Mike Pettine

[chrisrich91]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>My understanding is Mike Pettine did a nice job selling himself to Cleveland. Rarely hear about guys interviewing well. Apparently, he did.</p>— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/statuses/426455408434085889">January 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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The next Mike Tomlin?

Who cares, PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AT 4:45!!!

No, this guy is white.

 

[AZ_]

6 Pro Bowlers, new QB, and new coach:

2014 Cleveland Browns or 2013 Kansas City Chiefs?

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid

 

[AZ_]

Alex Van Pelt staying in GB and taking over Ben McAdoo's role as the QB Coach.

 

[The Oi]

Tom Reed ‏@treed1919 2m
Jimmy Haslam: "Mike is the epitome of what we want the Browns to be -- tough, aggressive & innovative -- with a blue-collar ... mentality."

"The Browns were also my fourth choice in terms of buying football teams."

 

[Frank Stallone]

I won't drink Kool-Aid and say they'll be the Chiefs, but he isn't inheriting a shit sandwich. They have talent and can succeed... if they draft right.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Among the defensive coordinators available, former <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Titans&amp;src=hash">#Titans</a> assistant Gregg Williams is out there and interested in joining Pettine’s staff.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/statuses/426462532115501056">January 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Sets me up for funniest transformation...

Slightly better try than this shit head...

 

[AZ_]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>After a 3.5-week search, clearly the Browns checked Mike Pettine's references. We did. <a href="http://t.co/K9iPds51Ap">http://t.co/K9iPds51Ap</a></p>&mdash; Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) <a href="https://twitter.com/zach_barnett/statuses/426461979495002112">January 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[NorthCoastBias]

Yay bounties!

 

[Frank Stallone]

Keep in mind, the 22 to 10 jump in defense is more impressive when you look at it for adjusted defensive efficiency Top 5 defense after a garbage one.

From FootballScoop...

Mike Pettine will be the new head coach of the Cleveland Browns

Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine will be the new head coach of the Cleveland Browns, the team announced Thursday afternoon.

Pettine will be a first-time head coach in the NFL, rising from the level of a Pennsylvania high school head coach from 1995-2001, and every single first-time head coach arrives with a certain level of uncertainty. But it's hard to imagine a first-time coaching hire as unanimously approved throughout the league as this one.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>No way to know what kind of a coach Mike Pettine would be for <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Browns&amp;src=hash">#Browns</a>. But have not talked to a coach who isn’t a huge fan of him. Great guy</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/statuses/426408877895061505">January 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Spoke to many former players and personnel people who worked with Mike Pettine. All had great things to say. He develops talent. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Browns&amp;src=hash">#Browns</a></p>&mdash; Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) <a href="https://twitter.com/nfldraftscout/statuses/426455954121441283">January 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Sources within the league told us Pettine possesses "a great football mind in all phases. He's a good motivator, takes advantage of players' strengths and puts them in position to make plays." Another added: "Pettine is a great evaluator of talent, free agents, draft prospects - the best I have been around."

A high school coach as recently as 2001, Pettine generated a massive amount of respect from within the league for his race up the NFL coaching ladder. "He's the most competitive person I know," an NFL source told FootballScoop. "He belives in complete honesty with coaches and players. He tells people the truth, not what they want to hear."

Pettine broke into the league as a low-level assistant with the Baltimore Ravens in 2002, then rose to assistant defensive line coach in 2004, and then was promoted to linebackers coach from 2005-08.

Upon landing the New York Jets head coaching job, Rex Ryan brought Pettine along with him, where he served as his defensive coordinator from 2009-12. The Jets ranked among the top quarter of the league in total defense each of those four seasons. In his one season in Buffalo, Pettine helped the Bills jump from 22nd to 10th in total defense.

A Virginia graduate, Pettine is just the 15th head coach in the Browns' 68-year history, but becomes the eighth head coach since the franchise's reboot in 1999. Of the previous seven, only two stayed on the job for longer than two seasons. The Browns have made the playoffs once in the past 20 seasons.

The previous paragraph could end up being a blessing for Pettine. The entire front office - from owner Jimmy Haslam to CEO Joe Banner to team president Alec Scheiner to general manager Michael Lombardi - is still new to the job, and you'd have to think the brain trust realizes patience is required to rebuild the once-proud franchise.

After an exhaustive, three-and-a-half week search, Mike Pettine is their guy. Clearly they checked his references.

 

[chrisrich91]

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/medi...om-Berea/b669f3ee-5129-488a-8504-5485f481af31

Presser starts at 4:45

 

[tedginnjr]

Anyone got a mobile-friendly link to the press conference audio?

 

[Binkster]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>After a 3.5-week search, clearly the Browns checked Mike Pettine's references. We did. <a href="http://t.co/K9iPds51Ap">http://t.co/K9iPds51Ap</a></p>— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) <a href="https://twitter.com/zach_barnett/statuses/426461979495002112">January 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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It's great tasting Kool-Aid, would you not agree?

 

[Kovah]

Keep in mind, the 22 to 10 jump in defense is more impressive when you look at it for adjusted defensive efficiency Top 5 defense after a garbage one.

From FootballScoop...

Meh, this kind of stuff gets me pumped for our new hire after so much uncertainty.

Overall, I'm still unimpressed after the whole Gase/Quinn thing. Not to mention all the Malazahn talk. I feel like our front office is inept as to realizing they can't just get anyone they want.

Positive thing about Pettine is, I'm a lot more happier hiring him than I was when Chud was hired. Chud was never elite in anything he did or showed improvement as every year passed. The year he leaves Carolina and they become a #2 seed.

I'm wary, but happy on the hire, just unimpressed.

 

[AZ_]

Summary of my thoughts on the coaching search:

Absolutely shameful debacle by the front office during the process, but the end hire could have been much worse.

 

[Soar]

This OC position is a big one. Any ideas?

 

[NorthCoastBias]

http://t.co/WIXaxNiOZG

Anyone with premium OBR access able/willing to at least post tidbits of this?