Monken Business: Browns Head Coach 2026

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Discuss the next head coach of your Cleveland Browns and why it should be Hue Jackson's chance for redemption

 

[N7RobBob]

Disappointed that Mike Brown is currently employed or he'd be a great candidate for Cleveland round 3: outside the box option.

 

[DJTJ]

The only retread I’m willing to deal with is McDaniels (or Gannon if he gets scapegoated).

 

[CBBI]

The only retread I’m willing to deal with is McDaniels (or Gannon if he gets scapegoated).

JOSH MCDANIELS

 

[Ace]

If there is one man who can remind DW what he's got deep inside.....maybe its this tough lovin SOB.

 

[DJTJ]

JOSH MCDANIELS

My bad- McDaniel.

 

[Los216]

The only retread I’m willing to deal with is McDaniels (or Gannon if he gets scapegoated).

Doug Pederson
Mike McCarthy
Matt Nagy

If we're going with retreads then these guys would check a lot of boxes.

 

[TheLand1287]

The only retread I’m willing to deal with is McDaniels (or Gannon if he gets scapegoated).

Josh McDaniels and Jonathan Gannon?????????? Ok, I'm closing my laptop for the day.

 

[CBBI]

Are they planning to hire a real coach, or are they planning to hire a patsy?

My initial sense is, unfortunately, is they're looking for a patsy.

I strongly suspect they will hire someone with no previous head coaching experience (which in and of itself is not a big deal) who will also be completely willing to do whatever they tell them to do in terms of who plays quarterback and how they fill out rest of the coaching staff.

I hope I am wrong on that of course, but that's my first reaction.

 

[TheLand1287]

Promote Jim Schwartz. Hire Brian Callahan as OC. Bring his dad back as OL coach.

 

[CPK]

Are they planning to hire a real coach, or are they planning to hire at patsy?

My initial sense is, unfortunately, is they're looking for a patsy.

I strongly suspect they will hire someone with no previous head coaching experience (which in and of itself is not a big deal) who will also be completely willing to do whatever they tell them to do in terms of who plays quarterback and how they fill out rest of the coaching staff.

I hope I am wrong on that of course, but that's my first reaction.

I can very much so see this organizatin doing something like that. Very Haslam move.

 

[KCOTT]

stuck between Jim Thome or Delonte West

 

[Ace]

Are they planning to hire a real coach, or are they planning to hire at patsy?

My initial sense is, unfortunately, is they're looking for a patsy.

I strongly suspect they will hire someone with no previous head coaching experience (which in and of itself is not a big deal) who will also be completely willing to do whatever they tell them to do in terms of who plays quarterback and how they fill out rest of the coaching staff.

I hope I am wrong on that of course, but that's my first reaction.

Why do you believe they want a patsy?

 

[jmuxl]

I think I'd be okay with any of the following:

1 - LaFleur or Harbaugh if either Packers or Ravens are dumb enough to move on from them.
2 - Young DC (Minter or Shula) taking their first HC gig, with an experienced OC like Mike McDaniel.
3 - Klint Kubiak or another young OC, with an experienced DC (Jim Schwartz?)

What I don't want is an old retread (McCarthy, Flores) or a college coach (Signetti, Freeman).

 

[CBBI]

Why do you believe they want a patsy?

I'm just speculating, but I feel like the Browns may insist the next head coach has to retain multiple coaches from the current staff among other things.

I also think there's a possibility that they tell the next coach "this is the QB room whether you like it or not" - and the only way they're going to get a coach to agree to that is if the candidate is just happy to be getting a head coaching job in the first place.

But we'll see. I would very much like to be incorrect on that front.