A Friendly Reminder - Mike Brown Is No Paul

As the NFL tips their hat to 50 years of professional football and to legends such as Paul Brown who was able to see through racial lines with the drafting of Jim Brown, league lines with the acceptance of the AFL- NFL merger, and a modernizer of the football world we have but one man that carries Paul Brown’s legacy into the modern era.  That man…  is none other than the son of Paul Brown, Mike Brown.  “My father did think of himself as an NFL guy," Mike Brown stated in a recent article in USA Today.  An NFL guy he was - an influential figure that shaped the modern offense to what it is today.  A coach at one of college football’s leading institutions; Ohio State. He was the first to use intelligence tests to judge players, establish a game film library, instruct players in a classroom setting, use a radio transmitter to communicate with players on the field, and install face masks on helmets.  Paul Brown was a man whose record of  222-112-9 spoke for itself.

WDR salutes Paul Brown for his innovative and competent football coaching prowess and his ability to see beyond the box.  My how the apple falls so far from the tree.  Hold your breath fans because the end of MB’s reign is not near and asphyxiation may be the only cure at this point to relieve your pain.  Viva La Revolution.   

Comments

[Major Payne]

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/cincinnati-bengals/browns-bengals-rated-among-worst-pro-franchises-186803.html

Astounding numbers with a 65% lifetime winning percentage. Paul Brown will disown his son in the afterlife for what Mikey has done to his franchise.

[NH]

Paul Brown brought in Ivy League guys like Reggie Williams and Pat McInally. Sounds strange today, but they won back them.

http://ohiocardsblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/paul-browns-bengals-pat-mcinally/

[Steve Spencer]

What gets me is that in every interview I've ever seen, his acquaintances always say, "Nobody wants to win more than Mike. This hurts Mike more than anyone." Here's a clue, Mike: TAKE THOSE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR "GM BONUSES" AND HIRE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, DIPSHIT!

[kotw65]

I call them themes: intelligence tests, game film, innovation, and coahing prowess.

Besides a 122-112-9 record is highly over rated.

Just because you win some games it does not show concrete evidence of some real work, showing up competitive, and a what if from a tv personality, of which we are very proud of.

And by the way, my 65% winning percentage is better then yours and until you stupid fans are given your own fathers reputation and franchise to run in the ground, leave me alone.

And quit asking me if I want the services of Michael Jacksons doctors.

Yours truly,

[kotw65]

Winning percentage is only as good as the numbers you use to achieve it. Why won't anybody give mike brown the credit for last years 100% against all four last place teams the Bengals played?

It's a perfect record over the elite worst.

[WCH]

A friendly reminder that Paul Brown wasn't much of anything as a a football man after 1965 -- EITHER!

Would you want me to illustrate that in how he handled 'his' team (vis a vis) the Bengals?

I love it when people try to utter his name for any reason positive (other than what he did prior to the Bengals coming into the league). I especially love it when they try to beat down Mikey Boy Brown by uttering his father's name. I would hope we could all agree that Mike Brown's football stupidity doesn't need anyone forcing any comparison with ANYONE! Why bring in his equally worthless (Bengals years) father.

Paul Browns' days as an football innovator extraordinaire passed back the the late forties and early fifties. I give the man his for what he did back in the day but let's face, he was just as inept as his son during his Bengals years. Want an example? Homer Rice and Bill Tiger Johnson vs. Bill Walsh. Paul Brown wanted to go cheaply just like his son -- in fact, he showed him the way. The two were cut from the same cloth -- just that Mikey Boy came out of the womb already a schmo, it took his dad some time to disintergrate to that status.

[TigerJ@w]

He wasn't? You have to be kidding me. He coached the Bengals from 67 to 76 for 8 years and took them to 3 playoff appearances and took our Bengals to the playoffs in the first 3 years of our existence. He then became team President and GM and took our Bengals to 2 SuperBowls and this is not doing anything? Yea, he screwed up on Bill Walsh for sure. Was it a personal issue between them? Sounds like it was, but to say you cannot compare his father to MFB is ridiculous.

[Eddie]

That is an AWESOME reminder of good times! Thanks for the memory!!

[psychostats]

People who lionize Paul Brown must come to grips with the major irony of his career. Yes, he enjoyed phenomenal success through 1955 with methods far ahead of the times. But the league was quickly catching up with him, and the younger players were products of a changing culture.

For reasons we can only speculate about, the man dubbed "Football's Most Innovative Coach" largely stopped innovating. His success tracked on a downward trend from that point forward, with each new league development accelerating the decline.

Enough of the old ways lingered on through 1975, allowing PB to gain a modest level of success with a new franchise. Yet he never won a playoff game with the Bengals, and the inadequacies of the team were plain for all to see. Even in the 70's, being a cheapskate had an obvious downside.

And what of Mike Brown, "Football's Most Ossified Owner"? The problem is that he emulates his Dad, right down to a T. Among other characteristics, he exhibits the same aversion for extravagance, the same distaste for spending, and the same reluctance to adopt new ideas. This is a recipe for losing in the modern NFL, and it comes straight from the team founder.

One other thing -- if you really want to get Mike Brown's goat, diss his Dad! The worshipful commemoration of PB defines the current owner, yet there is much room for criticism. No need for a big wet sloppy kiss from WDR.