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Paul DePodesta finally wanted off the roller coaster ride. Curious what this may foreshadow for the rest of the triumvirate.

Where's mac!? For him this is a cause for celebration!

The roller coaster finally stopped and Depodesta was the one that got off..how ironic!

If Haslam is gonna change the franchise's losing pattern he has to make changes in the management structure too.

The fact that Depo immediately took a job in baseball is rather telling, imo.

Who cares?

Not me.

Immediately LMAO..... Depo has been talking to Colorado for more than a month and the Browns knew he was leaving. That's sure not immediately. But I understand your just all giddy that your boogyman is gone

Personally, I'm glad we'll finally have the proper people making draft picks, bringing in FAs, calling plays, and running our strength and conditioning program.

UNLEASH THE HILL!!!

Being serious for just a moment... it certainly is possible that this is simply the first step in a VERY comprehensive FO overhaul.

FWIW, to me it just seems like DePo got another job that he's interested in and left. Even though it's easy to read his job description, I still have a hard time imagining what it is that he does on a day-to-day basis.... if he's even half as smart as he's supposed to be, I would imagine staying would be boring.

Interesting bye week:

- Kev gives up playing calling for the second year in a row
- Berry does not conduct his usual annual bye week press conference that he has done every year
- DePo leaves the Browns for the worst franchise in all of baseball

Never dull off the field in Berea.

According to many, each of these things happening (except maybe for the missing Berry PC) should be a precursor to wins.

Hiw much will him leaaving hurt the Brown? I thiunk hardly at all. Look at where we are with him. How much worse can it be?

This team made 2 huge mistakes ..... Letting Baker go in favor of the molester, and letting Alex Van Pelt go in favor of Dorsey. I don't know where these 2 things started, but they were HUGE mistakes.

I agree that I don't think it will hurt much if at all. Every major sports team has an analytics department. Be it NFL, MLB or MLB. At one time it was a more novel concept. But "most people" see how vital information can be gained through analytics. As many people as there are now in analytics it shouldn't be that hard to replace as it once was.

Analytics is a powerful tool that can be used to greatly help coaches find trends and tendencies they might have missed. It's not really meant to be the "controlling factor" in my opinion though. We don't know how much Paul had control over the Browns. Perhaps he had a good bit of control or perhaps he was just a tool being used for the sake or research and giving a leg up. We don't know and we will probably never know. Either way, I am sure it was not used effectively by the Browns at all because too many of their decisions made absolutely no sense at all.

Perhaps this will set Andrew and Kevin free to do things they have been wanting to do things but were held back. Perhaps Paul just got tired of trying to help them and being ignored. Will we ever know? Maybe. If Andrew and Kevin are still in the building when the next draft happens I think it reveals volumes.

Since Andrew Berry is the Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, would it be a demotion for Berry to become the Chief of Strategy and Development?

If Haslam were to hire a "football GM," who would you recommend? Most of the better teams, such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, Buffalo, and San Francisco, invest heavily in analytics. What successful NFL team or teams are currently succeeding with a "football GM?"

Some of us do know.

Psssttt Mac David Jenkins is STILL President off the Browns. But at least now we know you think Wikipedia is a legit source LMAO

https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/front-office-roster/

I'm not sure, given the results, why any one would think this a bad thing.

Or did we win a Superbowl and I missed it? LOL

Lol you don't need to tell me who Dave is.

Hmmmm - are YOU Dave 🤣

My issue has always been focused elsewhere. Depo is clearly an incredibly smart guy - I doubt very much if he is the root cause of any of the current issues the Browns organization faces. He will *probably* be replaced by some other Analysist.

It did strike me that Baseball, while a team sport, is also more individual in nature. It's pitcher vs hitter - errors and fielding ability impact the outcome in a more minor way than a football play. Blocking, route running, defensive schemes, talent match up at every single position on the field. . . . that's not saying Analitics isn't important in the NFL. It is - every team uses. I just think it is probably more useful in baseball, or more specific/exact?