How did this happen without honoring the Rooney rule?

Your right, the Mistake By The Lake Clowns are a disaster. They have been going back to the early 90's when they lost the team to Baltimore.

 

They re-interviewed Crennel right after they fired him :shifty:

Anyways, I think Leslie Frazier is going to be a really good HC and hes most likely going to the Rams.

 

I agree with Frazier, would like to see him get a shot somewhere.

The Browns ... suck. The Raiders .... suck.

I would like to see Josh McDaniels of the Pats get some good looks as well, think hes a solid guy, imo much more solid than the 3 before him.

Spags Im not shocked on, he just seems like a career coordinator to me, ala Jim Johnson or Monte Kiffen.

The most interesting move to me would be if Pioli jumps ship somewhere, would definately like to see the pats draft without him.

As for the Rooney Rule, you get fined for not following it, but its not like there are people with guns enforcing it ;)

 

I feel lucky that Mangini had so much win now" pressure in NY. I think he has potential to be a great HC in the right situation. I can see him succeeding in Cleveland (not that they should have fired RC in the first place).

 

They shouldnt have fired Crennel? What?!?!? He was absolutely horrible!

 

Wait so they fired one failed Bellicheat assistant for another?

 

Crennel's built a fair team over in Cleveland. Of course they stank it up this year and he should be on the hot seat BUT I think they jumped the gun. They had a very bad year but they showed a lot of promise last season and he was only 3 years into building his team. At this point they have a team with a lot of talent that underachieved. I think bringing in a new coach puts them back an awful lot as far as setting up a system and bringing in the players to run it. Showing a coach that showed promise the door after only 3 seasons with a young team for what?

I wouldn't have shown him the door unless there was someone DEFINITIVELY better available...which there's not at the moment. IMO same story with mangini. Had he been given 5 years or so I think he could have really turned that franchise around. Instead they were trying to show him the door after only 2 seasons. Instead of letting him build a tea and bring in his players he was forced to abandon his system and overpay for talent in a bid to "win now".

Foolish IMO.

 

Mangini will never get the Browns to the level of the Steelers.

 

They built an OK team, but Crennel was a horrible coach. Poor player management, poor on field decisions, poor clock management, poor 4th quarter calls, poor judgement in just about everything. He was a crappy coach, no way about it and deserved and needed to be fired imo.

 

dont forget the Bills and Jets :up:

 

I think now that Matt Millen's gone there's no reason to believe they can't get back on the road to respectability. I'm not saying they will, just saying it could happen.

 

I think they'll be a decent team eventually. Not next year, but maybe the one after.

 

I dont see why the Lions cant at least be an average team in a few years. Before Millen they actually were fairly regularly in the playoffs.

Now a team I havent seen mentioned is Oakland. IMO as long as Davis is calling the shots there they will be terrible.

 

Mangini makes sense in Cleveland, I'd bet the use similar systems, and the Browns won't be starting at -0-, and they have a ton of talent.

The Lions have to find someone who is willing to take two years worth of lumps, and they have to be Offensively minded IMO, all their talent is on offense.

The Raiders...all of those bad years have left them with some talent, but Russel and McFadden haven't done a thing in Oakland, whomever they hire not only has to squeeze Russel, they have to deal with Al Davis...

And the Chiefs haven't fired Herm Edwards yet, a new GM may drop the ax..

 

hello philly for both of them.

 

Yeah I think they have a decent WR corps actually.

 

Avant does alright, too.