Fines For Flatulence?!

This week head coach of the Cleveland Browns Eric Mangini fined one of his players $1,701 dollars for neglecting to pay a hotel for a $3 bottle of water. Naturally, the player has filed a complaint for this incident, but to be honest, he has no idea what he's in store for. Mangini has a reputation for being strict with his players; he would fine Jets players for flatulence during team meetings (seriously). Personally, I'm a little torn between my emotions for these strict regulations. At first, I love the thought of a player getting an outrageous fee for neglecting to do something so simple as paying for a water bottle. (Thats only if the player didn't pay the bill consciously) Too many players today are becoming too showy, too egotistical, and too pompous. I don't think any professional sports player has any excuse not to live by the same rules we do, especially if they are making incredible amounts of money. Mangini's fines must be his way of keeping his players grounded, stopping their ego's before they're too inflated and reinforcing plain old fashioned good manners. But the part that tears me up about this is the state in which the Browns are in. Lets face it, they're HORRIBLE, and fining them for minuscule reasons is not going to make them any better. If anything, it's going to make the players more distraught and further divide them between the coaches and themselves. With this on top of the juggling act with his quarterbacks, what exactly is Mangini trying to do in Cleveland? Is he asking for the players and fans to throw him out? If he really wants this team to turn around he needs to stop sweating the small stuff, pay for the bottle of water that kept your player hydrated, and try to develop some kind of positive relationship with your players for a change.