Art Modell, dead at 87

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Sep 6, 2012 7:37am
I am interested to see how Cleveland fans react to this news. He did take the Browns from Cleveland... but it's not like he was Sandusky.
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Sep 6, 2012 7:43am
Can't say I'm "happy" about his passing but in the same breath, can't say I'm sad.
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wes_mantooth;1262638 wrote:
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Sep 6, 2012 7:44am
smh...yeah, the guy was an asshole, but let's show some respect..RIP, Art Modell, aka Richard Cranium :(
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BR1986FB;1262643 wrote:Can't say I'm "happy" about his passing but in the same breath, can't say I'm sad.
I can....buh bye
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Sep 6, 2012 7:46am
Comment of the day.

"The only way this could be any better is if it was from a head on collision with LeBron James."
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Sep 6, 2012 7:47am
Also will be interesting Sunday, the NFL requires every stadium to have a moment of silence, and the Browns are at home.
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GoChiefs;1262652 wrote:Also will be interesting Sunday, the NFL requires every stadium to have a moment of silence, and the Browns are at home.
I'd expect a ton of boo's instead of silence.
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wes_mantooth;1262646 wrote:I can....buh bye
Meh...my ex-wife was a dirty/filthy whore and I don't even wish "bad" on her. Not worth my time or effort.

Perhaps Modell's death lifts the alleged "curse."
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Sep 6, 2012 7:59am
BR1986FB;1262659 wrote:Perhaps Modell's death lifts the alleged "curse."
Hopefully not. I like seeing Cleveland fans in misery.
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Sep 6, 2012 8:02am
He was an extremely generous individual who wasn't a very good business man.
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GoChiefs;1262652 wrote:Also will be interesting Sunday, the NFL requires every stadium to have a moment of silence, and the Browns are at home.
Link? Or is that some league rule I don't know about?
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gorocks99;1262669 wrote:Link? Or is that some league rule I don't know about?

No link. It was mentioned on Mike & Mike.
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Sep 6, 2012 8:11am
ernest_t_bass;1262661 wrote:Hopefully not. I like seeing Cleveland fans in misery.
Just like we (on the OC) revel in your miserable/pathetic existence. :D
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Sep 6, 2012 8:19am
I feel sad that he ruined what could have been a great legacy. In a sense, he was dead to me when he took the Browns to Baltimore. This is just a physical passing...the emotional part has been gone over 15 years.
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Sep 6, 2012 8:26am
You wonder if he had it to do all over again if he would move the team still knowing what he knew afterward.

He turned into a pariah after the move, and probably would have gotten into the HOF while he was alive were it not for the ill will it would have created.
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Sep 6, 2012 8:31am
Hell I thought he was already dead.
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wes_mantooth;1262629 wrote:[video=youtube;KQ6zr6kCPj8][/video]
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BR1986FB;1262643 wrote:Can't say I'm "happy" about his passing but in the same breath, can't say I'm sad.
That's how I feel as well. He could always go fuck himself, but I was not wishing death upon him, and I will not celebrate a man's death with a few exceptions (i.e. bin laden).
wes_mantooth;1262646 wrote:I can....buh bye
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GoChiefs;1262652 wrote:Also will be interesting Sunday, the NFL requires every stadium to have a moment of silence, and the Browns are at home.
I am sure Cleveland fans will do something that the media will pick up on and paint us fans a classless. Typical narrow sighted reporting by the media.

BR1986FB;1262658 wrote:I'd expect a ton of boo's instead of silence.
Can't say I blame them. Modell established his own "legacy" in Cleveland, not sure why him dying would all of a sudden erase all the hatred for him.
BR1986FB;1262659 wrote:Perhaps Modell's death lifts the alleged "curse."
Sadly, I was thinking the same thing.
ernest_t_bass;1262661 wrote:Hopefully not. I like seeing Cleveland fans in misery.
Why? Because you are POS troll? Not calling you one, just asking.
Con_Alma;1262666 wrote:He was an extremely generous individual who wasn't a very good business man.
LOL
BR1986FB;1262679 wrote:Just like we (on the OC) revel in your miserable/pathetic existence. :D
+1

I always get a good laugh at his QQ threads.
HitsRus;1262685 wrote:I feel sad that he ruined what could have been a great legacy. In a sense, he was dead to me when he took the Browns to Baltimore. This is just a physical passing...the emotional part has been gone over 15 years.
+1. This day honestly will just be a reminder of how much of a scumbag he was.
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Sep 6, 2012 8:38am
Also, I was anxiously waiting for this site to update after Modell's death, but it hasn't been updated yet...

http://www.ridertown.com/news/MDW/MDW.html
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BR1986FB;1262679 wrote:Just like we (on the OC) revel in your miserable/pathetic existence. :D
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