It was during the 1994 season, just a day or two after wide receiver Michael Jackson had made some critical connects about his head coach, Bill Belichick, while serving as the guest speaker at an Ashland Browns Backers meeting.
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The news had quickly traveled north, and media members covering the Browns were buzzing about it. Before practice, there was Jackson, looking sheepish and not very pleased, standing in front of reporters, trying to explain what happened and how what he actually said was not what was reported.
Jackson made a statement and then fielded a bevy of questions. When the mini-press conference was over, so was the intrigue. The Browns back then dealt with controversial issues quickly and directly, taking away all the steam that’s created by a rumor mill that runs rampant when everyone involved goes and hides.
Just deal with the elephant in the room and move on. Seems pretty simple, doesn’t it?
You would think, but the Browns of the expansion area don’t operate that way. They dodge and weave, trying to avoid the bright lights of truth at all costs. It’s a cowardly act that does not serve them well at all.
The latest example of that occurred the other day when defensive end Myles Garrett chose not to talk to the media about the speeding ticket that he received recently. Garrett has time and time again been ticketed for speeding. It was not a good look and does not reflect well upon either him or the Browns.
If he had dealt with it that day, then it would’ve just about gone away by now. But the fact he didn’t keeps it in the news.
The Browns, and Garrett, just don’t learn, do they?
Steve King
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