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What would your alternative be?

Riley won't keep Williams unless he is told that he is doing so.
That is just how it works.... and it doesn't matter what name you insert into the HC position.

Cause in college he has shown that he is willing to give the D to the coordinator. Also I think the D has something special cooking.

Why, cause the guy is an offensive mind and that is what he will be fixing and running and he would want somebody like Williams who has been building something here already to continue as he takes control of the Offense. I can also see Kitchen staying as the "OC" but it will be a situation where Riley will be calling the plays???

Can't say for certain.

just like I think Hue wanted to work on the O and got Williams clearly a DC who can run things from top to bottom without needing help.

Just opinion obviously I have no Facts to back me.

Gregg Williams on Myles Garrett’s criticism of gameplan: ‘Can’t take responsibility? Just blame me’


Updated 10:17 PM; Posted 9:36 PM

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2018/11...t-blame-me.html

BEREA, Ohio — Browns interim head coach Gregg Williams indicated that Myles Garrett’s criticism of the defensive gameplan following Sunday’s 33-18 loss to the Steelers sounded like an excuse to him and that he’ll “get to the bottom of it.”

Among other things, Garrett said, “I think we just took the wrong approach this time. I think we should've just stayed with what we did the first time, just go with base calls and punch them in the mouth. I feel like we should've stuck with the same game plan."

He also said, “They were able to adjust, and we have to do the same thing.''

In his first press conference as interim head coach on Wednesday, Williams stressed that excuses won’t fly.

“People handle frustrations differently,’’ Williams said. “One of the biggest gifts – I tell the coaches that get a chance to work with me and players – is my biggest gift that I give you if you have a hard time taking responsibility is blame me.

“They have had heard me say that over 100 times here. You can’t take responsibility? Just blame me. I’m OK with it.’’

He added, “We’re going to discuss it, but there are people that respond that way. That’s just how they are. Some of you guys have kids. I have a bunch more kids, too. It’s crazy in some of the world and how we accept excuses anymore. My dad did not accept many excuses when I was growing up.’’

Williams noted that “it just is what it is. He’s fine. He’s totally fine. It’s really a non-issue.”

Garrett didn’t think after the game that Williams would be bothered by his critique.

"I don't see it that way,'' he said. "He wants to go with the best plan possible, and if we think what works best would be what we did before, then he's going to take our adjustment into account. He's not going to bash us for having an opinion. He wants us to be able to be on the field and be comfortable.''

Williams’ “no excuses” mantra comes on the heels of lecturing Garrett and the rest of the defensive players about criticizing the officials. Garrett came out after the Chargers game and blasted the officials for missing the false start on Philip Rivers’ 29-yard TD pass win the 38-14 LA victory.

“I don’t want to hear their excuses,’’ Williams said last week. “I don’t make the excuse. I don’t want them to make the excuse. Everybody’s going to make a mistake. We have to play. We have to do our part. That particular play (when the false start was not called) that has been talked about all along. I’m hot at how we handled the play, not how the referee handled the play.

“We have to finish the rush. We stopped rushing. We stopped finishing the coverage. You have to finish the coverage.”

Garrett was also highly critical of himself after the Steelers game, in which he was held to one sack for a career-high eight on the season. Running back James Conner rushed for 146 yards, and the Steelers rolled up 421.

"It's never going to be good enough for me,'' he said. "Had a sack early, had a tackle, but other than that, I was holding my edge but didn't make enough plays. Just being in the right place at the right time is not enough. We've got to be all over the field and we've just got to dominate and I wasn't there.''

He was hoping for an Aaron Donald-type highlight reel. Instead the Browns lost their third straight game and 15th straight in Pittsburgh to drop to 2-5-1.

"I wish that on every game I play in, but sometimes it’s not in the cards,'' he said. "Sometimes they’ve got a plan for you and they get paid too, and they executed their plan and for the most part they kept me off the quarterback and kept me off James.''

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Great meme's are a plus!

https://twitter.com/MaryKayCabot/status/1057712989678301185

Hope this works - the responses to this twitter are funny as heck.

honest question: do we think Hue will watch this week's game?

He'll probably lose the feed.

Sure he will. Then he will laugh and laugh and laugh.

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.@RobertKlemko on @BullandFox last hour: “Larry Ogunjobi told me ‘I saw guys really caring yesterday and today for the first time. Things changed yesterday and today’” #Browns

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What.

People are going to jump on Hue/Haley for this comment, but it says a lot about the players and the culture of this organization. We have seriously lacked professionalism throughout this organization for a very long time.

It sounds like now that a change has been made that the players care more (and are more invested?)

https://twitter.com/MaryKayCabot/status/1057712989678301185

Hope this works - the responses to this twitter are funny as heck.

when the Browns lose to the Chiefs Ravens Bengals coming up then
who will get the blame now?

I'm with you - someone needs to clarify.

Riley won't keep Williams unless he is told that he is doing so.
That is just how it works.... and it doesn't matter what name you insert into the HC position.

How about Larry Ogunjobi:

It's funny that Larry checked the incorrect quote.

Also, I think a change of effort from the players would simply be this:

Everyone knows that with a new HC comes new players. These guys are playing for their careers for the rest of this season. There is no saying I'm good bc I've been playing for Hue the last 2 years. No. No more Hue. If the game tape doesn't show effort, and you making plays. You're out of here.

Al Saunders