Bruce Arians Wanted To Be In Cleveland
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Ouch.
Ahead of Arizona's Sunday showdown with the Browns, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians offered a revelation certain to sting Cleveland's endlessly stung fan base.
Chatting with Browns beat writers on Wednesday, Arians revealed that he was passed over by the franchise during one of their seemingly countless head-coaching searches since returning to the league in 1999.
This came back in 2009, when Cleveland was looking for Romeo Crennel's replacement, a gig that eventually went Eric Mangini."I was notified that I was going to be contacted and then someone else was hired that same day," Arians said, per Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland.
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While Arians went on to craft the careers of Ben Roethlisberger and Andrew Luck, Mangini was swept out of Northern Ohio just two seasons later.Arians' affection for Cleveland is genuine after he spent three seasons as the team's offensive coordinator under then-coach Butch Davis from 2001 to 2003, helping to guide the Browns in 2002 to their only playoff appearance of the past 21 years.
"I'm shocked because that's one of the greatest fan bases in the world," Arians said of Cleveland's run of ineptitude. "It's a shame because I loved my time there. Wish I would've had an opportunity."As an ardent defender of former Browns first-round passer Tim Couch, Arians knows the lack of a franchise signal-caller sits at the heart of Cleveland's troubles, saying: "It just comes down to a quarterback. We are all tied to our quarterback."
Passing on Arians sits out there as one of the more grievous sins of a franchise that fired Marty Schottenheimer and also saw Bill Belichick canned by owner Art Modell after the team's gut-wrenching move to Baltimore.NFL Network's fascinating "Cleveland '95" details the laundry list of soon-to-be-starry coaches who toiled under Belichick. That Davis-led Browns team housed its share of future big names, too, with Arians coaching alongside Todd Bowles and Chuck Pagano.
New Browns owner Jimmy Haslam can point the blame at the previous top man, Randy Lerner, for whiffing on Arians. The truth, though, is that Cleveland has missed on one coach, quarterback and draft pick after the next.It's painful for Browns fans to play endless versions of "what if," especially after seeing what Arians has created with the Cardinals, Bowles with the Jets, Belichick with the Patriots and -- shall we go on?
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If we keep changing coaches every other year we will never go anywhere.
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Cue beating dead horse
We already knew this really, too late now
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He should consider himself fortunate he wasn't contacted.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
He should consider himself fortunate he wasn't contacted.
He should consider himself fortunate he wasn't contacted.
Just when you couldn't look like a bigger negative asshole...you outdo yourself again asshat. Tell me again why you're here since you clearly hate everything to do with this team.
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If we keep changing coaches every other year we will never go anywhere.
If we keep changing coaches every other year we will never go anywhere.
I agree wholeheartedly.
But this was an article published today, before our game against the Cardinals, so I felt it was a damn sight more apt topic than "Here is why McCown Sucks".
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Didn't Bruce Arians have health problems?
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Didn't Bruce Arians have health problems?
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Didn't Bruce Arians have health problems?
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Not that I know of.....you might be thinking of Chuck Pagano who is likely to also be unemployed soon.
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Didn't Bruce Arians have health problems?
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Didn't Bruce Arians have health problems?
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He gave up his college head coaching stint at Temple due to Health reasons, but that was back in the late 80's.
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coulda shoulda woulda.
palmer goes down again and kiss their season goodbye, and they have much more talent than us, and no he didn't draft them all so...............
wasn't the OP piping the charms of o'brien who looks worse than any coach right now in the NFL?
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It's weird how long Arians was an coordinator for before finally getting hired as a HC. And it even took him being an a successful interim HC before anyone took a chance on him. I have a feeling he's not a great interviewer even though he's a great coach. I'm sure tons of teams had chances at him. Not exclusive to us.
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who's the perfect coach and how did they become (it)? working as under other great coaches? being a successful coordinator then getting promoted?
the closest thing to the perfect coach in the NFL is belichick and someone had to give him a shot. too bad that person is the same that moved the team from cleveland to baltimore.
poor art must be rolling around in his piss soaked grave.
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who's the perfect coach and how did they become (it)? working as under other great coaches? being a successful coordinator then getting promoted?
the closest thing to the perfect coach in the NFL is belichick and someone had to give him a shot. too bad that person is the same that moved the team from cleveland to baltimore.
poor art must be rolling around in his piss soaked grave.
who's the perfect coach and how did they become (it)? working as under other great coaches? being a successful coordinator then getting promoted?
the closest thing to the perfect coach in the NFL is belichick and someone had to give him a shot. too bad that person is the same that moved the team from cleveland to baltimore.
poor art must be rolling around in his piss soaked grave.
That cracked me up!
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who's the perfect coach and how did they become (it)? working as under other great coaches? being a successful coordinator then getting promoted?
the closest thing to the perfect coach in the NFL is belichick and someone had to give him a shot. too bad that person is the same that moved the team from cleveland to baltimore.
poor art must be rolling around in his piss soaked grave.
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coulda shoulda woulda.
palmer goes down again and kiss their season goodbye, and they have much more talent than us, and no he didn't draft them all so...............
wasn't the OP piping the charms of o'brien who looks worse than any coach right now in the NFL?
coulda shoulda woulda.
palmer goes down again and kiss their season goodbye, and they have much more talent than us, and no he didn't draft them all so...............
wasn't the OP piping the charms of o'brien who looks worse than any coach right now in the NFL?
I like O'Brien.
You think he handled his QB controversy any better than Pettine did last year?
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I would say they should have kept Fitzpatrick but I understand the reaction they had to the fans' restlessness.
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