2014 Cleveland Browns Offseason Thread

• IggyPride00

  

  They had to interview Schiano to soften the blow that the big coaching hire is a D-Coordinator off a 6-10 team that they could have hired weeks ago.
  
  People will now be relieved that it's Pettine when it could have been someone as odious as Schiano.
  
  This is the worst front office in professional sports, and it's not even close.
• SportsAndLady

  

  IggyPride00;1570948 wrote:They had to interview Schiano to soften the blow that the big coaching hire is a D-Coordinator off a 6-10 team that they could have hired weeks ago.
  
  People will now be relieved that it's Pettine when it could have been someone as odious as Schiano.
  
  This is the worst front office in professional sports, and it's not even close.

  Honestly, I propose a thread ban.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  SportsAndLady;1570951 wrote:Honestly, I propose a thread ban.

  2nd.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  IggyPride00;1570948 wrote:
  This is the worst front office in professional sports, and it's not even close.

  Marlins, Miami
  Knicks, New York
  Raiders, Oakland
• IggyPride00

  

  I tried to warn everyone about Joe Banner.
  
  Thread banning me isn't going to change what he is.
  
  I can't even bring myself to be outraged anymore because I knew this is what we were signing up for.
• Ironman92

  

  HighRoller74;1570957 wrote:Marlins, Miami
  Knicks, New York
  Raiders, Oakland

  Hard to argue Marlins with 2 championships in the last 16 years...or are they different owners?
• Mulva

  

  I wonder what the reasoning is for not even wanting to interview Roman. I think I like him more than any of the rumored candidates.
• se-alum

  

  Can't have it both ways, if one person gets thread banned, everybody that breaks the rules will get thread banned.
  
  Cue QQ'ing.
• Enforcer

  

  IggyPride00;1570948 wrote:They had to interview Schiano to soften the blow that the big coaching hire is a D-Coordinator off a 6-10 team that they could have hired weeks ago.
  
  People will now be relieved that it's Pettine when it could have been someone as odious as Schiano.
  
  This is the worst front office in professional sports, and it's not even close.

  Only thing I got out of this was WAHWAHWAHWAH, Puffs should hire You as their spokesman!!!
• Lovejoy1984

  

  Ironman92;1570964 wrote:Hard to argue Marlins with 2 championships in the last 16 years...or are they different owners?

  Loria bought the team in 2003, same year they one the championship ring.
• Pick6

  

  Hire the only guy whose defense was capable of making Brandon Weeden look competent? Sounds like a fucking winning formula to me.
• bases_loaded

  

  
• se-alum

  

  Pick6;1570988 wrote:Hire the only guy whose defense was capable of making Brandon Weeden look competent? Sounds like a fucking winning formula to me.

  Meh...Browns only had 290 yards of offense, and under 200 yards passing for Weeden. They scored TD's on a punt return by Benjamin, and an int return by Ward. They really only gave up 2 TD's and some FG's off bad field position.
• shook_17

  

  Mulva;1570982 wrote:I wonder what the reasoning is for not even wanting to interview Roman. I think I like him more than any of the rumored candidates.

  Honestly what the fuck is so awesome about Roman The final play in the super bowl last year where it was a fade route in the corner of the end zone to lose the game or this year in the NFC championship game where it was a fade route in the corner of the end zone that resulted in an INT?
  
  There are REASONS why he wasn't interviewed by anybody.
• shook_17

  

  bases_loaded;1570992 wrote:

  
  Give me McDaniels over Petinne.
• IggyPride00

  

  There are REASONS why he wasn't interviewed by anybody.

  Couldn't you say the same thing about Chud,Pettine,Lombardi?
  
  We interview everyone else the rest of the league isn't interested in, why should Roman be any different.
• HitsRus

  

  More reports that Josh McDaniels is back in the mix. (channel 3 out of Cleveland)....could be the same source.
• Mulva

  

  shook_17;1570995 wrote:There are REASONS why he wasn't interviewed by anybody.

  The Vikings interviewed him, and the Redskins had an interview lined up, but hired Gruden before it happened.
• Lovejoy1984

  

  Mulva;1571003 wrote:The Vikings interviewed him, and the Redskins had an interview lined up, but hired Gruden before it happened.

  Stop bringing up facts.
• shook_17

  

  HighRoller74;1571004 wrote:Stop bringing up facts.

  
  yes please. Im sorry I missed that. Still Ill pass on the guy. Choke Choke Choke.
• like_that

  

  shook_17;1570996 wrote:Give me McDaniels over Petinne.

  Grossi is the same guy a few days ago who said the browns were offering the job...
  
  These are the type of people from which iqqy receives his news LOL. Also Petrine over mcdaniels any day of the week.
• bases_loaded

  

  Will Burge says it's Pettine, contract negotiations today
• bases_loaded

  

  Kiley after MKC was just on saying she doesn't know whats going on for 10 minutes. "Out of respect for Mary Kay, I have no comment after that interview" loldumpsterfirelol
• shook_17

  

  like_that;1571021 wrote:Grossi is the same guy a few days ago who said the browns were offering the job...
  
  These are the type of people from which iqqy receives his news LOL. Also Petrine over mcdaniels any day of the week.

  Grossi is a fucking hack ha! I saw some tweets from the OBR that stated Haslam contacted McDaniels this week and was really high on him. It made me lol because if Haslam was that high on him he would have been offered the job instead of telling McDaniels he isn't the front runner.
  
  EDIT:
  
  If Pettine is hired and Schwartz comes aboard as DC, is he open to staying with the 3-4? the group as a whole? not sure if Jim has ran anything but 4-3.
• IggyPride00

  

  Pettine is literally the D-Coordinator version of Chud.
  
  He's like the Browns 4th/5th choice and the only guy that will take the job. He will have no real power in the organization, and is just happy to be called a head coach.
  
  If Pettine was the guy all along they should have hired him 3 weeks ago so they could fill the assistant coaching spots with better talent instead of the scraps that are left now that the rest of the league has staffed up.
  
  I hope the media takes the gloves off at the introductory presser and asks Haslam why he and his management team can't sell this team to prospective coaching targets. Why do we get stuck hiring coordinators off losing teams because 3-4 guys turn us down first. Is that really the best we can hope to expect with this group?
  
  As someone on the OBR pointed out, the only good thing about this hire is that we can use Goldberg's theme music to bring him out with. Other than that it is just another in the long line of failure that is the unholy trinity of Banner/Haslam/Lombardi.