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Ray Farmer promoted to GM. Joe Banner to step down as CEO. GM Michael Lombardi to leave the team. Press conf. at 11am
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#Browns promote Ray Farmer to GM. Mike Lombardi and Joe Banner leaving #Browns.
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This is unbelievable.
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Wow! Here is an official tweet from the Browns. Farmer is now the GM. Ray Farmer is now the GM
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wow  Consistency is the key isnt it?
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Well .... that makes no sense whatsoever. 
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Wow.
I'm now more excited than nervous for the draft.
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Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi out as well. Banner and Lombardi Out
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Wow, that is crazy. The people who said that ownership/FO weren't on the same page during the coaching interviews and that Farmer might step up into a bigger role probably had no idea how right they were.
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All posted on the main site.. Pretty amazing turn of events.. .wow wow wow http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/arti...5a-a9c129c57f86
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On WKNR the official press release from the Browns was read on air. Banner and Lombardi are out. A press conference will be held at 11:00am.
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Where will the presser be aired?
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Something interesting I remember thinking right after Pettine was hired as the head coach: During one of the videos where Pettine was going around the Browns facility introducing himself to various staff, there was a few seconds where he said hi to Lombardi and it was a very brief, almost cold exchange like they had never even spoken before. It came off as very odd at the time.
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Presse Conference to be held at 11:30 per the Cleveland Browns Official twitter account. Presse Conference
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What the heck is going on over there? Just when you thought things can't get more whacked? So did Banner or Lambardi fire Chud? If so, I am irate! Is Pettine a Farmer guy? Holy Moly!!
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Never in my wildest dreams could I have envisioned a situation like this with my team. I literally cannot have concocted this kind of scenario had I intended to joke around with my friends.
What on Gods green Earth is happening here...
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Manziel, see Josh Gordon. Dumbass.***
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Mult sources tell me Michael Lombardi and Joe Banner are "devastated" and "were blindsided" by the announcement #Browns
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Mult sources tell me Michael Lombardi and Joe Banner are "devastated" and "were blindsided" by the announcement #Browns
I don't doubt that one bit!
I will give Haslam this...He may be a crook and a poor version of Jerry Jones, but he didn't wait to admit that he felt he made a mistake and moved quickly to correct it.
I cannot WAIT for the truth to leak out as to why these dudes were sent packing. Get your popcorn ready people...
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Manziel, see Josh Gordon. Dumbass.***
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This is getting ridiculous. I'm not fond of either of them, but what the heck is going on?
I want the Cleveland Browns to be my pallbearers so they can let me down for the last time.
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Nice to see reports of Banner "stepping down" and also "blindsided" and "devestated." I can't tell if this is a stable enough situation going into the draft or just more crappy inconsistency. It kind of feels good. But that's just my "gut" talking. Are other teams just an owner, GM, & scouts?
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What the heck is going on over there? Just when you thought things can't get more whacked? So did Banner or Lambardi fire Chud? If so, I am irate! Is Pettine a Farmer guy? Holy Moly!!
Well, it's obvious to me.
The dysfunction that many didn't want to admit truly exists. Name any of the situations-- the coaching search (2), concerns on Banner running EVERYTHING about the team, Lombardi's track record, etc.
I also think these moves spell out a better situation Haslem may be in with Pilot.
This mess is crazy.
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Ray Farmer was the asst. GM. He was the one also at the Senior Bowl scouting the players. The Lombardi thing does not shock me as much as the Banner ousting does. There was a tweet about 1 week ago about Lombardi being out, but I didn't post it because while the guy has seemingly had the inside track on Browns info he is not a report or verified account, but the guy has been spot on quite a bit. I'll share his tweets now from last week. Tweet from Feb. 4th Farmer Promoted: Feb. 4th
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Wow. That is just amazing. I don't know how to feel about all of this.
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So Farmer is now in charge of free agency (ours & the ones we HOPEFULLY land) and the draft . . . He was touted as the second coming by BANNER and highly sought out by the Dolphins, who have another of the league's supposed nightmare front offices. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts . . . 
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Wow. That is just amazing. I don't know how to feel about all of this.
Not shocked at the Lombardi firing, and quite frankly, happy it has happened. The Banner firing is a little more alarming because I thought the "business" moves were good and figured Banner played a huge part in this. However, maybe that assumption is wrong and Alec Sheiner is the real architect of those moves.
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Jimmy must've felt snookered with the league-arranged marriage and wanted out. Ballsy.
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We're the laughing stock of the NFL. The only bright side is that Lombardi is gone.
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I was just thinking the other day how nice it would be if we had Farmer as GM instead of Dumbardi. 
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So... Which one of us is submitting their resume first?
I'm typing mine up as we speak.
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Does anyone know the time line of Farmer declining the Dolphins job and the hiring of Pettine? Which happened first?
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Wow. That is just amazing. I don't know how to feel about all of this.
Shocker for sure... but to me I am happier with Framer / Pettine running the show than i am with Banner / Lombardi... just a gut feeling.... I have no idea why but I am all on board with this.
JMHO... I think Haslam scanned the landscape and decided we could do better, I said it before ... the Pettine hire has his hands all over it ( over JM, a Lombardi favorite by many accounts), and so does the keeping of Farmer.
Perahps Halasm told JB... Farmer in, Lombardi out and Banner said no... Halsam said pack your s**t too.
I trust in Farmer!
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So... Which one of us is submitting their resume first?
I'm typing mine up as we speak.
Already sent mine... hey I have 14 years coaching youth football... I am in !!!!
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j/c.. Looks like Haslam really took Marla Ridenour's advice to heart in canning Lombardi and promoting Farmer. lol Banner is transitioning out of his position by May. Banner to leave in May
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This is nuts. The dysfunction and turnover has reached a ridiculous level, and everyone is right to ridicule Haslam and the Browns as a whole.
I understand that and expect it, and have no argument against it.
At the same time, however, I am not upset. I think that maybe, just maybe, the Browns have stumbled into a situation that has a decent chance to work, once the dust settles.
From what I have read, Ray Farmer has a good reputation in NFL circles. He is considered smart and qualified and an up-and-comer in the league.
Pettine has consistently coordinated good-to-great defenses, seems like a leader and a teacher, and has a reputation as a very good talent evaluator for a coach (from the book Collision Low Crossers by Nicholas Dawidoff).
The Browns now have a more traditional front-office structure, with Owner->GM->Head Coach. The GM is 39 and well-respected, the Head Coach is 47 and has a positive pedigree. It might just work.
If it does work the Browns will certainly have reached this point in a roundabout and laughable way, but in the end, if they win, no one will care.
The process has been a disaster, but hopefully the outcome will be good. I think it has a ddecent chance to be.
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Continuity. Might be too soon, but this is bold. What happened topside? 
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