I'm not a man to piss on anyone's grave. RIP, but being close to many a Cleveland fan, they have a right to not have liked the man.

I'm reposting here from the other thread.

I'm sure he wasn't a bad guy and all, and he did alot of great things for the league, but it's not everybody who could fire both Paul Brown and Bill Belichick (who I think inarguably constitute 2 of the top 5 NFL coaches all-time) and announce that he will be moving a team out of its home city during the middle of the season.

I love the Browns fans signs "Muck Fodell" after he moved the team

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That looks like any home game in Oakland.

This...well said RM.

The one good thing I can say for Modell is this...he let Cleveland keep the Browns name. The same can't be said for f'ing Irsay and many other owners. The least an owner can do is leave the team name behind for future expansion and Art did this.

**** him.

Have fun fending off the angry flaming hep-0-rhea-aids pandas in heat....

Too bad; I hear he was a modell citizen.

One of the few assholes in this world that is worse than Cassel.

At least he was self made. Also a WWII vet. He may have become a giant douche later in life, but at least he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

If KC made the Chiefs play in a crapcan stadium the way Cleveland did the Browns for decades, I wouldn't blame him.

and then they built a brand new one just a few years after he moved.

Like a factory of sadness...

Well, that was helpful.