Todd Monken is the new Browns HC
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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”.
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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”.
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!
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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.
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.
I welcome the only Defensive Coordinator to earn a Superbowl Ring in New Orleans while understanding Revenge of the Nerds is a sequel. "Come get some!" -
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.
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
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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
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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.
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.
BEING A BROWNS FAN IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE -
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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
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...
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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”.
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.
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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.
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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
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?
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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.
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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.
Count me in as one of 'em lol
after actually learning a little about him I'm good now
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I think I understand.
Andrew Berry was hired on 1-28-2020. So Jimmy wonders how things might be different had he hired Monken right then, when he hired Berry. So he walks out to the garage, gets in his DeLorean he bought at a comicon in the 80's, sets the date, and turns on the flux capacitor. Poof!
I wonder at what point today he realized it wasn't the car from the Michael J. Fox documentary?
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I don't mind the Monken hire. He is a proven OC who seems to be able to rev up a O. I don't like how this went with Schwartz.
I would seek to trade Schwartz, assuming things can't be patched up, raise Tarver up to DC which could make things stay the same on D, at least as much as possible.
I have no idea what we could get by trading a DC? Maybe a 3rd?
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I don't mind the Monken hire. He is a proven OC who seems to be able to rev up a O. I don't like how this went with Schwartz.
I would seek to trade Schwartz, assuming things can't be patched up, raise Tarver up to DC which could make things stay the same on D, at least as much as possible.
I have no idea what we could get by trading a DC? Maybe a 3rd?
I don't mind the Monken hire. He is a proven OC who seems to be able to rev up a O. I don't like how this went with Schwartz.
I would seek to trade Schwartz, assuming things can't be patched up, raise Tarver up to DC which could make things stay the same on D, at least as much as possible.
I have no idea what we could get by trading a DC? Maybe a 3rd?
I wonder if the Browns can afford to do a buyout of his contract
Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~ -
I'm really trying to be optimistic about this Monken hire.
He turns 60 next week. Bruce Arians was 60 when he got his first head coaching gig.
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