd overall to the Denver Nuggets who immediately traded him to the L.A.Lakers. There he got almost no playing time until the 2001 post season. where he was known for defending  Allen Iverson He received two championship rings with the Lakers. Although we all know that the true players were Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Derek Fisher. Lue’s  his highest PPG is 13.5 with Atlanta back in 2005.  He retires as a players a two-time champion?!! REALLY? o.k. it happens right.  Then lightning struck again for Lue, he was hired as director of basketball by the Boston Celtics in 2009 where he claimed one Eastern Conference Title but lost the championship to the Lakers in his first season. L.A. Clippers gave a chance in July of 2013  and were defeated in the semi finals by Houston and in the first round by by Portland the next season.  Now enter 2014 Tyronn is hired as Cleveland’s highest paid associate coach ( he scored 8.5 PPG).  Well, what could make this any better, Lue is the highest paid assistant coach in the NBA and Lebron James is on the team. David  Blatt the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers is fired mid-season and who is there to step up to he plate… You got it, Tyronn Lue. This turn of events makes for so many firsts, Cleveland not only win the title, but they do it being down 3-1, and just like that history  is made.  Lue became the third person to win a championship as a mid-season replacement putting him in the ranks as Pat Riley.  Because of the contract extension with the Cavaliers he now able to enjoy life for the next two years. Must be nice he doesn’t need a wishing well he is THE LUE LOOP..!!

DO YOU BELIEVE ???!!!!

This was the question Gregg Williams interim head coach of The Cleveland Browns asked of his team after his first victory. Williams joined the Browns camp in 2016 as defensive coordinator and after Hue Jackson’s dismissal was bumped up to interim head coach. Williams said in an interview with NBC that ALL wins are important. With six games left in the season, fans, Do You Believe? This season has been full of surprises, from not losing week one to actually winning a game ( who’ll ever forget the free beer).  Then came the not so surprising termination of the head coach which is pretty ritual here in Cleveland.

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But it’s not only Williams who is ready for what comes with greatness, The fresh faces in Cleveland are here to make a statement. Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, and Jarvis Landry are for sure the fore runners for team spirit. Landry the only veteran on my list of “let’s get it” thinking. Both Mayfield and Chubb are rookies fresh from the 2018 Draft and look at what they have done for the Browns . Mayfield stepped up week 3 after Tyrod Taylor was injured and trailing 14-0. Mayfield finished that game victorious 21-17 over the Jets. Mayfield has showed us that he has exactly what it takes to make it in the NFL, he may turn out to be what Tom Brady is to New England, that calm, commanding QB who understands that all wins matter. Nick Chubb breaking records with the teams longest TD run 92 yards against the Falcons securing the triumph on Sunday. Chubb our rookie RB hails from the University of Georgia home of the bulldogs proving he must be a DAWG at heart. Chubb has 579 yards and 5 touchdowns so far, Landry not to be forgotten as he “Blessem” every practice and game day with fight in his heart.

I don’t know about you but I definitely believe with six games left we only need 4 wins to be in a wild card position. Wouldn’t that be incredible Cleveland Browns in the post season again. Say it with me ” I Believe” it worked for the Cavs.

What’s Next for Cleveland?

Ten… that’s right  ten head coaches this millennium, with such loyalty when can the Browns expect to see so much as a playoff berth. Loyalty?? Cleveland has the most loyal fans!!! this is true because win lose or draw “The Dawg Pound” will be howling their way to a victories that are too far in between. I mean i literally took two years to see a win. It was such a big thing for the Cleveland browns to win a game that Bud Light even gave the team some incentive, by offering to give free beer to the fans, all they had to do was WIN!! It didn’t even matter if it was a home/away just win do something to show you care.

The team has potential for a lack of better word, I mean Baker Mayfield is not so bad as rookie. He is consistent with his passes and he makes plays. So they have fired Hue Jackson after only 3 wins since taking over January 2016. He is one of four coaches to have a totally defeated season ( 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) and the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16).Nov 28, 2016 ). Todd Haley the Browns Offensive Coordinator has now been let go as well.  This is all apparently stemming from backlash from HBO’s show “Hardknocks”  when Jackson and Haley clashed regarding “rest days” something that some of the players like Jarvis Landry had already shared his opinion on.  

There are seven more games left this season and after the Browns face The Atlanta Falcons on Sunday November 11, 2018 at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio they will have a bye week that will hopefully allow them to attempt a strategy to win at least 3 of those games. But all we can do is wait and watch. GOOOOOO!!!! BROWNIES!!!!