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Is there still a chance Haslam could go to jail?
*please say yes*
He owns the Browns. Close enough.
Is there still a chance Haslam could go to jail?
*please say yes*
The NFL is investigating whether text messages were sent to the Cleveland Browns' sideline during games, league spokesman Michael Signora told ESPN.com Friday.
Texting would be a violation of the NFL's rules prohibiting electronic communication during games.
Signora did not elaborate except to say the league is looking into the matter.
Though it's not clear who sent the messages and who received them, a team source said the messages were subject of discussion among some players and coaches late in the season.
Cleveland.com originally reported the text messages were sent and said it was one issue in former offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan leaving the team. He perceived it as interference from the front office regarding coaching decisions.
Though no texts have become public, the messages regarded personnel decisions and play calls, the source said.
The league's electronic devices rule states:
"Unless specifically permitted by league rules, the use of cellular phones, smartphones, tablet devices, computers, wearable electronic devices such as Google Glass, and other electronic equipment by coaches, players and other club personnel is prohibited in club-controlled areas including, but not limited to, sidelines and coaches' booths.
"These restrictions apply from ninety (90) minutes prior to kickoff through the end of the game, including halftime. Coaches, players, and other team personnel are permitted to use such electronic devices in the locker room prior to kickoff and are permitted to use league-issued Microsoft Surface tablets throughout game day for viewing coaches' still photos."
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ges-were-sent-cleveland-browns-sideline-games
Unreal.
Maybe this will result in Haslam paying a fine and catching some heat in the media. Enough to get him to let the career football people do their jobs without his interference (all of this assumes he's the problem of course).
Well we know Dowell Loggains has Jimmys number so...Guarantee someone below him will take the fall AKA pilot flying j
Interesting tidbit re: Shanahan a few minutes in: LINK
Glazer touches on the Shanahan topic briefly but what he does say is interesting...
Glazer said that coaches interviewing for HC jobs, already had Shanahan on their list for OC candidates to bring with them in their interviews... This was apparently was news to Mike Pettine, who found out about his OC already lining up other jobs while he was on vacation...
There's undoubtedly blood on both hands, but let's not forget who is making the exit here... This is the same Shanahan who didn't leave any fans behind in Washington (LINK)
To me, this is a move in an attempt to get the team on the same page and moving in the right direction, philosophically..
Pettine is a no non-sense, no team for me first people which it seems that Shanahan was... It's either get on or get off the bus, and after what transpired and the way they did, I think Pettine wasn't holding back tears to show Shanahan the door...
A few points that I'd like to stress.
1) We don't know if the text messages story is true.
2) We don't know if the text was sent, it was sent by Jimmy
3) We don't know if there is truly dysfunction, or if this is just another bad break up by Kyle Shanahan.
Both @Amherstcavsfan and @The Oi could be right. We simply don't know the details of what's going on in the building. However; we can deduce that whatever is going on it hasn't been healthy lately.There's dysfunction.
True dysfunction and 'a bad break up' with Shanny are one in the same, honestly.