There is no narrative where Hoyer was mistreated by the organization. Aside from the text message debacle, that's as far as any public commentary about not wanting Brian Hoyer has come from.
Look, Hoyer wasn't Farmer or Haslam's guy. He was brought in to be a backup two years ago and outperformed expectations. If you don't see how the power structure above the coaches continued to erode the situation around Hoyer's rise to a middling to low-end starter, I'd push you to read what the Turners, Shanahan, and anyone else exiting the franchise has said. Not just Pat McManamon.
When I was talking about a narrative, there is a narrative coming from the front office. Sometimes that narrative includes Haslam pushing his decisions on general people without specifics, sometimes that narrative puts employees in a bad position. Why does the head coach have to review film with non-football people like Alec Sheiner and Farmer on Monday mornings? Why can't they keep offensive assistant coaches past one year, when they have a better resume than both Sheiner and Farmer?
If you read the Jason LaConfora article that reveals sources outside of the current power structure, there is certainly a difference in what goes on behind closed doors and what is said to the media.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer...on-manziel-starts-with-owner-haslams-meddling
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@Soda I'm not saying Pettine has mistreated anyone. I actually believe he is constantly hamstrung by the front office by their input. Pettine seemed to play his cards right by sticking with Hoyer until the team was mathematically out of the playoffs. He did so despite angry texts from the frustrated front office people above him. Probably did it because while they had some pipe dream of Manziel being ready, he clearly wasn't.
He had his shot, he lost his shot.
I'm not arguing against that. Hoyer had players and coaches standing up to the front office for him to continue playing, and he didn't deliver. At the same time, I don't know if you have ever had undermining bosses. I have, it's hard to give your best performance when you know that people at the top aren't exactly in your corner and never have been.
Saying the organization didn't give him a fair shake or that he was mistreated is pretty unfair, IMO.
Never said "mistreated" (at least I hope the rest of my words were clear) although I'd say the coaching staff have been close to fitting that description. I think he was in as unsupportive and toxic of a situation as I can recall at the pro level. I also think some of this praise of McCown as a mentor is an attempt to deflect Manziel's failures onto his competition with Hoyer, and that disappoints me. Manziel was the reason Manziel didn't look like he belonged on the field. Browns will find that out this year if they didn't learn it last year.