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  • The Browns plan to move on from general manager Ray Farmer and head coach Mike Pettine after Sunday’s season finale, a Cleveland.com report Saturday said.

    The report by Mary Kay Cabot quoted sources as saying team owner Jimmy Haslam is inclined to “blow things up” and has already begun seeking out replacements. Though this is the first sourced report of such moves happening — Cabot wrote that interviews with potential replacements could begin as soon as Sunday night — neither move would be a surprise.

    The Browns went 7-9 last year in Pettine’s first season but lost their final five games. They’re 3-12 headed into Sunday’s game vs. the Steelers and have won once since October.

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/02/report-browns-will-fire-coach-gm/

  • Doesn't this annual ritual give you a headache? Mary Kay also said that Adam Gase and Peyton Manning might be coming to town.

    I can't see Manning a Brown. Not after his stellar career. Can you imagine a forty year old quarterback wanting to start anew with another team? I can't! Unless Mary Kay means as a coach or something. How about Manning as " Football Guru" in charge of moral and confident to Haslam!

    Time will tell

    DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!

  • Is this the 2016 Prediction Thread?

    I predict Jim Brown will be our new GM. JIM BROWN will hire Doug Marrone as HC, Jim Shwartz as defensive coordinator, Peyton Manning as Offensive Coorinator

    I want Greg Schiano but he went to Ohio State

    DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!
  • MudflyM Mudfly

    @gftchris said:

    The more I think, the more I want to keep Pettine. Not sure why, just a feeling.

    @tour2ma said:

    It's a good feeling, Chris... go with it.

    Agreed.....

    Its exhausting just thinking of the alternative. I might even have to go back on sabitical, if they start over.....again.....

    @mudfly said:

    Agreed.....

    Its exhausting just thinking of the alternative. I might even have to go back on sabitical, if they start over.....again.....

    Well Mud- it looks like a blowout against the Steelers (likely) is going to result in a blowup. 🙁

  • bbedwardB bbedward

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    Ya'll are tripping.

    Whatever brotha. The buck has to stop somewhere.

    Who's next? Pettine 2.0

    This team still plays their balls off despite sucking. The offense has exceeded expectations. Johnny has developed significantly compared to last year.

    Sorry but you'll have another year of Pettine.

    @bbedward said:

    Sorry but you'll have another year of Pettine.

    Hahahahahahhahaha

  • stillmotionS stillmotion

    Pettine is here to stay.

    Get used to it.

    @stillmotion said:

    Pettine is here to stay.

    Get used to it.

    How many misguided posters didn't see this coming?

    B 1 Reply

  • Well as fast as this is moving sounds like the Elliott Wolfe plan is on? Got a coaches Tree? Holmgren & Shurmer our out? Does Wolfe bring his guy or is the dreaded coaching search on? Tom Clements of ND fame anyone?

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  • I think there's going to be that one coach that gets fired that most didn't see coming.

    Jeff Fisher gets fired.

    Tom Coughlin?

    Jim Caldwell?

    https://www.facebook.com/Mike-Black-Sunday-Stories-1780988822148720/?ref=bookmarks

  • @SI_PeterKing

    Every 10 minutes Haslam preaches continuity.

    Every 20 minutes he fires the building.

    @RossTuckerNFL

    Bad enough Haslam has no clue as owner. Now shows he has no class leaking he's firing HC/GM before last game. Browns fans deserve better.

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  • From Ian Rapoport

    Names expected to interview for #Browns in the coming days: Teryl Austin & Adam Gase. Doug Marrone likely, as well.

    I wonder how many of these guys are going to say "thanks...but no thanks" again?

    Two things that will define you: Your determination when you have nothing. Your attitude when you have everything. - Mike McCartney

  • I would like to think that Haslam already has the replacements in line for hc and gm. If he fires these guys, then starts a search, we're doomed again. They may as well go straight to their last choice. And wow! a team picked by 5 different staffs. Hmmmmmm, sounds like a plan.

    W 1 Reply
  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @andeftw said:

    Wolf is promising, wouldn't have been promoted by the Packers if that wasn't the case. Expect an out clause in the contract though, he's going to head back to GB once Thompson retires in 2018 if he does well.

    Why would he do that if he was really having success here? The tradition of the Browns is nearly as great as the traditions of the Packers.....plus....it is Green Bay. Nice small town. Nothing against it. Like it very much.

    But there is no reason to go back there if you are really hitting home runs in Cleveland....which has about an equal rabid fan base.

    @the-gipper said:

    Why would he do that if he was really having success here? The tradition of the Browns is nearly as great as the traditions of the Packers.....plus....it is Green Bay. Nice small town. Nothing against it. Like it very much.

    But there is no reason to go back there if you are really hitting home runs in Cleveland....which has about an equal rabid fan base.

    Because Green Bay is where his father built a legacy as a hall of famer? Wolf has strong ties to Green Bay, since he's worked there his entire career and he knowns he's next in line for the job. Maybe he doesn't care about any of that, but I'd expect him to have an out clause like Schneider does with the Seahawks.

  • Canton DawgC Canton Dawg

    @SI_PeterKing

    Every 10 minutes Haslam preaches continuity.

    Every 20 minutes he fires the building.

    @RossTuckerNFL

    Bad enough Haslam has no clue as owner. Now shows he has no class leaking he's firing HC/GM before last game. Browns fans deserve better.

    @canton-dawg said:

    @SI_PeterKing

    Every 10 minutes Haslam preaches continuity.

    Every 20 minutes he fires the building.

    Ha!.......sad part is that he's too stupid to realize that he is also making "himself" a laughing stock......just like his team.....

    Haslem is starting to make Daniel Snyder and Jerry Jones look like calm cool geniuses....

    Firing everybody....again.....just tells me Haslem has NO CLUE where the problems are and has NO CLUE how to fix them....

    So....Just flip the board and start over.....(which is pretty much what losers do)

    @canton-dawg said:

    I wonder how many of these guys are going to say "thanks...but no thanks" again?

    Probably, plenty......

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    And wow! a team picked by 5 different staffs. Hmmmmmm, sounds like a plan.

    Actually more.....cause Farmers 1st draft was done using Lombardis scouts and info, cause he was hired just a few months before the draft and had no staff in place....(just like whats happening now)

    THEN.....after a shitty draft in 2014......he fired all the scouts and started over with his own staff for 2015.....

    SO.....the next GM will come in....and guess what?.....he cant bring ANY scouting info from his team.....so, he'll have to use Farmers scouts and their info for the next draft(like Farmer did in 2014)....and, like Farmer, he wont be as prepared as he could be....and the cycle will continue....

  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug

    I would like to think that Haslam already has the replacements in line for hc and gm. If he fires these guys, then starts a search, we're doomed again. They may as well go straight to their last choice. And wow! a team picked by 5 different staffs. Hmmmmmm, sounds like a plan.

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    I would like to think that Haslam already has the replacements in line for hc and gm. If he fires these guys, then starts a search, we're doomed again. They may as well go straight to their last choice. And wow! a team picked by 5 different staffs. Hmmmmmm, sounds like a plan.

    One can only hope.

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  • We will get all the good names in rumors and interviews.

    Then we're going to get the jets TE coach or something.

    FlugelF RichiswhereR 2 Replies

  • Well we pretty much know 100% Mike P is gone later this evening.

    Pagano is out.

    Probably: Coughland, Fisher

    Maybe: Payton

    Plus the teams that already fired their coaches: Miami, Philadelphia, Titans

    There'll be a good amount of competition for the top prospects

  • bbedwardB bbedward

    We will get all the good names in rumors and interviews.

    Then we're going to get the jets TE coach or something.

    @bbedward said:

    We will get all the good names in rumors and interviews.

    Then we're going to get the jets TE coach or something.

    LOL! Good point - we'll prolly get the next Rich Kotite just so we can read Walter White wanting his head after the second coin toss of preseason.

    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!"

  • More reports this AM of the same...

    It's just sad.

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  • If Fisher gets fired, St Louis would be the best landing spot for the next HC.

    They already have a very good defense, with a strong running game in Gurley.

    All they need is a decent QB and a WR and they will compete.

    Two things that will define you: Your determination when you have nothing. Your attitude when you have everything. - Mike McCartney

  • According to multiple sources.Not sure how reliable they are. But after today's game against Pittsburgh. Both GM Ray Farmer and HC Mike Pettine are expected to be given their pink slips.

    Now, on to what this topic is about. According to Ian Rappoport, Browns are expected to interview Lions DC Teryl Austin, and Bears OC Adam Gase.

    Translation. We are expected to Bring in a HC for another 2 years of atrocity before hiring a new one.

    "We are poking a dead lizard with a stick expecting it to move" here people!. In other words, we're doing the exact same thing expecting something different, that's what my analogy means.

    We brung in Mike Pettine,who by the way was terrible in Buffalo, and now we're bringing in a DC who's been terrible in Detroit besides maybe one year. Who has no previous HC experience. Doesn't this sound familiar?. Oh,yeah. SAME thing happened with Pettine!.

    And then there's Gase,the Bears OC, who has NO HC experiance as well as he's never worked with a QB like Johnny Manziel before!. He won't know how to handle is off-the-field issues and he won't know how to gameplan around him. He's only worked with in the pocket passers in Peyton Manning and Jay Cutler.

    And who's to say that Adam Gase hasn't been riding Peyton Manning and making himself look good. Same exact thing happened with Joe Philbin in Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers made him look like a genius. And now look how it turned out. They FIRED him!!.

    Anyways, that's just my 2 cents. What are you're thoughts?

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