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Browns GM: Andrew Berry it is.

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Who Do Want the Browns to Hire as Head Coach?

  • Josh McDaniels OC-Patriots

    Votes: 52 33.1%
  • Kevin Stefanski OC-Vikings (DePo Certified)

    Votes: 88 56.1%
  • Robert "The Napoleon of Motivators" Saleh DC-49ers

    Votes: 20 12.7%
  • Greg "ED Pill" Roman OC-City I Shall Not Name

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Eric "The Enemy" Bieniemy OC-Chiefs

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Brian Daboll OC-Bills

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Urban "Hear No Evil, See No Evil" Meyer (Formerly) HC-OSU

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • Bill Cowher (Formerly) HC-Strongsville

    Votes: 8 5.1%
  • Jim "Use the" Schwartz DC-Iggles

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Other

    Votes: 2 1.3%

  • Total voters
    157
  • Poll closed .
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It's shit like this that pisses me off about the local media.

Despite the Browns (including Stefanski!) saying the entire time that they were going to take their time with the GM process and despite other teams announcing even later in the process (John Lynch wasn't hired until 1/29, for example), Darryl decides he wants to rile up some of the fan base some today with this gem.

It seems harmless on the surface, but he knows damn well what he's doing and what it'll do.

Darryl would also be the 1st one to bash the Browns had they simply hired Berry off the bat with very little search.

To be fair, it’d be nice to get the GM in so he can start working on the draft that isn’t very far away from now.
 
To be fair, it’d be nice to get the GM in so he can start working on the draft that isn’t very far away from now.
The majority of the work for this year's draft has already been accomplished in the past calendar year. No GM is going to come in and disregard all the work our scouting department has done.

The value of selecting the correct candidate far outweighs the value of having a person in the building for a few extra days.
 
Despite the Browns (including Stefanski!) saying the entire time that they were going to take their time with the GM process and despite other teams announcing even later in the process (John Lynch wasn't hired until 1/29, for example), Darryl decides he wants to rile up some of the fan base some today with this gem.

It seems harmless on the surface, but he knows damn well what he's doing and what it'll do.

Darryl would also be the 1st one to bash the Browns had they simply hired Berry off the bat with very little search.

Your last line is the key. It goes back to those Allbright tweets from earlier this month: hate sells. Hate gathers an audience. Hate gets people to tune in, click, listen, call, post, whatever. Hate gets ratings.

The corollary point is that you can always, always find a reason to hate (or criticize, if "hate" is a bridge too far for some). If the Browns had hired Stefanski out of the gate, then it would have been a knee-jerk hiring of DePo's boy. McCarthy and Rivera were "retreads" before; but then they were hired in Dallas and DC, and suddenly they became the ones who got away. Then it was "clear" that the process was a sham to bring Josh McDaniels (you know, the guy the Haslams supposedly drooled over) to Cleveland. After Stefanski got the job, then we were back to "it was DePo's boy all along."

Same thing has happened on the GM side. Two weeks ago, the average Browns fan didn't know who George Paton was; now, they "know" that the Browns are a terrible organization because they didn't land him.

It's why I gravitated towards this site for Cleveland sports discussion. There are more people here who understand logic and nuance and context than on any other site I've found. Unfortunately, that's not true of the sports-fan world as a whole ... and the Daryl Ruiters of the world know it.
 
Two weeks ago, the average Browns fan didn't know who George Paton was; now, they "know" that the Browns are a terrible organization because they didn't land him.

Exactly what gets me laughing. I consider myself an average Browns fan. I had no idea who Paton was. To make the leap from that to yet another judgment about the organization's ineptitude requires me to lie to myself about what I know and don't know.

I get the pessimism. I've been a Browns fan since the late 80s. But...wow.

And it's not like Darryl Ruiter knew who the hell Paton was, either.
 
The majority of the work for this year's draft has already been accomplished in the past calendar year. No GM is going to come in and disregard all the work our scouting department has done.

The value of selecting the correct candidate far outweighs the value of having a person in the building for a few extra days.

Not to mention that any decent GM candidate has done his own research with his current team and already possesses researched ideas about the Browns' needs. It's not like there are two different pools of draftees. 60-70% of the work should be done by now.
 
The majority of the work for this year's draft has already been accomplished in the past calendar year. No GM is going to come in and disregard all the work our scouting department has done.

The value of selecting the correct candidate far outweighs the value of having a person in the building for a few extra days.

He's still the guy making the decisions now.

He needs to be in the building, being briefed, and preparing himself for that role while also comparing what our scouting Dept has vs previous org.

It's not really as simple as you're trying to make it seem.
 
He's still the guy making the decisions now.

He needs to be in the building, being briefed, and preparing himself for that role while also comparing what our scouting Dept has vs previous org.

It's not really as simple as you're trying to make it seem.

you are correct. But unless I am missing something the browns are looking at guys that are already involved in the process for their current teams. So its not as though a new GM is going to be starting the process from 0
 
While the person may know some of his teams draft plans he will not remember detail of reports from all of scouting.
 
I think teams (and the Browns in particular) tend to make mistakes in part because they are too focused on the immediate future. "What's going to make us better next year?" It's what led to Freddie Kitchens IMO, and has led to knee-jerk reaction hires of guys like Hue Jackson and Eric Mangini and even John Dorsey. There has been no long range plan beyond next season or even the next hot guy hire. So hire the wrong guy quickly in order to make sure he's properly prepared for April's draft? Or work your process and get the right guys in place who will be drafting for you still in April 2030?
 
There are four current NFL general managers that were hired later than the Browns current opening, including John Lynch and Les Snead - the GMs of the last two NFC Super Bowl representatives.

If they don't have someone in place by the combine, that'd be one thing. But they'll presumably wrap this search up before the end of the month.
 
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I don't agree with your premise that "making a pro bowl" is an effective evaluation of the value of a player.

In this case, what’s “effective”? There’s a strong enough correlation between pro-bowl election & exemplary play to say to me that, effectively, pro-bowlers are valuable.
 
He's still the guy making the decisions now.

He needs to be in the building, being briefed, and preparing himself for that role while also comparing what our scouting Dept has vs previous org.

It's not really as simple as you're trying to make it seem.

It really is.

Getting the right candidate far outweighs getting a candidate in a few days earlier.

Easing your anxiety shouldn't be this organization's priority.

We could go into this year's draft without a GM in place, let Wolf and company run that show, hire someone afterwards, and in the long-term scheme, it really wouldn't make a difference.
 
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