Now, that Musgrave is out, here comes Jim Zorn

Alendor

odds that we bring in zorn when shurmur will be calling the plays is almoast zilch. zorn has been around, you dont' honestly think he would accept an OC position where he doesn't call the plays do you?

ITHIKA

theres always Rip Scherer he is the god of QB coaches! Charlie Frye, Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn. He developed them all. Lets give him a shot at OC. What do you say?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Scherer

Gips

@wrrebel said:
It seems like we arent going to get a top line guy since shurmur wants to call his own plays

Seems that way, with shurmy calling his own plays experienced OCs may want to stay away as that means no control whatsoever...

We will likely end up with a nameless QB coach upgraded to an assistant booth coach or something...

Could be a good thing could be bad thing, we will have no idea until at least mid season..

BuckeyeBrown

@dawgpound3 said:
I aint old enough to buy beer but I'll give you beer from my fridge. haha

I can't tell you how mcuh this sentence pleases me

daddybull1

I've asked this question before but it seems no one has an acceptable answer....

What is the OC job on game day... What are his responsibilities, what authority does he have???????????????

On Game Day-- What are the job descriptions of the head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator???

Terry Pluto stated that the offensive coordinator is the head coach of the offense on game day... Is this how it works??

Peace

'

T.Dawg

ITHIKA

@daddybull1 said:
I've asked this question before but it seems no one has an acceptable answer....
What is the OC job on game day... What are his responsibilities, what authority does he have???????????????

On Game Day-- What are the job descriptions of the head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator???

Terry Pluto stated that the offensive coordinator is the head coach of the offense on game day... Is this how it works??

Peace

'

T.Dawg

On the Browns the OC will be Shurmurs puppet and the puppet master (shurmur) hasn't been a very good OC, so thats not saying much. As one poster said on pft after the Shurmur hiring, I quote "Shurmur is the sound my stomach makes after i've had too much White Castle"..

TheClevelandSound

@dawgpound3 said:
Jim Zorn will be the offensive coordinator of the Browns, I guarantee it. Mark my words

You are always wrong. Stop trying.

nickers

mikeyP72 said:
Mary Kate says he isnt though so it must be true.

Mary Kay' is cute but a ding dong for a beat writer.

4Browns

@gips said:
Seems that way, with shurmy calling his own plays experienced OCs may want to stay away as that means no control whatsoever...
We will likely end up with a nameless QB coach upgraded to an assistant booth coach or something...

Could be a good thing could be bad thing, we will have no idea until at least mid season..

I agree with this. In my opinion Zorn would be a good choice as OC. Former head coach, experienced offensive mind. But a guy like that isn't coming here to not call the plays. Cripes, we let Freaking daboll call the plays as a rookie OC.

Shurmur saying he wanted to call his own plays bothered me right away. it is a sign he hasn't realized yet that his new job as Head Coach is different that being an OC. Sure he called the plays for the Rams but the offense was all he had to worry about. Now, he has to be involved personally with all aspects of the team including the defense and special teams. We need to hire the best possible OC and let the man do his job. Shurmur will have plenty of opportunities to work with his new OC and make sure they are on the same page.

miktoxic

@dawgpound3 said:
I aint old enough to buy beer but I'll give you beer from my fridge. haha

well, what's in the fridge?

@ithika said:
On the Browns the OC will be Shurmurs puppet and the puppet master (shurmur)

holmgren is the puppet master. shurmer is the puppet. look at the press conference how holmgren had to answer for little pat on his coaching credentials which literally are paper thin.

@nickers said:
Mary Kay' is cute

now i know you're delusional.

calfoxwc

But she did SAY something cute once, I think...

Look, if Shurmur is calling his own plays, why not just make Bernie Kosar the assistant OC ?

"sigh".

They'll get it right.