Quitters Never Win

Running back, Jamal Lewis, has made claims that some players "quit" during the Broncos game as reported by James Walker on ESPN.com. Well it seems as though Lewis isn't the only one who thinks that the Browns quit as Joshua Cribbs and Andra Davis have agreed with Lewis's statement about the team. This is absolutely unbelievable. If you don't wanna play than get the hell off the field. Players quitting on a season is a direct reflection on the Head Coach i.e. Romeo Crennel. Crennel should follow Mike Singeltary's example if he wishes to attain a coaching job ever again in the NFL. Singeltary benched first-round draft pick and starting TE Vernon Davis a few weeks back after he took over as head coach for Mike Nolan. Singeltary caught Davis pouting on the sideline after he was removed from the field for committing an unnecessary personal foul. Singeltary went over to talk to him and shortly thereafter told him that if he wanted to help the team, he could go take a shower and get off his sideline. Singeltary's hard-line approach to coaching is a needed change to the NFL ranks. Crennel is soft and does not have the respect and will never have the respect that a man like Singeltary demands. Players should be disciplined for not giving all that they've got because there are plenty of other players who salivate at the chance to play professional football.
This is further evidence to how poor of a job Crennel is doing at managing his team. Crennel does not deserve to be a head coach because he has no clue how to be a head coach. His personality is what is holding him back. It takes a tough man with a strong backbone to do the job and he simply does not possess enough drill sergeant in his blood to run a team. Discipline on the team is lacking severely and this is due to Crennel's inability to control his players. When players lose respect for their coach, winning becomes impossible; just ask Don Holl, head coach at Cathedral Prep. When respect is lost, the last thing anyone wants to do is give 110%, or claw for that extra inch or hit that much harder or block for another second. Giving all you've got for that person becomes impossible because they no longer give you all they've got. It has to be mutual.
The players who no longer wish to be there need to be let go and the coaches who no longer wish to be there need to be let go as well. The common expression is trimming the fat. Cleveland needs to trim the fat and believe me, there is a lot of fat and not a lot of meat. Good luck Randy Lerner. Other than Barack Obama, you have the least enviable job in America.