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  • sydS syd

    you know I have said this before, But if they were serious about Schwartz they would have fired Stefanski weeks 8-12 ? and made him the interim coach,why some of you are so shocked is beyond me

    @syd said:

    you know I have said this before, But if they were serious about Schwartz they would have fired Stefanski weeks 8-12 ? and made him the interim coach,why some of you are so shocked is beyond me

    Not shocked, just a lil disappointed.. Nothing this asshat owner does shocks me anymore 🙁

  • AxeA Axe

    @syd said:

    you know I have said this before, But if they were serious about Schwartz they would have fired Stefanski weeks 8-12 ? and made him the interim coach,why some of you are so shocked is beyond me

    Not shocked, just a lil disappointed.. Nothing this asshat owner does shocks me anymore 🙁

    @axe said:

    Not shocked, just a lil disappointed.. Nothing this asshat owner does shocks me anymore 🙁

    as I said the more beers I drink the more i like the hire

    edit: honestly I do like the hire over a young coach ( i mean to put him in with a kinda dreadful offense) he would be lost and the fan base would be calling for his head after week 10, better to stick with someone who has been around

  • sydS syd

    @axe said:

    Not shocked, just a lil disappointed.. Nothing this asshat owner does shocks me anymore 🙁

    as I said the more beers I drink the more i like the hire

    edit: honestly I do like the hire over a young coach ( i mean to put him in with a kinda dreadful offense) he would be lost and the fan base would be calling for his head after week 10, better to stick with someone who has been around

    @syd said:

    as I said the more beers I drink the more i like the hire

    Well I guess I better catch up then 😉

  • This isn’t a move that is going to do a lot to excite the Browns fans. I get it.

    But he is a guy whose last year as a college head coach was very successful, then helped transform a Georgia team from a defense first program to one that was explosive enough on offense to win two national championships, then helped Lamar Jackson become a legitimate passer in the pros, but the last year was a struggle.

    He’s kind of the anti-Kevin Stefanski. He’s brutally honest and can rub people the wrong way. He’s never going to be considered a “players coach”.

  • This isn’t a move that is going to do a lot to excite the Browns fans. I get it.

    But he is a guy whose last year as a college head coach was very successful, then helped transform a Georgia team from a defense first program to one that was explosive enough on offense to win two national championships, then helped Lamar Jackson become a legitimate passer in the pros, but the last year was a struggle.

    He’s kind of the anti-Kevin Stefanski. He’s brutally honest and can rub people the wrong way. He’s never going to be considered a “players coach”.

    @dutch-oven said:

    He’s kind of the anti-Kevin Stefanski. He’s brutally honest and can rub people the wrong way. He’s never going to be considered a “players coach”.

    Just win baby!

  • @syd said:

    you know I have said this before, But if they were serious about Schwartz they would have fired Stefanski weeks 8-12 ? and made him the interim coach,why some of you are so shocked is beyond me

    I was initially anti on the hire. After listening to Ross Tucker on 92.3 The Fan, I'm more optimistic.

    Conference USA Coach of the year after inheriting a winless team.  OC at Georgia, who were known as a defensive team, he got them offense. Did a good job with the dreaded Ratbirds. 

    Let it play out. Our frustration is the FO. Maybe they got something right for once.

    @bob806 said:

    I was initially anti on the hire. After listening to Ross Tucker on 92.3 The Fan, I'm more optimistic.

    Conference USA Coach of the year after inheriting a winless team.  OC at Georgia, who were known as a defensive team, he got them offense. Did a good job with the dreaded Ratbirds. 

    Let it play out. Our frustration is the FO. Maybe they got something right for once.

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here. Thanks for sharing that about what you heard from Ross Tucker.  He's had some very good success as an OC under strong Head Coaches.  I don't like Georgia's Kirby Smart but he's a very smart hard-nosed HC that the players play hard for.  Monken did a great job as an OC for him. As you pointed out - he did a good job under John Harbaugh in Baltimore.

    The thing I REALLY disliked about the whole thing today is they could have given Schwartz a heads up so he had a shot at working somewhere else (if someone didn't snap him up today).  It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

  • @bob806 said:

    I was initially anti on the hire. After listening to Ross Tucker on 92.3 The Fan, I'm more optimistic.

    Conference USA Coach of the year after inheriting a winless team.  OC at Georgia, who were known as a defensive team, he got them offense. Did a good job with the dreaded Ratbirds. 

    Let it play out. Our frustration is the FO. Maybe they got something right for once.

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here. Thanks for sharing that about what you heard from Ross Tucker.  He's had some very good success as an OC under strong Head Coaches.  I don't like Georgia's Kirby Smart but he's a very smart hard-nosed HC that the players play hard for.  Monken did a great job as an OC for him. As you pointed out - he did a good job under John Harbaugh in Baltimore.

    The thing I REALLY disliked about the whole thing today is they could have given Schwartz a heads up so he had a shot at working somewhere else (if someone didn't snap him up today).  It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

    @flugel said:

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

      It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

    That is one of the quirks on our board....I'm usually out of those upvotes by 9am lol.

    Yeah, it appears they did Schwartz dirty. I doubt it gets patched up damnit

  • @flugel said:

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

      It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

    That is one of the quirks on our board....I'm usually out of those upvotes by 9am lol.

    Yeah, it appears they did Schwartz dirty. I doubt it gets patched up damnit

    @bob806 said:

    it appears they did Schwartz dirty

    he should have known that he was a last resort back up plan

  • @bob806 said:

    I was initially anti on the hire. After listening to Ross Tucker on 92.3 The Fan, I'm more optimistic.

    Conference USA Coach of the year after inheriting a winless team.  OC at Georgia, who were known as a defensive team, he got them offense. Did a good job with the dreaded Ratbirds. 

    Let it play out. Our frustration is the FO. Maybe they got something right for once.

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here. Thanks for sharing that about what you heard from Ross Tucker.  He's had some very good success as an OC under strong Head Coaches.  I don't like Georgia's Kirby Smart but he's a very smart hard-nosed HC that the players play hard for.  Monken did a great job as an OC for him. As you pointed out - he did a good job under John Harbaugh in Baltimore.

    The thing I REALLY disliked about the whole thing today is they could have given Schwartz a heads up so he had a shot at working somewhere else (if someone didn't snap him up today).  It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

    @flugel said:

    I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

    I got home from a medical procedure around 2:30pm.  Turned on the laptop, and was out of emoji's without even using one.

  • @flugel said:

    I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

    I got home from a medical procedure around 2:30pm.  Turned on the laptop, and was out of emoji's without even using one.

    @orion said:

    I got home from a medical procedure around 2:30pm.  Turned on the laptop, and was out of emoji's without even using one.

    you mean like these 

  • sydS syd

    @orion said:

    I got home from a medical procedure around 2:30pm.  Turned on the laptop, and was out of emoji's without even using one.

    you mean like these 

    @syd said:

    you mean like these 

    Yes, I mean like, the Upvote, Like, Thanks, etc. 

  • @flugel said:

    I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

    I got home from a medical procedure around 2:30pm.  Turned on the laptop, and was out of emoji's without even using one.

    @orion said:

    I got home from a medical procedure around 2:30pm.  Turned on the laptop, and was out of emoji's without even using one.

    Hope you're feeling better!  Yeah, I felt I gave out a lot more kudos yesterday than I did today so it caught me off guard today.  

  • @flugel said:

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

      It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

    That is one of the quirks on our board....I'm usually out of those upvotes by 9am lol.

    Yeah, it appears they did Schwartz dirty. I doubt it gets patched up damnit

    @bob806 said:

    That is one of the quirks on our board....I'm usually out of those upvotes by 9am lol.

    Yeah, it appears they did Schwartz dirty. I doubt it gets patched up damnit

    ? Per the part in bold above.  It's easy to do in a good topic.  In lieu of wasting some on the laugh emoticon - we can do the same thing snagging a laugh from the tool bar above.  After getting haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Past last month - it also seems more like laughing with someone than at them.  I've been re-thinking my fondness for Shakespeare... 

  • This isn’t a move that is going to do a lot to excite the Browns fans. I get it.

    But he is a guy whose last year as a college head coach was very successful, then helped transform a Georgia team from a defense first program to one that was explosive enough on offense to win two national championships, then helped Lamar Jackson become a legitimate passer in the pros, but the last year was a struggle.

    He’s kind of the anti-Kevin Stefanski. He’s brutally honest and can rub people the wrong way. He’s never going to be considered a “players coach”.

    @dutch-oven said:

    He’s kind of the anti-Kevin Stefanski. He’s brutally honest and can rub people the wrong way. He’s never going to be considered a “players coach”.

    Being  "brutally honest", being able to navigate tough topics & conversations, doesn't/shouldn't preclude one from being a players coach.    You don't have to look far, right down the road to Vogt, for a great example.

  • With some reflection I'm fine with the hire. It's now revealed that Schwartz was going to leave if he wasn't given the HC job no matter who was hired. In that case better to hire Monken than some offensive assistant and to be frank Monken is a bit of a proven offensive genius. Because he's relatively old (compared to the Ben Johnsons, LeFleurs, etc) he's been overlooked but he could be the next Bruce Arians. Excited to see what he'll do for our run game (literally resurrected Henry's career), TE's and even QB. He made that Georgia QB who won the national champ look like an All American.

  • @flugel said:

    WELL SAID Bob!  I ran outta cyber thatta boys or you woulda got one here.

      It's the way Berry and Haslam do business that continue to show the rest of the league why Jimmy's team is where it is at today.

    That is one of the quirks on our board....I'm usually out of those upvotes by 9am lol.

    Yeah, it appears they did Schwartz dirty. I doubt it gets patched up damnit

    @bob806 said:

    That is one of the quirks on our board....I'm usually out of those upvotes by 9am lol.

    Yeah, it appears they did Schwartz dirty. I doubt it gets patched up damnit

    It would be somewhat telling if Stefanski didn’t take him…maybe they didn’t see eye to eye on things?  

  • It was fun watching the comments go from “nooooo” to “eh, maybe?”

    i don’t know enough to have an opinion on Monken, but hey, he was willing to take the job and that’s something. Baltimore typically has a pretty good offense too.

    Funkin’ with Monken. 

  • It was fun watching the comments go from “nooooo” to “eh, maybe?”

    i don’t know enough to have an opinion on Monken, but hey, he was willing to take the job and that’s something. Baltimore typically has a pretty good offense too.

    Funkin’ with Monken. 

    @ibleedbrown said:

    It was fun watching the comments go from “nooooo” to “eh, maybe?”

    i don’t know enough to have an opinion on Monken, but hey, he was willing to take the job and that’s something. Baltimore typically has a pretty good offense too.

    Funkin’ with Monken. 

    Count me in as one of 'em lol

    after actually learning a little about him I'm good now