Eric Mangini Calling for a “Brown Out?”
Written By: Scott | Category: Cleveland Browns | Comments: 37
Remember those dreaded brown pants that the world was able to see when the Browns were pounded by the New York Giants during last year’s preseason Monday Night Football? If you forgot, the image to the right may be a quick reminder as the team looked awful during the game, and continued to look pretty bad even after play had stopped. And if Tony Grossi’s latest report is true, we may be seeing a lot more of said brown pants in the near future.
Even worse? Said brown pants may be paired with the brown jerseys – providing the team with an all-brown uniform - if the home team opts to wear their white jerseys. While I will hold judgement of the combination until I see it, if it even happens, the jokes that will be made throughout the season will most likely be endless. One can only imagine what sort of likeness the previously 4-12 Browns will draw if they run out of the visitor’s locker room wearing all brown.
Don’t count out Mr. Hankey signs. In fact, you could probably bet on seeing at least a few – especially in Pittsburgh or Baltimore.
In a day in age where merchandise sales are almost as important as the product on the field, I give the Browns a lot of credit given the lack of uniform deviation we have seen since their return in 1999. Sure, they have trotted out the bright orange jerseys at times, or switched up their pant stripes and added a number to their helmets. But all in all, we typically get the standard jerseys in brown or white with the white pants featuring a brown/orange stripe.
I realize that the majority of teams wear their white jerseys on the road, so the likelihood of the brown-on-brown combination may be slim. I also realize that a lot of teams (Baltimore and Philadelphia among others) have frequented the all black look. However, as a fan who would prefer to never see the brown pants ever again, I dread the day that the Orange and Brown takes the field as the not-so Orange with an awful lot of Brown.
We already have a team that is touted as one of the league’s worst. Bad coaching, quarterback play and staph infections are already league-wide jokes. Why add something else to the list of things for which we can be mocked?
Author: Scott
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Because the pants fit Mangina’s drab, arrogant, and dour personality.
BRING IT ON
I WANT THE BROWN OUT BABY
They should’ve worn the all-brown uniforms in all of the last 6 games last year.
That’s not how you spell his name, Isis.
/literal’d
All brown uniforms?
Dear God, what did we do to deserve this?
Craig-that’s how I spell his name. And I’m trying to be respectful.
I want all-purple Ravens suiting up against all-brown Browns.
I think that its a smart move. Instead of letting everyone else dictate the culture of our team we need to take ownership. Feces jokes be damned, we are the Browns!
*Goes to drink some more kool-aid*
Why don’t they have Mangina model an all Brown uniform? The fact that he gained 40 pounds over the spring/summer shouldn’t reflect on his player regimen. “Do as I say, not as I do”.
I liked the few times the Skins wore all burgundy and thought it came off pretty cool. Brown is not Burgundy but I would be interested to see it. The Brown pants with white tops looked terrible last year.
I like the orange pants the best
I, for one, welcome our new all-brown overlords
wow. just wow.
but I guess if they say you need to dress for the job, so-to-speak…if theyre gonna play like last year’s team, might as well dress the feces-brown color to show they’re, well, crappy…
The color Brown is very slimming. Maybe that’s why Mangini wants to go that route!
and for the record…asking for a Brown-out in Cleveland…priceless…
just bus all the homeless in and feed em some sauerkraut and chili dogs…talk about a Brown-out…lol
Oh, that’s right. We were terrible last season because of our uniforms. Nothing to do with poor coaching, quarterback play, line play, lack of running game, porous defense, and all around terrible play. If we don’t wear the Brown pants this year, we’ll be golden. Who cares? It’s a uniform.
Hmmm…
Just bring back the orange pants. Or at least add an orange/white/orange stripe down the side.
Cribbage: it’s true, ugly uniforms have never cost anyone a game. But why look stupid if you don’t have to?
One of the few things that makes being a Browns fan worthwhile is TRADITION, and the uniform is a major part of that. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Down with the brown!
Brown Out, Brown Out, Brown Out!
I’m all for it. Do Do Browns!
No faking the funk!
“One of the few things that makes being a Browns fan worthwhile is tradition”
Right, because the teams that have been out there lately sure haven’t made it worthwhile.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”
The current unis haven’t worked very well for quite some time, sir.
@Denny:
Yes, the uniforms have “worked,” insomuch as they have performed their primary function: to make the team look presentable while playing.
But if you’re suggesting that the uniforms haven’t “worked” because they haven’t won the Browns any Super Bowls, then I guess you’re right. I guess I didn’t know uniforms were supposed to “work” like that.
I like the all black, and the all red looks seen in the league. I also wanted the browns to come out all orange one very sunny day, but an all brown look? this should be interesting.
I forgot that looking like a Reese’s cup was presentable.
My bad.
Who here would complain if the Browns beat the Steelers or Ravens wearing these uniforms?
/listens to crickets
All they have to do is add stripes to those pants and they would’ve been fine. BTW who cares what everyone else says about us? They are gonna say bad things about us no matter what, so if someone says we look like sh**, literally, who cares!? As long as the team gets better, and this thing gets turned around then I want them to wear whatever uniform they want. As superstitious as atheletes are, maybe these guys look at the current uniform as bad luck or something.
It’s time to embrace the mockery. I’m not saying relish it or be self-loathe-full. I’m just saying that we need to have ownership of the things that others may criticize us about. If we can show pride in a team that are dressed up like ‘Mr. Hankey’, there’s no thing that another team could keep us down with.
(…like the horrible use of prepositions above)
i like Brown pants with Orange tops.
But I think the brownout will be awesome!!
And since we stink, we may as well look like we stink, too!!
The Browns are going to be 4-12 this year, whatever apparel they choose. If it were up to me, I’d say no brown pants and CERTAINLY no numbers on the side of the helmets. They looked like the players wrote them on with a Sharpie….
Please, no, don’t do the brown and brown. If anything, go old school white and white. That would be badass. At the very least, let’s make the numbers on the helmets (the throwback type) permanent. I think that’s a good look, too.
Scroll down to the picture of eric turner.
best. uniforms. ever.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2000/12/14/charting_defenses/
All I’m saying is that my college (Mount Union) has long gone purple-on-purple, and it doesn’t seem to affect them negatively.
I like the Brown on Brown, it’s like naming your kid Sue.
whats so bad about the brown pants i dont see it a big deal
#19 and #32
Right on, right on. I wish they would stop screwing around with the unis. Our traditional look is terrific.
I hope to God they never ever put us in one of those puke-trendoid costumes that the Broncos and Ravens wear.
First of all, the pants in the above pick look black, not brown.
Anyways, no, actually, hell no, to the brown pants. Orange pants YES! White pants.. Ok.