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SPORTSBIZ -- JOEL HAMMOND
Our favorites from Randy Lerner's quiet public appearance
Blog entry: January 19, 2012, 12:03 pm | Author: JOEL HAMMOND
Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner very stealthily went on WTAM's Mike Trivisonno Show on Wednesday — well, as stealthily as you can on Cleveland's most popular radio show — and the good folks at Waiting For Next Year transcribed most of the interview so I didn't have to. My favorites: “But, I guess to my mind I also have to balance my responsibility (as the owner) to use some restraint emotionally and support the guys that I work with.”
On running regimes out of Cleveland every couple of years: “That goes back to trying to balance the frustration and trying to be conscious of it while also trying to get the results in the near term so that guys start to get comfortable with who is in the building. Because you're not going to get anywhere if you keep turning this thing over.”
Hit WTAM.com for full audio.
Not a good place to be
Last week, I wrote after another Cleveland Cavaliers win that, in the NBA, mediocrity is the worst place to be. The Cavs are 6-7, tied for the No. 7 seed in the East; not good enough to contend, probably, but good enough not to get a high draft pick.
It's the worst.
A reader passed along a similar, longer, more awesome story from Houston, complete with a reference to “The Wire,” a fantastic TV show that I'd highly recommend for anyone who hasn't watched it.
My favorite passage:
(The Houston Rockets) are the best of the non-playoff teams, the tallest midget, the perennial fourteenth selector in the NBA Draft. Too good to be terrible and bottom out, not good enough to make the playoffs, with ownership willing to spend and a razor-sharp management team, they are just blessed enough to be cursed.
More from the ice
Here's a fun story from The Lantern, the Ohio State student newspaper, on how the rink at Progressive Field was constructed for Sunday's Frozen Diamond Faceoff. … Speaking of, Michigan Stadium could be the site of the NHL's next “Winter Classic,” which to this point all have been played in pro stadiums.
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