“I’m hard pressed to think that in nine weeks a first-time head coach can do any better or any more than he’s doing. All of the measurables that you’d look to come up with — if you even wanted to create a yardstick of measuring at this moment — I just think he’s doing an outstanding job.”

–Browns CEO Joe Banner, November 13, 2013. Rookie head coach Rob Chudzinski was fired just 45 days later.