Time to give the Browns owner credit. He's mad. He's frustrated. He's upset. He's like us (aside from the financial stability).

According to Steve King of the Orange and Brown Report, Lerner was fuming in Chicago last Sunday.

"(Lerner) waited right there and glared at the players and coaches again as they came out of the locker room and took the field for the second half.

The owner was clearly fuming,  as visibly irate as he’s been since he took over ownership of the club when his father, Al Lerner, passed away on Oct. 23, 2002.

'I’m tired of this (stuff)!' he said.

Later, he confided to an associate of the team, 'This is terrible.'

'So what do you do?' the associate asked.

Lerner replied, 'I don’t know.'

Not yet, at least."

Lerner brought in Bernie Kosar in a yet-to-be defined role within the organization. Currently, Kosar is serving as a "team consultant" and may believe he will become the team president. With Kokinis out of the picture, former Browns and Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi is being rumored to join the team in an official capacity.

Also last week, the Browns fired Erin O'Brien, who was Mangini's personal assistant in New York and was in charge of the Browns' travel arrangements.

According to the Plain Dealer:

"Mangini wanted O'Brien to serve the same function she had with the Jets, which was assistant to the head coach. He was denied that request by owner Randy Lerner , sources said. O'Brien instead was given the title of director of team operations.

In her Cleveland role, O'Brien was put in charge of team travel arrangements. A source said there was a mixup in Pittsburgh that left team medical personnel without transportation. But reasons for her departure run deeper.

A Browns spokesman said that O'Brien resigned 'for personal reasons'

Sources said O'Brien had burned so many bridges that Mangini could not save her job."

Earlier on Monday it was announced Lerner is meeting with two members of the Dawg Pound, Mike Randall ("Dawg Pound Mike") and Tony Schafer ("Mobile Dawg"). That duo is planning a protest on the Browns Monday Night game against Baltimore on Nov. 16. They wanted fans to stay out of their seats at kickoff to show their frustration with the club.

According to Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon-Journal:

"Randall and Schafer will likely try to persuade Lerner to address the fans publicly, even though Lerner shuns the cameras. They also may make suggestions on how to improve the fans' experience at Cleveland Browns Stadium and improve fan relations with the team."

Hopefully Lerner can persuade them to give up their crusade. It's not a good idea. Lerner has shown, at least in recent days, he is neither the "hands off" owner nor owner who doesn't care about his team we origionally thought.

No doubt the Browns are in a sad state of affairs, but why not show a national audience (at least the few that still will tune in) Cleveland Browns fans don't need six Super Bowls or the latest superstar to fill the seats? There is a reason in 1995 the Browns fans fought for and won to keep the tradition, colors and history of the Browns in Cleveland ... not in Baltimore.

Of course Browns fans are mad and frustrated with the product on the field. Everyone is well aware of that fact. Yet on Monday night, against the Baltimore Ravens, pack Cleveland Browns Stadium and prove to those outside northeast Ohio that Browns fans are with this team through thick or thin.

Keep in mind what is bolted on the side of Cleveland Browns Stadium:

"In 1995, Browns fans across the nation banded together in a vigilant fight for the return of our team ... our name ... and our colors. We refused to let the grand tradition and proud franchise that had been part of our City's fabric for half a century be destroyed. We sent a message to the entire country that unsurpassed fan loyalty, community support and history matter. We proved that the Browns belong in Cleveland, the home of the greatest fans in the world. Today, our Browns have come home to a facility built on a foundation of dreams at the brink of a new Millennium. We welcome a new era of success for the Cleveland Browns and a new era of memories for fans and future generations of Clevelanders. Cleveland Browns Stadium is dedicated to the invincible spirit of Browns fans who, through their perseverance and tenacity, refused to say goodbye. OUR TEAM . . . OUR NAME . . . OUR COLORS. August 21, 1999."