Pat Shurmur Hired As New Cleveland Browns Head Coach

[bringbackbrownie2]

Is there going to be a press conference? I would like to see what Shurmur has to say...

[shepwrite]

I like it a lot. It basically signals that the Browns are going to be Holmgren's team... and Holmgren is the prized pupil of my favorite coach of all time, Bill Walsh. In the WCO Mafia, Shurmur is the next guy up. My gut says if not for two years helping to turn around a truly busted franchise, if he were coming off 10 years with the Eagles and 7 as the QB coach, we'd like the pick. That's how Mariucci became the Niners head coach, right? From Green Bay QB coach to SF head coach.

I'm sure we'll see an OC from that tree, maybe Bevell. Not sure if we'll keep Ryan and the 3-4 (my preference) or go all in and hire John Fox to overhaul it.

[hammertime]

@bringbackbrownie2 said:

Is there going to be a press conference? I would like to see what Shurmur has to say...

tomorrow 11:30

[peterbell]

It barely got mentioned on Sportscenter..like a basketball score..Rebuilding..Rebuilding..He has less then 24 months to get to the play offs right.

Thats what the last guy got and he started from ground zero.

[shepwrite]

Dustin Fox makes the Harbaugh/Tomlin connection without naming them:

http://www.cantonrep.com/browns/x174523428...ns-headquarters

[ATENEARS]

The only thing that I don't like hearing about this is that "Shurmur also shares the same agent, Bob LaMonte, as Holmgren and Heckert and numerous other branches of the Holmgren coaching tree." I don't like that Holmgren limits ALL of his searches to within his agents client list.

[ClevelandFanForLife]

welcome pat. let's not have any negative "this guy sucks and he will fail" comments. give the guy a chance.

[DawgTracker]

@nw220 said:

And so it began, lets see what the guy has give him a chance and look foward to adding some much needed pieces in the draft

He has all of the tools necessary to win now or Mangini wouldn't have been fired for his number of wins. The wait is over playoffs this year easily

[djdawg2010]

@bringbackbrownie2 said:

Is there going to be a press conference? I would like to see what Shurmur has to say...

Yeah. Me too.

[shepwrite]

Like that he's been a part of winning teams:

http://cle.scout.com/2/1039251.html

[Kosar_For_President]

Love it.

WRREBELL is sitting in a dark corner weeping with a wine cooler, while holding an unused picture of Gruden with a hole cut out where his mouth is.

Dustin Fox, who played for GlenOak and Ohio State, got to know Shurmur fairly well when he was with the Eagles a few years ago. “He was a really cool guy,” Fox said just before Shurmer was hired today. “The players liked him. All the quarterbacks really liked him.” Fox acknowledges that many of you wanted a rock star to be the next head coach, but he supposes Mike Holmgren knows what he is doing. “Big names don’t always get you wins,” Fox said. “Sometimes an up and comer could prove to be a great one.”

[ClevelandFanForLife]

thus began the homshert era? what about shmeckho? should we start a contest to name this new regime?

[Kosar_For_President]

@shepwrite said:

Like that he's been a part of winning teams:

http://cle.scout.com/2/1039251.html

"Shurmur, 45, has spent 12 of his 23 seasons coaching football in the NFL. In those 12 seasons, the Browns said, Shurmur has been apart of teams that have qualified for the playoffs seven times, won five divisions crowns and appeared in one Super Bowl."

[ClevelandFanForLife]

I remember when I first joined 2 years ago when Mangini got fired someone started a thread of if they liked the hire or not. No debating, no name calling and no shoulda woulda couldas. The question is: Do you like the hire? Plain and simple. Please answer yes or no only.

My answer is yes.

[hoorta]

@atenears said:

The only thing that I don't like hearing about this is that "Shurmur also shares the same agent, Bob LaMonte, as Holmgren and Heckert and numerous other branches of the Holmgren coaching tree." I don't like that Holmgren limits ALL of his searches to within his agents client list.

Thanks for pointing that out Ate- I saw that tidbit on Cleveland.com too. The whole front office is Lamonte clients. LOL, any players that have Bob as their agent?

Now as to that coaching tree, several notable busts- Mooch and Childress. So I'll give Shurmur a 40% chance of success. I'm from Missouri, so SHOW ME Pat before I claim this to be good or bad for the Browns. And I'm not buying the "in Holmgren we trust" mantra. Heard it before, and it didn't work too well with another GM.

How about some first rate offensive and defensive coordinators for a change? Look what KC did with Weiss and Crennell. Fox is fine if he doesn't land a head coaching gig. McDaniels is probably out because he falls off the Bilichick tree.

PS do I like the hire? Neutral- ask me how I like the hire next January.

[TheClevelandSound]

@hoorta said:

Thanks for pointing that out Ate- I saw that tidbit on Cleveland.com too. The whole front office is Lamonte clients. LOL, any players that have Bob as their agent?

Now as to that coaching tree, several notable busts- Mooch and Childress. So I'll give Shurmur a 40% chance of success. I'm from Missouri, so SHOW ME Pat before I claim this to be good or bad for the Browns. And I'm not buying the "in Holmgren we trust" mantra. Heard it before, and it didn't work too well with another GM.

How about some first rate offensive and defensive coordinators for a change? Look what KC did with Weiss and Crennell. Fox is fine if he doesn't land a head coaching gig. McDaniels is probably out because he falls off the Bilichick tree.

PS do I like the hire? Neutral- ask me how I like the hire next January.

Some of LaMonte's clients include:

Mike Holmgren (Cleveland Browns President)

Brad Childress (Former Minnesota Vikings Head Coach)

John Fox (Carolina Panthers Head Coach)

Josh McDaniels (Former Denver Broncos Head Coach)

Andy Reid (Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach/Executive VP)

Mike Singletary (Former San Francisco 49ers Head Coach)

Steve Spagnuolo (St. Louis Rams Head Coach)

Mike Sherman (Texas A&M Aggies football Head Coach)

Charlie Weis (Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Coordinator)

Mike Martz (Chicago Bears Offensive Coordinator)

Mike Nolan (Miami Dolphins Defensive Coordinator)

Al Saunders (Baltimore Ravens Offensive Consultant)

Gunther Cunningham (Detroit Lions Defensive Coordinator)

Leslie Frazier (Minnesota Vikings Head Coach)

Mike Heimerdinger (Tennessee Titans Offensive Coordinator)

Mike McCoy (Denver Broncos Offensive Coordinator)

Marty Mornhinweg (Philadelphia Eagles Offensive Coordinator)

Pat Shurmur (Cleveland Browns Head Coach)

Tom Heckert (Cleveland Browns General Manager)

Chris Polian (Indianapolis Colts General Manager)

Mark Dominik (Tampa Bay Buccaneers General Manager)

Rick Smith (Houston Texans General Manager)

Chris Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher)

Pat Hentgen (Former Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher)

Dave Steib (Former Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher)

Joe Nedney (San Francisco 49ers Placekicker)

Jon Gruden (ESPN Analyst for Monday Night Football)

[Kosar_For_President]

@theclevelandsound said:

Some of LaMonte's clients include:

Mike Holmgren (Cleveland Browns President)

Brad Childress (Former Minnesota Vikings Head Coach)

John Fox (Carolina Panthers Head Coach)

Josh McDaniels (Former Denver Broncos Head Coach)

Andy Reid (Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach/Executive VP)

Mike Singletary (Former San Francisco 49ers Head Coach)

Steve Spagnuolo (St. Louis Rams Head Coach)

Mike Sherman (Texas A&M Aggies football Head Coach)

Charlie Weis (Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Coordinator)

Mike Martz (Chicago Bears Offensive Coordinator)

Mike Nolan (Miami Dolphins Defensive Coordinator)

Al Saunders (Baltimore Ravens Offensive Consultant)

Gunther Cunningham (Detroit Lions Defensive Coordinator)

Leslie Frazier (Minnesota Vikings Head Coach)

Mike Heimerdinger (Tennessee Titans Offensive Coordinator)

Mike McCoy (Denver Broncos Offensive Coordinator)

Marty Mornhinweg (Philadelphia Eagles Offensive Coordinator)

Pat Shurmur (Cleveland Browns Head Coach)

Tom Heckert (Cleveland Browns General Manager)

Chris Polian (Indianapolis Colts General Manager)

Mark Dominik (Tampa Bay Buccaneers General Manager)

Rick Smith (Houston Texans General Manager)

Chris Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher)

Pat Hentgen (Former Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher)

Dave Steib (Former Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher)

Joe Nedney (San Francisco 49ers Placekicker)

Jon Gruden (ESPN Analyst for Monday Night Football)

Who cares.

[TheClevelandSound]

@kosar_for_president said:

Who cares.

Someone asked so I gave them the information.

[Kosar_For_President]

@clevelandfanforlife said:

I remember when I first joined 2 years ago when Mangini got fired someone started a thread of if they liked the hire or not. No debating, no name calling and no shoulda woulda couldas. The question is: Do you like the hire? Plain and simple. Please answer yes or no only.

My answer is yes.

Yes.

[1 more season]

@clevelandfanforlife said:

The question is: Do you like the hire? Plain and simple. Please answer yes or no only.

Yes.