Banner and Lombardi dodged a bullet but Haslam has more in the gun.

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Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi were looking at candidates that would have brought an abrupt end to their reign as King and Duke of Cleveland football. For example Josh McDaniels smartly decided not to take the job. He would have been a disaster. None of leaves of the Bill Belichick tree have been successful. McDaniels’ “Belichickian” attitude in Denver forced the two best players on that team out of town. He lost QB Jay Cutler when he tried “secretly” to get his buddy Matt Cassel out of New England. Somehow he believed that no one would ever find out. Then McDaniels got into a spitting contest with his best receiver Brandon Marshall and the latter forced a trade. The head coach was fired less than 2 seasons … Read more at FryingPanSports

Is the Browns HC job the ugly older sister?

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Another open letter to  Jimmy Haslam:

The NFL announced that Pats’ OC Josh McDaniels has removed himself from consideration for the Browns head coaching job. Last year Joe Banner felt he had a deal with Chip Kelly at dinner. Kelly left the table to take a call and never came back. He signed with the Eagles. Later last year they thought that Ken Whisenhunt would be the guy but he turned them down as well. The Redskins have a much better “brand name” list of guys they are interviewing than the Browns’ list. They seem to be looking at all potential candidates rather than just those that are represented by agent Jimmy Sexton.

So what is the issue?

I am not sure but this is a question that … Read more at FryingPanSports

Lombardi and Banner should be on notice: Heads will roll!

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OPEN LETTER TO Jimmy Haslam: If Banner and Lombardi screw up the choice of coach or the 2014 draft, please fire them by this time next year! They should never have been hired and need to go.

 

 

The Browns front office fired head coach Rob Chudzinski after just one year after a 4-12 season. But that is not the story here. The story here is the total lack of talent that Joe Banner and Mike Lombari provided him.

 

They were the ones that decided not to sign another QB when Brian Hoyer was out for the season. They were the ones that kept bringing in guys on the bottom of the roster that disrupted the special teams. The short bus special teams lost 3 games alone. … Read more at FryingPanSports