The Official Waiting For Next Year Podcast

We don't do a regular Monday morning podcast with Scott Raab anymore, but whenever there's something that needs to be discussed, he's there for us. With the Browns' hiring of Mike Pettine and ending the lengthy coaching search, it was a good time to catch up. We discussed the Browns' search. We discussed Mike Pettine as a candidate. We discussed the challenges facing the Browns going forward and w...

It's always great to catch up with Martin Rickman, even without a locked down agenda. We ended up talking about lots of cool topics. Make sure you follow Martin Rickman on Twitter . The Browns and their coaching search The Browns only won four games and yet nobody thought they should have fired their coach Is the Browns’ plan awry? Is there any proof that it is? Is there anything available in the...

Denny continues to be a doting father and Jon came in to do some podcasting. We talked about a lot of random things. WFNY going viral with Mike Pettine’s daughter’s tweet Baby photos and storage Owning the IT solution vs getting the job done Reading the instructions helps a lot The genius bar and putting fanciness above convenience Buying a touch screen notebook Loving the music from your high sch...

Dave Bryan from Steelers Depot ( @SteelersDepot ) is one of the best podcast guests we have. He's super knowledgable, and is always great at breaking down what's happening without the rose-colored glasses. Dave Bryan and not being a homer for the Steelers Is there ever a justification for firing a coach after one year? Brian Hoyer and whether he can get the Browns to the next franchise QB The perc...

Today I wanted to talk about the national and local perspective of the Cavs and the Browns. It feels so paranoid, angry and negative locally, but that also can sometimes feel accurate. In various cases, that perspective is backed up nationally. So what's the right perspective? I talked to Cleveland Scene's new owner Andrew Zelman and on of Scene's many resident sports fans, Sam Allard. You should...

While Denny is still taking care of his adorable baby in her first days, Brian Spaeth ( @BrianSpaeth ) and Ben Cox ( @WFNYBen ) stepped up to help out with the Casual Friday podcast. So, naturally we talked about sports and movies. The Wolf of Wall Street discussion with Brian Spaeth and Ben Cox Telling the story of Jordan Belfort as he told it The agent in the subway allowing Belfort to win as a...

I was very happy that Marla Ridenour was willing to come on the podcast today. She's always a great read, but her work has been particularly noteworthy in her coverage of the Browns since they decided to fire Rob Chudzinksi. She's pulled no punches as she put Joe Banner and Michael Lombardi on notice. We discussed that for most of the podcast before also touching on the Cavaliers, their trade for...

I wanted to catch up with Dan Parker to talk about the Browns, music and other stuff. Pictures of thermometers Regardless of if the Browns made the right move, they embarrassed themselves The Rob Chudzinski rumors and when you finally believed it How much of the Chud firing was the “pissed off billionaire” ethic? Could Jimmy Haslam become a Jerry Jones type? Joe Banner and what is his burden Chud...

This turned out to be a wholly depressing podcast where Ben talked down the idea of bringing in Pau Gasol because there's just no means to an end with what the Cavaliers have put together. At least that's how it felt on January 6th, 2014. Ragging on Josh Flagner to start the podcast Is Andrew Bynum indicative of a larger NBA problem? Player movement and trying to control it Separating union conver...

First week in a long time without Scott Raab. First pinch hitter out of the gate was Andrew. We spent some time talking about the Browns and all their maneuvers along with how quiet it has generally been about Davone Bess. ------------------------- Scott's post on Davone Bess is an interesting place to start. - why is this topic going so under the radar? on the one hand we've heard that he has pro...

The first podcast of 2014 goes to Brian Spaeth. (Follow Brian on Twitter @brianspaeth ) - We'd been meaning to talk for a while about the Cavaliers, and the news has been so intense around the Browns that Brian talked about that team for once. He doesn't do that one often. An enjoyable conversation to start the new year. Here are some of the particulars. Brians Spaeth talks sports Is New Year’s Ev...

Scott Raab couldn't be finished with the WFNY Podcast for 2013 after what happened over the weekend, so we decided to do one more in 2013. We touched on all of the obvious topics including... Scott Raab talking about the Browns Dumpster fire’s use in the mainstream Joe Banner and the ego that goes with firing Chud Jimmy Haslam’s role in the firing The informational path from Mike Lombardi to the m...

Denny and Jon and I talked about lots of stuff. Denny waiting out the baby The water breaking isn’t always totally obvious Is Denny uniquely qualified compared to Craig to handle the birth in the hospital? Birthing classes and how strange they are Converting movies onto iPads Am I breaking laws when I back up movies to my iPad Re-reading books through iBooks that you read as a kid Spotify and how...

The very best Browns sports talk that money can buy, but you get it for free! I finally got Mike Burgermeister of JimKanicki.com back on the podcast to talk through the Browns' miserable season. We talked about all the failings. Cleveland Browns podcast with Mike Burgermeister ( jimkanicki.com ) The Joe Banner press conferences How do the Browns show accountability in a year where nobody needs to...

There really wasn't much of an email to Scott yesterday as I was driving to Pittsburgh to see Mansions play at The Smiling Moose. So, here's the rundown. Scott and I talked about the Browns and what their season means in terms of what they are and accountability.  We talked about Scott going to see a play with Jeff Goldblum, who he is interviewing for Esquire. We talked the continuing infighting t...

Denny's nearing the pregnancy finish line and we talked about that, international travel, swimming and plenty of other stuff. The pregnancy “go bag” The difference in animals when your wife is pregnant Babies breaking ribs in their mom International travel and whether or not you want to do it Denny talks about Paris and this series from The Atlantic Travel vs. setting up shop Kids flying for the f...

Scott and I had another good chat this week running down all the Cleveland sports stories worth talking about. As usual, here's the email I sent to Scott on Sunday night... --------------------- Hope you had a nice weekend.  Some thoughts this fine Sunday evening... The Browns should know conclusively that Jason Campbell is a nice backup and nothing more. Probably better than Seneca Wallace and Ja...

Talking to Brian Spaeth is almost always a good time. I thought maybe this one would be depressing because he's such a big Paul Walker fan. Still, this felt more like a celebration of Walker than a funeral. We talked about Cavs basketball and other stuff too. Brian Spaeth’s love for Paul Walker Brian’s love for the Fast and Furious films Paul Walker compared to Keanu Reeves What to do with the Fas...

It was a nice chat with Scott Raab today. As I expected, he refused to entertain any "loser talk" about referees and bad calls. He's right of course, but I tried to drag the conversation that way anyway! We also talked about the Indians rotation and whether they'll sign someone. We talked about the Cavs and their growing chemistry. We also talked about how he doesn't feel much of anything for the...

It's a Joncast. What else is there to say? Do the Cleveland Browns losses actually happen everywhere? The great screw job of 2013 The referee already had the flag out Should Chud have gone for two? What is a catch in the NFL and how do you decide what is or isn’t? Should the Browns have challenged Rob Gronkowski’s catch? NFL referees are more capable than they’ve ever been The rules themselves are...

This week's casual Friday Podcast with Denny was a lot of talk about Cleveland and it's development. We talked about the land bridge from at the Horseshoe casino and also the city's deal with the stadium. Hanging out in downtown Indianapolis for Thanksgiving Not traveling with a pregnant wife Spatchcocking a turkey How big a turkey fan are you? Denny’s slashed tire Denny painting with a stencil Th...

Today after writing a post striking back at someone who I thought attacked me, so I decided to go after one of the pre-eminent Cleveland trolls, Boney. He and I have had our ups and downs and I wanted to talk over his trolling comments on Twitter and what he looks to accomplish. And as a Detroit fan, I also wanted to pick his brain on what Detroit is doing this off-season and how it might end up f...

It was a somber sports day on Sunday and this is what resulted.  The real highlights of this podcast for me are: 1. Talking about the Artie Lange book "Crash and Burn" that I'm reading 2. Talking about a Cleveland sports fan who lives in Colorado and has a really great rock band called Instant Empire. I closed today's podcast with his band's song, "Keep Up!" and hope everyone enjoys it half as muc...

Hate week and what chances Michigan has this year What’s happening at Michigan? Is Michigan engaged in a process or is it off the rails? Al Borges and the Michigan offense Comparing Devin Gardner to Brandon Weeden Losing the four overtime game to Penn State Michigan’s struggles against Akron and Connecticut But Michigan couldn’t mount a game against the Ohio State defense? Ohio State and who they...

It was another awful week in Cleveland sports. It was so bad in fact that I don't think Scott or I could even muster up any anger over it. When you get lulled out of anger and into straight depression, it doesn't mean it's any easier. It's just sadder. Anyway, here's the email I sent to Scott on Sunday night before we recorded on Monday morning... ---------------------- I was at the Browns game to...