I've never even been in Ohio and I remember following the news of the "old" Browns' relocation (sans heritage) as a 14-year-old boy. Even then, I knew it was because Cleveland Stadium was garbage and not because fans stopped caring like what happened in Houston in the mid-'90s. Canty has no excuse IMO.

As another Steelers fan, wholeheartedly agree. They've put up with an enormous amount of bad play, poor coaching, and mismanagement and still show up.

Sometimes, Cleveland's sports teams over the past 45 years have also had some of the worst, ill-timed, shitty, terrible bad luck happen to them like The Fumble (even though if Byner doesn't fumble the ball near Denver's end zone and Browns.score, it only ties the game, who knows if Elway and Denver don't pull off some other last-minute insane, unbelievable win like he did before. No honest Cleveland-area sports fan over the age of 40 or Browns fan can say with absolute certainty they win The Fumble game even if Byner doesn't get stripped by Jeremiah Castille) The Drive was another case of bad, shitty luck but also terrible late-game coaching by Marty Schottenheimer not heavily blitzing Elway with Denver's back to their end zones. To stop Elway, mean being very aggressive and usually smart, delayed blitz packages worked against him. You don't allow John Elway to sit back there in the pocket or manuever around to find open WR's when only 3-4 D-linemen are rushing him. Cleveland had a great secondary with Minnifield and Dixon, Marty got way too conservative at the wrong time and allowed a scrambling, MVP-CALIBER, playmaker to do his thing. And, when Browns got the ball first in OT during the 1986 AFCCG, they punted on downs instead of really trying to march down the field and win the game. Many Denver players later on commented that they interpreted that as a sign of Browns or Schottenheimer not being totally committed to winning. The Drive, perhaps the Shot, 1997 Indians WS collapse in Game 7, their 2016 collapse were painful, heartbreaking losses, but they were avoidable/preventable ones that were caused by bad, indecisive coaching, inept, impulsive, late-game management by NBA HC's, MLB managers. LeBron leaving for Miami in summer 2010 (The Decision) likely couldve been avoided if Dan Gilbert actually tries maybe a little harder to give James better supporting casts like Spurs, Lakers, and now Boston has with Tatum, Jaylem Brown. LeBron knew eventually he'd stand a better chance of winning multiple NBA titles with a superteam "Big Three" then just being forced to slog it out mostly alone by himself once the Divisional Round came along. From 2003/04-2010, even LeBron needed help and more often then not, Dan Gilbert didnt provide it to him.

I still wore my gear and I stopped watching the NFL other than the post season. It was tough. The Browns were really good before Modell screwed us.

With Alex Meruelo out of the picture, a new Valley of the Sun NHL club should be better run with an arena that close to where the Valley's hockey fans and money reside.