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So far I've seen Adam Gase, Chip Kelly, and Teryl Austin mentioned.

Hue

The homeless guy on E 9th. He will guarantee that he plays Manziel.

Who cares? Really. This crap show is never going to change. If I has a choice, and we change coaches, then I would say Hue Jackson ..... but he played for Al Davis, and got fired in a year ..... so why would he want to get a 2nd chance so he could play for an owner that makes Al Davis look stable, and get fired in a year again?

This team is an absolute joke.

Dang - the bodies not even cold yet dude!

Just kidding - they said on the radio that Jimmy went into the locker room right after the game...wonder what that speech will be?

After Pettine threw everyone under the bus, I'm sure there wouldn't be many upset if Haslam just fired Pettine in the locker room.

Me.

Couldn't be worse.

I have absolutely no idea who they should or shouldn't pick. I have no idea what direction they should turn. Nothing makes me want to simply check out of Browns town more than another round of new FO, new coaches, new drafts, new second guessing and bickering among fans and press etc etc etc. I realize these guy probably need to go but I'm worn out. I just don't have the time or desire to follow this off season. The game is wrapping right now. I'll see what happens tonight but then I'm blocking my usual football distraction sites (including this one) until next season. I'll catch wind of moves thru ESPN but I'm willfully unplugging/ unfollowing. They don't deserve us. G'night.

"Play like a Brown in 2016"

The wheels on the bus run over Pet,Over Pet Over Pet..The Wheels on the bus stop on top of Pet, how does it feel...

lmao

I tell you this. One silver cloud if Pett is let go - the end of "play like a Brown" ugh.....

I'm submitting my resume as we speak

Don't forget your Whizzinator.

Cart before the horse talk IF Farmer gets axed.
Can't afford to do it wrong again.

I think the best way is to hire the GM/president and let them evaluate the coaching staff etc and make changes as necessary

Not sure if that "body of werk" thang is going to carry a lot of water for coaches and coordinators.

"Play like a Brown" . . . . well, eventually.

More later.

No matter which way we do it, it always ends up wrong.

Then Haslam needs to excuse himself from the talks. He's been the common denominator.

We need someone to completely nuke this roster like Pete Carroll did in Seattle.

we don't need anybody to nuke the roster.

we need somebody who can actually coach.

Didn't see the need to start a different thread topic for what is now just a rumor.


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The only good thing about the Browns coaching and GM situation, if a coach and GM start winning consistently in Cleveland, they'll be greatest football geniuses of all time.

I hate to say it but are there even any worthwhile coaches to even recruit at this point? Even if there was I doubt that any decent HC wants a lawyer making the decisions on who starts the games. I just see no hope.

There are coaches out there. A couple years ago a few guys wouldn't even interview with us. That doesn't seem to be the case yet as we already have two interviews lined up (Marrone and Austin).

Didn't we interview marrone last time and somehow choose Pettine? err got stuck with pettine ...

I think we interviewed Marrone during the Chudzinski process. Marrone was Pettine's head coach in Buffalo.

There isn't a legitimate head coach in this world that would jeopardize his career by coming here.

Ol' Jimmy better spend some late nights finding extra cash to pay someone to be the coach. Maybe he can screw truckers out of more money?

I prefer one of the ex-head coaches with rings. Cowher, Gruden, Billick, Payton, Coughlin etc.

Gase is an interesting candidate. He has worked with a number of different QB's in a number of different systems and has gotten the most out of them. Not a bad trait in a coach. Can he translate that in to being a good HEAD coach? That's the question. And why I prefer a guy that has SHOWN he can do the job. But I won't HATE a Gase hire.

Josh McDaniels would also be an interesting candidate. Especially if he has nothing to do with the draft and roster.

I wouldn't hate a Harbaugh hire either. He's a bit of a nutcase, but then you'd have to be a little screwy to take on this job.

I'm kind of hoping for Gruden. I know it's a long shot but I like the guy. He's got fire in his belly. No, he's not perfect and he'd have his work cut out for him, but it wouldn't be BORING that's for sure. Camp would be REAL interesting lol.

What qualifies as legitimate?

That is the wonderful thing about being a multi-billionaire. 100 million is nothing. What is the highest paid HC salary in the league? 10 maybe 12 million per? Pick the guy you REALLY want and offer him 15 and 5 guaranteed. 75 million reasons to say yes. If he still says no? Offer 17.5 per. There is no salary cap on Coaching staff. You can pay him anything you can afford. It might piss off the other owners, but there is no RULE against it. Want Bill Cowher? Think he still has it in him? Offer 20 million per. for five years. 100 million reasons to say yes to the Browns. The richer the prize the higher the cost. Haslam can and should BUY the best candidate. Pick your guy and make it happen.

How about a ring? Seems like a good place to start to me.

That really limits the pool. The last thing we want is a guy coming out of "retirement" to coach us just because of the money. That's how we got Holmgren.

Can I have the pseudo GM job. I promise I won't do anything that will require me escorted out.

I have to wonder about Marrone's credibility among players having left Buffalo the way he did. I mean it was a brilliant contract I don't blame him for taking advantage of, but it's the biggest fear I have about him is not having trust or respect over the locker room. Other than that, he's a no BS, offensive guy from the Payton tree. I'll give him a pass for EJ Manuel. That was a reach. He went 15-17 with Kyle Orton and Manuel as his starting QB's (albeit a stout defense as well).

And Dee will love hearing about how he met his wife, who was the roommmate of Bill O'Brien's wife!

http://www.playerwives.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/doug-marrones-wife-helen-marrone/

Interesting bit on Marrone and "writing down requirements".

If we had hired Holmgren as a HC we'd have been alright

I'd take a retired HC over yet another coordinator that has never been the HC on any level. Gruden, Billick, Payton, Coughlin, and even Cowher would not upset me in the least. I'm not as hot on Cowher as I once was, but I'd welcome the hire and hope he still had something left. I am REALLY tired of this team hiring coordinators hoping they MIGHT make good head coaches. I want one that has already shown he knows what's up. A guy that knows when to call a time out. To run the ball. To kick a FG. To GO for it. I want a HEAD coach.

We have an interview lined up with Gase.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/144980...iew-three-teams

I don't remember where I read that a coaching hire would come before GM. As such, I think Haslam or Brown already has an idea for the pairing. My guesses are either:

Caserio/McDaniels

Gase/Chris Polian with Peyton as well in some capacity

Can't hire him or anyone else until we fulfill the Rooney rule. I'd like to interview Horton.

Haslam said we would hire the coach first. I think he is looking at the Seahawks model (Carroll was hired first, Schneider was hired after).