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   CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - When it came out Monday morning that Myles Garrett   
   hopes to leave the Cleveland Browns, it was yet another blow to an already   
   disappointed fan base.   
      
   On Monday, a group of young, frustrated, fed-up Browns fans gathered outside   
   the stadium to vent their frustrations about their beloved football team.   
      
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   “I thought, ‘Man, I really don’t want to go to class this morning,‘”   
   said fan Andrew Baughman. “This is terrible, terrible news. It’s like   
   ripping away a part of myself. And what’s so much worse about it, is it’s   
   completely justified.”   
      
   “We’re mad at the organization, because it’s like, you’re telling me   
   you really can’t put a plan in place for this guy that wants to be here?   
   Like, he just wants to win. The fact is that he’s so confident that we have   
   such a low chance of    
   winning, that he’s willing to leave,” said fan Aiden Crowley.   
      
   Fans showed their support for Myles Garrett and their disdain for Deshaun   
   Watson. One fan even tore Watson’s jersey as 19 News cameras were rolling.   
      
   “We do not want him in our city any longer or Jimmy!” said Matthew Midkiff   
   of Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.   
      
   “To trade basically the entire future of your franchise for a guy that   
   hadn’t played in two years, has all these, you know, sexual assault   
   allegations,” said Crowley said of Watson. “It’s just one of the most   
   boneheaded moves in sports.”   
      
   Myles Garrett requests trade from Cleveland Browns - WOIO   
      
   Some fans felt so strongly that they went further than just ripping Watson’s   
   jersey, they set it on fire.   
      
   “We had a great thing going, and it was ruined all by Watson,” said   
   Baughman.   
      
   These diehard sports fans say Cleveland deserves better, and they’re sick of   
   waiting for next year.   
      
   “I’ve said it every single year,” said Crowley. “I mean, like I said,   
   I’m 20. My dad’s 52, he’s said it every year. My grandpa’s 77, he’s   
   said it every year. There’s always next year. And there’s never been that   
   next year where we    
   even made the Super Bowl, much less winning. So at this point, it’s just   
   like, yeah, there’s next year, but we know it’s already going to be a   
   disappointment. Like, what’s even the point anymore?”   
      
   “There is always next year, and I know what next year brings,    
   isappointment,” said fan Noah Schaefer.   
      
   Fans want to see some real changes, starting with showing General Manager   
   Andrew Berry the door.   
      
   “You gotta fire him, and the fact there’s no talk about that is absolutely   
   crazy to me,” Crowley said. “This is one of the biggest failures not, just   
   in the National Football League, but sports.”   
      
   Others want to see new ownership altogether.   
      
   “Him selling the team would make me so happy,” said Midkiff said of Jimmy   
   Haslam, who owns the Browns with his wife Dee Haslam. “I think that’s the   
   only way we can get out of this mess.”   
      
   “Cleveland deserves better than a factory of sadness,” said Baughman.   
   “We haven’t had better since I’ve been alive. Quite frankly, and I’m   
   just sick and tired of being sick and tired.”   
      
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