What the Browns could have done:
Fire Shurmur, promote Jauron to HC, and bring in a new DC. Keep the rest of the coaching staff in place, and keep Heckert in charge of drafting players. If we are to believe Shurmur was that terrible of a coach (I do), this would have allowed this team to move forward with very little turmoil. Would Jauron be the best HC candidate out there? Probably not, but stability still has significant value.
Instead, we chose to clean house. So Haslam and Banner believed our current team's direction and philosophy could be improved significantly. They've taken a large risk here. If they need to settle for a candidate who is a marginally better option than Jauron, Childress or even Andy Reid, then they have failed, because installing new systems, having to gut some of our personnel, and losing a solid talent evaluator at GM isn't worth a marginal improvement at HC.
Just my two cents.
Better than Lerner and HolmgrenFuck Jimmy Haslem, and fuck Joe Banner.
That's pretty much how I feel right now; and I don't think anything can change that.
Fuck Jimmy Haslem, and fuck Joe Banner.
That's pretty much how I feel right now; and I don't think anything can change that.
Because when the team itself comes out and says they are "rebooting" the search, I take that as starting over from the beginning.
The only guy they really chased after and offered a contract (supposedly) was Kelly. That leads me to believe that once they didn't get the guy they really wanted, we're back to square one (rebooting).
Fuck Jimmy Haslem, and fuck Joe Banner.
That's pretty much how I feel right now; and I don't think anything can change that.
Saban says he isn't leaving Bama. It DOES NOT mean he isn't leaving Bama.
"I'm not going to be the coach at Alabama", 2 weeks later, he is the coach at Alabama.