“The one comment I always make is stability,” Perry said. “If you play this game long enough—I tell people all the time: the game hasn’t changed in a hundred years. You’ve got to have good athletes, good coaching, good stability and good ownership—bring in the right guys and give the guys an opportunity to build.”
“But what happens is, you see Chip Kelly come in with Philadelphia. He has success right away. They say, ‘hey why can’t we do that?’ Next thing you know, they fire the guys and try to bring in some great college coach. Hey, you know what? Stick with the guys you brought in, give them a chance to at least see what happens.”
Perry’s words preach what I’ve been trying to tell the “instant-gratification” crowd for years. In order to have success in sports, you must establish an identity. You must establish chemistry. You must care about your future.
If you want examples, look at the San Antonio Spurs. Look at the St. Louis Cardinals. Heck, after even week one, look at what the St. Louis Rams are putting together.
But the problem with MDP’s—and my own—opinion is that you have to make sure the right people are in place to ensure your long-term success, which brings me to the Browns’ awful predicament.
It’s no secret to anybody that Ray Farmer’s tenure as the Browns’ general manager has been a complete and utter failure. His blatant ignorance and refusal to bring in a number-one wide receiver in the past two drafts has put the team in a position of near impossibility to succeed—and from the looks of things, it doesn’t seem his opinion about that won’t change any time soon. And the worst part is—it’s only been a year and a half.
An in-over-his-head, “flawless” cornerback, a famed quarterback that took a year to get sober and focused and a knucklehead tailback taken in the third round last year that was recently traded for a conditional seventh-round pick in 2016 highlighted Farmer’s brilliance in his first-ever NFL Draft.
Fast-forward to this year, though his top picks’ fates have yet to be decided, his fourth-round wide receiver selection led the NCAA in drops entering the draft—and what do you know? He couldn’t even make Cleveland’s practice squad.
Hairdog
September 15, 2015 at 12:43 pm
Farmer was Haslam’s pick. Farmer was being interviewed by Miami when Haslam made it his
business to make it worth Ray’s while to remain in Cleveland.
Agreed, Farmer has to go… but ask yourself: What type of incompetent guaranteed-to-fail will Haslam find to replace him?