In Regards To JungleJohns suggestion:

You three so far that voted they are not in , need pimp slapped, how much longer are you going to put up with that idiot brown? Im done, I really dont know of anyone that I dis-like more than I do him. If i walked by and he was down and needed a breath to survive, im not sure what i would do.

I am down for what ever is needed. Including boycotting the bengals all together.

This is not my movement – it is your movement. I would also like to point out that in most situations where organizations are formed, this part right here is where they frequently set themselves up to fail. My purpose is, to use a metaphor, is to be like the grain of sand that caused an irritation in the oyster around which the pearl forms. In the end the pearl is the thing, the grain of sand becomes insignificant and unseen.

There is one thing all of you can depend on me to do. It is the only thing that I have 100% control over. I will be honest and open I promise you that once a functional group is in place, I will encourage anyone who is interested to put their name in the hat to be considered as the leader and he will be chosen by the members. But, to do that someone has to step up and organize that initial group.

We need, IMO, 50 members to sign up. You can do that in the e-mail account I have set up in yahoo. It is bengalsnextstep@yahoo. I will set up the responders in groups and we can log the membership there. If someone has a better idea give it to me.

The plan is to find or establish a forum where we can openly discuss the manner in which we will proceed.

I should state here that IMO, the goal is put together a movement that is big enough to make a print media splash in the spring followed up with a big rally at fountain square or someplace similar. To draw the attention of not only the local but national media.

The NFL hates bad publicity. Goodell will have to address it and Mike Brown will be pressured to respond publicly to defend a defenseless position. The national media once it smells blood in the water will not accept MB saying something like " you are stuck with me." They will bring pressure to bear and do the real work. We just need to supply the initial priming of the pump.

 Now, if you have ever primed a pump you know that if you pour to little water in it will just be a waste of water. If the bump needs two cups of water to be primed and you pour in one cup it won’t work. Then later if you pour in another cup it still won’t work. You use two cups but don’t get the result you want. But, if you pour the same two cups in all at once the pump will then start producing. The initial output needs to come out of the blue and hit hard and unexpected. A fulll page ad in a major national newspaper the calls out MB and announces a big rally in Cincy the following weekend. If we can pull this off I promise you that every major print, radio and television media as well as the internet and cable news will cover it. MB will find pressure he has never felt before. Individual letters are great and are positive. If you write one, good for you, buy they are easily dismissed.

But it all starts with a grain of sand that attracts and forms the pearl. Do we have the ability to do it? I promise you that, if done correctly we do. Do we have the will? Are we upset enough? Can we rally behind one voice in a manner that cannot be dismissed and persevere? Well, that was the question I posted in the original fanpost. How upset are we? Really. Hey, it is all up to you guys. If you aren’t willing to organize, thats cool. I can spend this time in my woodshop making toys for the neighborhood kids.

I will follow up with this. One thing I have learned is that if you take on a goal, let it be known and move directly toward that goal, unexpected help will find you and assist you.
But, if we cannot get 50 people interested it will be like pissing into the wind. I am too old to waste my time on something that cannot succeed.

I will continue to monitor the site and the e-mail but I am done selling the idea. Now it is all up to you.

Check out this letter that a guy wrote to the Bengals. He also mailed back his last two pieces of Bengals merchandise. I think it strikes the right “angry” tone without being obscene or ranting.

http://www.whodeyrevolution.com/whodeyrevolution/2010/12/the-nuclear-option.html

I recently wrote a letter in which I quoted the facts listed in the following article.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Ten-facts-about-Mike-Brown-s-record-setting-inep?urn=nfl-284142

I will explain my plan in detail if you e-mail me. If you agree join up. If you don’t tell me why and I will see if we can improve the approach. This is not my effort – it is your effort. I have a plan on how we can get started and initially organized. Then everyone will vote on a new leader to take it from there. Join up – get a voice – be heard – stop feeling frustrated – try to make a difference. There is a lot going on that I cannot post here. I promise you that this can work. Give me a chance to answer your concerns.

Where are the rest of you? As I have said, IMO, we need 50 to move to the next step.

Get on board and make a difference.

Yes, we need a name. Yes, we can use face book and many other media tools. I hope that we can use all of them. But, IMO, it is very important that, at this early stage. we need to be very careful to get started with a core group of committed fans. Once we have a solid list of core people, hopefully 50, we will have enough credibility to move to other Bengal sites and find other members there.

The forst 50 will be the ones who shape everything. They will elect someone to lead. They will vote on a name. They will select the management committee. They will write and approve our mission statement. They will vote on the web design. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. I am just trying to get the twig planted, nurture the roots and stake it so it grows straight.

Please, trust me, just for a little while. I promise I will not let you down. Once the effort takes root and is growing straight, I will step down and let the members decide exactly where we go from there. These are all good Ideas but I would like to see a bit more of a developed concept before we go “public.” Is that fair?

There are going to be many, many ideas proposed and suggested. Some will be good and some may detract from our mission. I promise that we will consider them all. The only thing that I will promote very strongly is the need to keep this upbeat and professionally business like. IMO it is absolutely essential to the mission. Be patient, this is not as easy to organize as it may look.

Josh has expressed interest in helping, but it is possible that he wants to make sure we are committed before he endorses us publicly. I want the people here on CJ to be the ones who make this happen and if we can put it all together and make the plan happen we must not forget that is CJ is where it all started. I will be very interested in putting a link to CJ on the new site. Please be patient. There is a lot going on behind the scenes.