May 21, 2013

Rolling Stone Pegs Mangini as Augustus Gloop

mangini Augustus Gloop RiverBy now, you have likely heard that Rolling Stone will be featuring an article in which one Matt Taibbi takes on Browns head coach Eric Mangini as well as the team which he manages every Sunday afternoon. 

The part where a music-based magazine is piling on our woeful season is only a sliver of the equation.  The rest of it is comprised of the comparison in which Mangini is simply a personification of Augustus Gloop – the heavy-set lad who finds himself in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka’s chocolate river only, to be defended by his mother as if it were the fault of Sir Wonka. [Read more...]