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Rookie goes berserk in locker room
Witnesses say cornerback Coye Francies caused a scene in the locker room today, reacting inappropriately to a prank by hurling a bucket of ice and at least one punch.
Great. Just what the team needs two days before they play the Baltimore Ravens.
Here’s the Associated Press account:
As the team returned from practice Friday, a dripping-wet Francies, who had been soaked by teammates, stormed into the locker room carrying a water bucket full of ice. Before he could be stopped, Francies tossed the ice on cornerback Brandon McDonald, hitting him with cubes and covering the floor.
Francies flung some ice in the direction of safety Mike Adams before heading toward safety Abram Elam’s corner cubicle. Francies then swung his arms at Elam, who deflected the blows, before Pro Bowl nose tackle Shaun Rogers grabbed him by the back of the shirt and escorted him out a side door.
“Welcome to the Browns locker room!” wide receiver Braylon Edwards hollered as players rushed over to check on the commotion.
“Calm down, man,” Rogers told Francies as he pushed him outside.
Francies returned a few minutes later and went straight to his stall at the back of the locker room, next to the equipment area. He still seemed irritated so as he sat there. Rogers, linebackers D’Qwell Jackson and Eric Barton and safety Brodney Pool tried to calm him down.
At the other end, McDonald did some housekeeping in front of his stall.
“It was just guys having fun,” McDonald said, whisking the ice into a dust pan with a broom. “I was the first one he saw. He got a little aggressive, it’s no big deal. We handled it. It’s over now and we’re going to worry about the Ravens. We don’t want to have any misconceptions in the locker room.
“So that’s it. We took care of it, and we’re moving on.”
After dressing, Francies had cooled down enough to smile.
“It’s all just fun and games,” he said. “We were just playing around.”
Later, Francies went to coach Eric Mangini’s office to explain what happened and acknowledged he had overreacted.
Mangini wanted to do some further investigating and consulted with other players and team leaders to make sure there was no lingering conflict.
“I said, ‘Was there anything malicious about this? Is there something deeper here?’” Mangini said. “And to a man, they said, ‘No it was nothing like that.’ He’s a rookie, he’s young. He should have put it in the right context. I trust the guys I talked to. I talked to him afterward and he said, ‘I should have handled it differently.’”
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By Jo Jo is RIght
September 25, 2009 11:04 PM | Link to this
Stay Classy Cleveland. I am sure all you Brown’s fans are so proud!By rj
September 25, 2009 11:38 PM | Link to this
Doesn’t the Almighty OHSAA have rules against this??By mike
September 26, 2009 4:43 AM | Link to this
bring that attitude sundayBy collards
September 26, 2009 7:00 AM | Link to this
Mike, Sure they will. LOLBy null
September 26, 2009 8:00 AM | Link to this
it’s not a daycare it’s foot ball peopleBy half crazed
September 26, 2009 8:41 AM | Link to this
Jerk went berserkBy scoop
September 26, 2009 10:10 AM | Link to this
Now that they have that straightened out they can bench Brady Quinn and get Derek Anderson back out there where he belongs!And start gettin some WINS!By Dennis
September 26, 2009 10:53 AM | Link to this
thats the Browns worst team in football bring back Derrick AndersonBy Bengalfan
September 26, 2009 10:55 AM | Link to this
You people don’t live in Cleveland!! Oh wait a minute, you DO!!!! hahahahahahahaBy RavensRockNorth
September 26, 2009 12:00 PM | Link to this
Coye Francies can rub ice on me anytime!!By richardo
September 26, 2009 7:29 PM | Link to this
Buckets of ice been berry berry good to me…By quantoid
September 30, 2009 8:57 AM | Link to this
Kind of sad.