NFL Fox reporting Browns are hiring John DeFilippo as new OC

[Kosar_For_President]

Zombo said:

BTW, I am not spelling out Defilippo for the next couple years. What do we go with: Edit year.

[jcam222]

The QB vet one would now suspect is on the radar is Carson Palmer, him and Flip were good together.

[Zombo]

@jcam222 said:

The QB vet one would now suspect is on the radar is Carson Palmer, him and Flip were good together.

He just signed huge deal with Cardinals, not going anywhere.

Zombo

[nickers]

Another yawner move by the Browns.."yawn"

[cuwoohio]

@nickers said:

Another yawner move by the Browns.."yawn"

We really don't know that yet. I'm sick of the Browns ending up with these old timers who never live up to their rep. Keep hiring the young blood. It all comes down to cohesion within the coaching staff and the willingness of the players to buy in...........

[JAFBF]

Official Site Article just came up :

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-tap-John-DeFilippo-as-new-offensive-coordinator/5fec4d47-18ed-4bb2-adc4-c67bf7bf0c7b

From Pettine :

“The things John brings to the table are exactly what we were looking for. He's the total package,” Pettine said. “He's very bright. He has great energy about him, great passion. Loves the game. Works extremely well with other people. You could see that when I brought him in and had a chance to meet with not just the offensive staff, but he spent time with the defensive staff. That was a big part of it, making sure we weren't bringing in just a playbook; we were bringing in a good person. That, to me, is one of the biggest reasons why he's here.”

From DeFilippo :

DeFilippo interviewed for the same position last season. Pettine said it was a tough decision that ultimately came down to experience, but he had little doubt at the time DeFilippo was ready to call plays in the NFL.

“This isn't going to be my offense or ‘so and so's’ offense. This is going to be the Cleveland Browns' offense,” DeFilippo said. “Whatever that is to get our best players the football, it's going to be very flexible.

“We're not going to just scrap something just because I'm here. I don't have that type of ego. If something's good that our players do well and they know, we're going to keep doing it. That's going to be my job here the next few weeks is I'm going to really study our last 16 games of this season and see what we're good at, see where it fits and see where it meshes with myself and coach Pettine seeing this offense.”

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At an offensive coordinator position that’s been in flux in recent years, DeFilippo said he hopes this is “the last change for these guys for a long time.”

“One of the things Mike and I talked about in our interview was if there's something these guys are familiar with in terms of a name, I don't need to change the name just because I see it as, for example, the play's called ‘smash’ and they call it ‘hammer.’ I can learn,” DeFilippo said. “Let one guy learn the new tag for it."

“We're going to make this offense, the transition as simple as we can for our players. I think they'll really like playing in this offense.”

If these hold out, I'm liking this Hire more and more.

Also heard and Interview with Derek Carr today on DeFilippo, said he's sharp, a hard worker, really helped him grow as a QB.

Carr also said if a Player doesn't like DeFilippo, then something's wrong with that Player - everyone on the Team (Raiders) really liked the guy.

[BaconHound]

I hope he works out. As a fan he'll have a clean slate with me and will be judged as the season progresses.

[tiamat63]

Zombo said:

Youngstown Dago. Nice.

Zombo

Potentially add his name to the list of damn good coaches from Youngstown. We can only hope.

edit: Let's hope this guy isn't as dumb as the current OC for the Raiders. Latavius Murray should have had a shit ton more carries than he ended with.

[darubes]

Somebody likes himAdam Caplan

@caplannfl

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Countless coaches, execs who have worked with DeFilippo have raved about him. Think hire is a home-run for Browns.

2:01 PM - 21 Jan 2015

[miktoxic]

Zombo said:

Youngstown Dago. Nice.

Zombo

half dago, half zip?

[Westside Steve]

@miktoxic said:

half dago, half zip?

Zips are the University of Akron.

YSU are Penguins I think. ..

WSS

[miktoxic]

@westside-steve said:

Zips are the University of Akron.

YSU are Penguins I think. ..

WSS

sorry....meant nip.

[Canton Mike]

@cuwoohio said:

We really don't know that yet. I'm sick of the Browns ending up with these old timers who never live up to their rep. Keep hiring the young blood. It all comes down to cohesion within the coaching staff and the willingness of the players to buy in...........

Yep! I'm also tired of the old, "This guy is a PROVEN so-so Coach". Go for the GUSTO & keep getting these young, energetic guys. Old guys like me (68) need to be FANS! (I'm still damn good at that).

I love what's happening with my Browns. We may still have some tough days ahead, but we no longer will settle for, and accept, mediocrity.

Mike

BTW, I'll call him FLIP....it fits & it's only one syllable (hell, I only have so many left! LOL)

[LondonBrown]

Really this appointment. Another young hungry coach that Pettine likes. Suits me.

[Westside Steve]

@miktoxic said:

sorry....meant nip.

That's Tokyo. ..

WSS

[JPPT1974]

Need to take it to the next level though!

[Itoldyou]

Hey... Better then nothing.

[calfoxwc]

He's a young, flexible, adaptable guy who really knows his stuff,

and apparently has great people skills...

Nice job, Browns !

[LBC mike]

Let us see what does this has to offer. Our whole coaching staff seem to have a chip on their shoulder.

[miktoxic]

godzilla or MLK Jr.?

godzilla .......easy.

at least it's an in-shape jap rather than a big fat burnt candle in mike martz.