OK then, Chud’s successor has finally been hired, so bygones, right? Uh, not to PD opinion writer Jeff Darcy, who probably shouldn’t expect the proverbial playoff tickets: Now that the Browns’ front office has hired a head coach, they can begin their methodical search for a credibility repairman who is a proven winner. With the […]
Not sure what I think of Keith Olbermann’s snarky take on JH3’s letter to fans. The not-quite-indicted billionaire surely hasn’t changed the Browns’ image away from laughingstock, and that’s an understatement. Here’s the overstatement:
I’ve covered 10 Browns head coaches, nine coaching changes and seven Browns coaching searches. Never have I seen or heard the franchise criticized and ridiculed so intensely as right now. It goes back to the firing of Rob Chudzinski and his staff after one disappointing season. Totally outrageous. A complete repudiation of what owner Jimmy […]
The Cowboys hired a 36-year-old first-time head coach in 1960. The team went 0-11-1. Dallas stuck with native son Tom Landry and enjoyed tremendous sustained success. Bud Grant won just three games his first year but went on to win 11 division titles in 18 seasons with the Vikings. The perenially putrid Pittsburgh Steelers gave […]
Make sure you read this Grantland piece. Although it’s not what the writer came for, he does offer an entertaining first-person account of the way the new Browns operate. It’s worth it for the character descriptions alone: CEO Joe Banner: “a little more sarcastic than necessary. But you can just tell he’s hypercompetent.” GM Mike […]
Just hours after my post on the Haslam/Pilot Flying J legal troubles, the FBI — no doubt irked at Haslam’s “very insignificant” comment — released the 158 pages of goods it has on him and the company. Matt Wood at Dawgs By Nature has combed through the document and provides a detailed, distressing summation. His […]
I’ve let all kinds of Browns news fly by without comment, but I do want to keep my hand in this blog and my voice in the mix of conversation about this rapidly-transforming franchise. So I can’t just ignore the strange fact that the family company run by the team’s new owner was raided this […]
Incoming Browns owner Jimmy Haslan III took center stage yesterday. The affable, self-assured presence of the truck stop magnate in itself signaled a culture change for the Browns. I’m posting my takeaways here, not because many folks are reading this (the revival of a long-languid blog is no overnight blossom), but to get my initial […]
The Browns will be sold. It’s a visceral reminder that no matter how much time, attention, and money we fans invest in our team, it all dwells within a high-stakes corporate framework that transcends the prerogative of the hoi polloi. News of Randy Lerner’s imminent deal to surrender the franchise to Pilot Corporation CEO James […]
So Randy swung his big axe, and the first cut was the Player-Picker-in-Chief himself, Phil Savage. The strained forced marriage of Savage and Crennel in the end devolved into dysfunction all around. Few doubt that the departing duo are both knowledgeable guys, but each lacked certain management skills. Savage’s focus on hands-on scouting became an […]
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