We suffered a setback and there were too many trades until Dave Taylor came along and Charlie Simmer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.
I never had the slightest desire to be a major league manager, and all knew it. But Ban Johnson, Bob Hedges, and Jimmy McAleer persuaded me that the Browns were in a sort of a jam, and it was up to me, as an old standby, to do what I could.
The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player.
I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun.
In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players.
Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can.
The thing is, playing with us, whoever was the left winger had to come to play every night because that's the way it was. Charlie came in and he just fit that role - big and strong around the net.
It was in the open market that we found Joe DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals. A bad knee had scared everybody else off DiMaggio. But we risked $25,000 in cash and five players, and landed a star whom I would not sell for $250,000.
When you're talking about a trade you're saying, 'Is it good for this team or that team, did they give up too much?' That kind of debate is great for the game.
We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.