Browns will be sold by Randy Lerner
Here’s my take on the sale at our Cleveland Scores site.
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Browns will be sold by Randy Lerner Here’s my take on the sale at our Cleveland Scores site. Follow the Scores Report editors on Twitter @clevelandteams and @bullzeyedotcom. Were Mangini and Kokinis at odds? According to a report by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, head coach Eric Mangini and former GM George Kokinis were apparently at odds with each other “early on.” The Browns fired Kokinis yesterday despite hiring him in the 2009 offseason.
It’s interesting to hear that Mangini and Kokinis were at odds early on, because the pair obviously had to work closely together at the draft considering the Browns made so many draft-day deals. Unless one of them was calling all the shots while the other sat idle to the side, in which case I could see why issues would occur later on. This is one of the more dysfunctional organizations in football, right up there with the Raiders and Rams. Chances are that if the Browns finish with only one or two wins (which is a major possibility), then Mangini could be fired in the offseason and the organization has to start all over again. Report: Browns fire George Kokinis CLEVELAND SCORES reports that the Browns have fired GM George Kokinis.
Crennel out, Cohwer tells Browns he’s not interested The Cleveland Browns fired one coach and were told to buzz off by the one they wanted to hire. The Browns officially fired Romeo Crennel on Monday, but were told by hopeful candidate Bill Cowher that he wasn’t interested in the position.
I’m always a little leery when teams fire their head coach and immediately start looking at other coaches that were fired in the same year. Maybe Mangini would be a nice fit in Cleveland, but I think at this point the Browns need a candidate with a little more experience. I still don’t think Marty Schottenheimer would be a bad hire, although they would need to groom another coach under him because he wouldn’t be a long-term solution. But before hiring a coach, they need to go out and get a solid GM. Then have that GM hire the head coach so that they know everyone can work together. It doesn’t make sense to hire a head coach and then a general manager if they’re going to butt heads all the time about personnel decisions. Posted in: NFL Tags: Bill Cowher, Cleveland Browns, Eric Mangini, Phil Savage, Randy Lerner, Romeo Crennel, Romeo Crennel fired |