re: According to Scott Kushner, Dell Demps to return next season

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And Timothy, you need to stop believing that just because you press buttons for a radio show that means you have some sort of insider knowledge.

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But I actually talked with Dell though. I wouldn't lie to these ppl

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Yayyyy... we are the Cleveland Browns

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The Browns are the most unstable franchise in American sports

I don't see your point

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But I actually talked with Dell though. I wouldn't lie to these ppl

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Dell didn't give you insider info. Dell wouldn't know if he was being fired and if he did know of his termination, he sure wouldn't share that info with you unless it was already public knowledge.

Demps has nothing to show for his time here except lucking into AD, an injury riddled 2nd banana, and a bunch of 9-12 men.

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The Browns are the most unstable franchise in American sports

I don't see your point

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The Browns spent a lot of years chasing players before they realized the issue was management

I mean it wouldn't be the first time a stalking horse is used in sports but I would think that it also risks burning bridges with a local media that has already been a bit annoyed at the Loomis/Payton treatment over the years and the Pelicans continued mediocrity.

"Here's this piece of insider info Advocate reporters, it's trustworthy, solid enough to speak about in absolutes and fit to print."

....2 days later

"Haha just fricking with you! We lied, this was just a ruse to test the waters and you were our pawns! We're firing the shite head. Hahaha"

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"Haha just fricking with you! We lied, this was just a ruse to test the waters and you were our pawns! We're firing the shite head. Hahaha"

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Yeah, that's silly. I'm pretty sure this story started with Kushner being lead to believe that Demps would have a presser this past week and then he didn't. When it didn't happen he tweeted that out which begs the question "What does that mean?". Who did he reach out to to figure it out? If he was able to get Loomis or Lauscha then it's probably a solid story. Demps or anyone that works for him, that's not really any different than what tzimme4 has been posting here.

Does being the official newspaper of the team get you access to Loomis in the middle of the draft for things they probably don't want to talk about publicly? Why was a decision on Monty made 2-3 weeks after the draft yet a decision on Demps has already been made before the draft? Why was there a Dumars camp leak if a decision on Demps staying had already been made, that would seem to only harm his future prospects with the team. Even if Demps is staying this year there's always next year or 2 years from now for Joe.

The only thing I can think of that would render my questions pointless is if Demps' extension was big/long enough to make him as hard to fire now as Gentry. But since BSS is the one that's told us about the extension in the first place, it seems like if that was the reason, they would point to that extension, a piece of news that they broke with sources, and say "you know that extension we told you about? That's why Demps is staying." But instead we get "trust us Demps is staying." and then "How dare you question us you ungrateful wretches." when I think I've pointed out some legitimate questions that need answers or at least more explanation that "trust us." We haven't even gotten a "those are valid questions, we thought of them too and still believe our info." it's just childish lashing out about the fact that we don't trust them blindly.

I still can't get over mm with the line " we don't deserve his info" lol omg lol