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Sources say he was seen shopping at SouthPark Mall in Strongsville this weekend.Any Bill Cowher sightings?
Sources say he was seen shopping at SouthPark Mall in Strongsville this weekend.Any Bill Cowher sightings?
Mike Vrabel, and Josh McDaniels have some really good connections to here locally so I imagine you could probably sell them on this job.
The issue is this whole Belichick coaching tree thing.
I think Michigan is Harbaugh's dream job so that's going to be near impossible to pry him away.
Todd Haley? Meh. I guess. I like the idea of getting a Steeler though.
Cowher, Gruden, and Saban are god-tier "It's not going to happen" level gets. Of course I'd love the idea of any of those coming here, but it's doubtful.
Continuity for the sake of continuity isn't worth doing either.
It has to be working, otherwise what's the point?
Sources say he was seen shopping at SouthPark Mall in Strongsville this weekend.
This is the absolute worst possible scenario....
Having a head coach who is so clearly inept and over his head but can't be fired because of past impulsive decisions.
I feel we need to get a top level coach here to help out this young FO. I know its going to be hard to convince one to come here, but we have never had a top tier coach in Cleveland, always new guys to the NFL/extremely limited head coaching experience.
We did though.
We hired Holmgren and the implication was that he was going to take the coaching gig, then never did.
I mean if you can lure Cowher, Gruden, out of retirement or somehow swipe a coach already in the league? By all means. But that's a really difficult proposition.
Gruden is about the only I could sort of see us getting to bite based on this being his childhood team but even that seems like a really difficult proposition.
Unlike what the Sashi Brown fan club tells you, it does not take 5 years to put a respectable team on the field. We may even look like a non expansion team as early as next year, if a competent GM is given these top 5 picks in the first two rounds to play with.The expectation for whomever takes this job is that they're going to be asked to pull a 2001 Butch Davis out of their ass.
The lone positive is that it looks like the past sins of the past 2 to 3 years seem to be more so on Hue's attitude towards the QB's we passed on more so than the organization itself.
Haslam wasn't the guy who pulled the trigger on the trade downs. He may have hired the men to do so but those are not the moves of a Jerry Jones/Daniel Snyder control freak.
e: If he was impulsive as claimed? We'd have Wentz taking snaps right now I imagine.
No, I meant past impulsive decisions in terms of firing head coaches and front office personnel on whim: Chudzinski/Banner/Lombardi after one season, Pettine/Farmer after two Johnny fueled circus seasons.
Everyone talked about how lucky we were to land Hue Jackson because of Haslam's perception around the NFL for his quick hook for head coaches and front office executives-- something Haslam himself has acknowledged. And now, I think it's safe to say Hue Jackson is not the answer here.
So what's worse then a quick hook? Sticking by the wrong guy for too long. I feel like the Browns are in no man's land now..... they have a head coach who stinks but can't be fired due to the owner/organization's perception around the NFL.
So what's worse then a quick hook? Sticking by the wrong guy for too long. I feel like the Browns are in no man's land now..... they have a head coach who stinks but can't be fired due to the owner/organization's perception around the NFL.
Normally, I would agree with you.
But Im not sure anyone could argue that destroying this regime is a bad idea. They have passed on QB Faces of the Franchise, they have allowed home grown talent to leave, while posting a 1-20 record.
I think this may be the rare occasion where pulling the plug after year two may be justified.
Jon Gruden, Peter King, Mike Florio have all been critical of this organization as it stands now.
Reading between the lines? The league is not exactly looking down at us for ditching these guys. They've pretty much said as much.
Unlike what the Sashi Brown fan club tells you, it does not take 5 years to put a respectable team on the field. We may even look like a non expansion team as early as next year, if a competent GM is given these top 5 picks in the first two rounds to play with.