Brady has proved nuthin'

I don't know if Brady Quinn is the guy to pin the Browns' future upon. Against the Steelers he was less than mediocre. He's surrounded by bush leaguers, of course, and an amateur offense. I'll be long dead before this organization rises above the level of embarrassment.

Cleveland has enriched the NFL immensely. The other owners got about $18 million each, which was their individual shares of the $535 million expansion fee Al Lerner paid for the team. Then we paid for a new stadium and handed it over to Lerner and the NFL.

What did we get in return?

Dung.

In the case of Brian Kelly abandoning his University of Cincinnati Bearcats three weeks before the biggest football game in school history, blame it on the process. Having offered Kelly the job, Notre Dame had to announce it immediately. Otherwise, everybody involved would have had to lie for three weeks. They would have looked like fools. Speculation was rampant. Kelly was the obvious choice. Kelly's future would have dominated the Sugar Bowl. He would not have been able to look his players in the eye.

The NCAA should establish protocol for predator schools, such as prohibiting contact until a coach has finished his season, including bowl games.

All of the coaches on Notre Dame's short list were coaching teams in bowl games. Notre Dame would have had to wait until January to hire a new coach. That makes recruiting difficult. Tough. The way to avoid that problem is not to turn your football office into a swinging door. Hire the right guy in the first place.

Let's see if Kelly is that guy. He's been a winner whenever he went -- two D-2 championships at Grand Valley State, a Mac championship at Central Michigan and his latest triumph at Cincinnati.

Not bad for the son of a Boston politician. On second thought, maybe he would have been able to look his player in the eye and lie for three weeks about leaving.