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Awesome. More of the same. However, not one of you has addressed whether my claims about Haslam are true or not.

Oh the Irony - A White Guy from Tennessee is the guy providing the opportunity. I just ASSumed he was a southern guy in a blue collar industry that would hold certain values regarding race.

I am going to post this again. Let's see if any of you can respond to it rather than insulting me or telling me how to post:




Let's hear the spin............

Even though Jimmy hired some smart people to work for him, he continues to maintain his control over the football side of the franchise.

Yeah, no kidding.

When you guys don't have a sound argument.......you resort to belittling the poster.

All class.....all the time.

I have no argument for Haslam because I literally don't care about him at all.

I just think it's funny when any poster challenges other posters by doing exactly what he doesn't want them to do.

Plus, if we get the QB right, then the rest of the pieces will naturally fall into place more often than not.

If this group picks a QB in this draft, and he turns out to be a plus level starter, it will be amazing how smart they are and how well the process works, even if they miss on most of the rest of their draft picks.

These conversations are hilarious and seem to come from the whoa is me crowd. These same posters are the same ones who say "Why should we expect this to work since nothing else has worked since the return". It's comical. Negative nancy's for sure. Pessimistic people.

There's ONE difference between everything else that's gone down over the years and now. Finally we have a highly respected and highly sought after Head Coach. But some worry about trusting Haslam. Hilarious.

I have also noticed this trend to say we hired a great coach. How do you guys know that?

...the weakest 2 links on this team. QB at 2 and signing a WR with size.

Not that it matters, but I thought that Sashi Brown was of Indian descent, not African. I could be mistaken, but I thought that I read that he was of Indian descent somewhere.

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/01/cleveland_browns_front_office.html

Cleveland Browns front office adds another Harvard grad: Crowquill



CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns hired Andrew Berry as vice president of player personnel this week. Berry graduated from Harvard, as did chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta and executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown, thus making the Browns' front office decidedly Ivy League if not actually "the Harvard of the Midwest."

The Browns hope the unique structure will translate into success on the field in the rugged AFC North. Needless to say, it's not the Ivy League.

Crowquill, by Plain Dealer artist Ted Crow, appears three times a week on cleveland.com.

I am wondering if the cartoons will be 3 times a week?

Could be worth checking just for that.

Why some NFL execs are seeing red over the Browns' all-Crimson front office

MOBILE, Ohio -- Several top NFL personnel executives are seeing red over the Browns' all-Crimson front office.

A number of highly respected personnel men at the Senior Bowl criticized the Browns' new top brass, which features three Harvard-educated men with little or no experience scouting college players: Executive Vice President of Football Operations Sashi Brown, Chief Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta and Vice President of Player Personnel Andrew Berry, who's only 28.

One went so far as to say:"They should be ashamed of themselves.''

It's not the Ivy League credentials or the analytics bent that are bothering some longtime personnel men. It's the fact that the Browns have bypassed a chance to hire some of the best football minds in the NFL and instead have put non-traditional executives in charge of the roster.

Brown was the club's general counsel, primarily in charge of the salary cap and negotiating contracts. The 2016 Senior Bowl was his first, and he'll admittedly start watching more film than ever before.

DePodesta came from the Mets, and although he played receiver at Harvard and football is his first love, he's never formally scouted NFL talent.

Berry has spent the past seven seasons in scouting with the Colts, including the last four as pro scouting director. But he's studied mostly existing NFL players and not college prospects. He's assisted with the college process, but hasn't been responsible for making those picks.

Berry joined the Colts in 2009 as an entry-level scouting assistant and became a pro scout in 2011. Moving quickly up the ranks, he was named pro scouting director in 2012.

Sources at the Senior Bowl raved about Berry's intelligence, work ethic and character. He's very respected in the business and viewed as a rising young star.

Related: Sashi Brown says it would be 'shocking' for the Browns to trade up

But top execs -- football purists who have paid their dues for decades in some cases -- lament the fact that the Browns passed on opportunities to hire some of the best talent evaluators in the business such as Jaguars director of player personnel Chris Polian, Chiefs director of football operations Chris Ballard, Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin, Falcons assistant general manager Scott Pioli, Cardinals vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough, Packers director of player personnel Eliot Wolf and others.

The Browns, who are using an innovative approach to try to shake the team out of its decades-long slumber, lost some of the top candidates right off the bat by giving control over the 53-man roster to Brown and not hiring a general manager.

A number of teams blocked the Browns from interviewing their top personnel executives because they weren't offering a promotion. A more prudent approach would have been to leave open the 53-man roster and the general manager title -- and interview the best in the business.

The Browns, however, are confident they attracted the top candidates among the eight or so they interviewed and landed a rising star.

"Andrew is really intelligent," Haslam told reporters Thursday night at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards. "He's very organized. He's very process-oriented. He'll be a great team player, he'll work well with everybody in the organization. I think he'll understand what Hue (Jackson) and the coaches need and I think he'll go out and find those players for us.''

He noted that most of the candidates were "outside the box, but I don't know that Andrew (falls into that category). He played college football. He's been a scout with one of the better organizations in pro football and run their pro personnel department since he got out of school. He's younger, but I don't know that he's non-traditional."

Despite the fact the moves have raised eyebrows around the league, Haslam felt Berry was the best fit for the Browns.

"I cannot tell you how excited we all were and Andrew had several different offers to do something with other teams,'' he said.

Within about three years, the Browns will know just how smart their new moves were.

But top execs -- football purists who have paid their dues for decades in some cases -- lament the fact that the Browns passed on opportunities to hire some of the best talent evaluators in the business

People are mad because their friends aren't getting hired?

Shocker.

People are mad because their friends aren't getting hired?

Shocker.

But top execs -- football purists who have paid their dues for decades in some cases -- lament the fact that the Browns passed on opportunities to hire some of the best talent evaluators in the business such as Jaguars director of player personnel Chris Polian, Chiefs director of football operations Chris Ballard, Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin, Falcons assistant general manager Scott Pioli, Cardinals vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough, Packers director of player personnel Eliot Wolf and others.

Wolf is next in line for the Packers top job when Ted Thompson steps down... which likely will be before Sashi Brown steps down, so why take a lateral move with a longer wait for succession? Scott Pioli is pretty much hated in Kansas City for his drafting history. I don't see past Tobin who might have taken the job from this list. This claim needs more information.

It is true that once Sashi was given the control over the 53 man roster, that it severely limited who we could interview for the GM position. It was posted on this board by a few posters including myself.

But alas, it is the honeymoon season....

It is true that once Sashi was given the control over the 53 man roster, that it severely limited who we could interview for the GM position. It was posted on this board by a few posters including myself.

But alas, it is the honeymoon season....

People are mad because their friends aren't getting hired?

Shocker.