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  • @logicisforsquares said:

    The UCLA/USC game is a beautiful and popular hotspot?

    I wonder what the beaches are like near the concession stand.

    LA is. 

    @hoorta said:

    Cal, in his post Sashi firing press conference, Hue was specifically asked about getting an OC. I sort of buy his explanation that the offence is\was so talent depleted, he didn't want an OC who looked so bad he'd have to fire him. Oh, he knows- as he said "it's performance based" and my performance hasn't been what it needs to be. I suppose it would look bad if he came out and said "I've sucked so far as a coach". 

    It was posited by some here from the beginning, is a lawyer bean counter fit to run an NFL organization? I think Jimmy decided that answer was NO. 

    I'll posit this one Tour. We don't know (but Haslam sure does) just how much of a "consensus" there really was. If Hue was constantly getting shot down and overruled by Sashi- when with 20\20 hindsight his suggestions on player acquisitions were dead on, and Sashi and DePo's were crap, draw your own conclusion. What if: Hue was Ok with both Wentz and Watson (remember the supposed phone call to Deshawn?) and to top it off got Kizer (who he probably didn't want) that screams "analytics pick" rammed down his throat, well- I'd probably like a tad more input too. Why do I think that's the case? Read between the lines in Jimmy's goodbye to Sashi- thanks for all the picks, I don't trust you to make them. So much for consensus- Sashi had the final say. Apparently he was asked if it was OK to bring in a Dorsey type to help in that regard, and it was like nope, everything is just hunky-dory. We're going to nail the 2018 draft. That and (care to bet it wasn't deliberately botched) McCarron deal sealed Sashi's fate. BTW DePo's all time stupid comment about Wentz not being a top 20 qb proves when push came to shove who was making the picks.  

    And apparently War- he took those opinions and  made his own decision, if there was no consensus- looks like Haslam didn't think much of them. 

    It’s interestig how the loudest complainers are those who have no idea how Sashi’s system worked. 

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Yeah, probably. He's pretty much thought to be a solid GM.

    His draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much. 

    There's probably going to be three or four open GM positions this year, I think he would have landed with someone. 

    Why was he fired?

    @wargograw said:

    It’s interesting how the loudest complainers are those who have no idea how Sashi’s system worked. 

    ROTFLMAO!!! And YOU  do, on the Browns payroll or something? You have no better freaking idea what the inside dealing in Berea was- than I do. I can tell you one thing for sure. It took exactly one day with Sashi gone to tell Kenny Britt to get lost. Hate to bust your bubble. Defend that one War. Nah Brown wasn't an arrogant knowitall that was never wrong about his "process". Pull your head out of your a$$, it's one of many major screw ups he wouldn't take responsibility for- and was forcing a substandard POS on Hue. Probably Kizer, and whoops Wentz isn't a top 20 QB, dwell on that one for a few minutes. 

  • @logicisforsquares said:

    The UCLA/USC game is a beautiful and popular hotspot?

    I wonder what the beaches are like near the concession stand.

    LA is. 

    @hoorta said:

    Cal, in his post Sashi firing press conference, Hue was specifically asked about getting an OC. I sort of buy his explanation that the offence is\was so talent depleted, he didn't want an OC who looked so bad he'd have to fire him. Oh, he knows- as he said "it's performance based" and my performance hasn't been what it needs to be. I suppose it would look bad if he came out and said "I've sucked so far as a coach". 

    It was posited by some here from the beginning, is a lawyer bean counter fit to run an NFL organization? I think Jimmy decided that answer was NO. 

    I'll posit this one Tour. We don't know (but Haslam sure does) just how much of a "consensus" there really was. If Hue was constantly getting shot down and overruled by Sashi- when with 20\20 hindsight his suggestions on player acquisitions were dead on, and Sashi and DePo's were crap, draw your own conclusion. What if: Hue was Ok with both Wentz and Watson (remember the supposed phone call to Deshawn?) and to top it off got Kizer (who he probably didn't want) that screams "analytics pick" rammed down his throat, well- I'd probably like a tad more input too. Why do I think that's the case? Read between the lines in Jimmy's goodbye to Sashi- thanks for all the picks, I don't trust you to make them. So much for consensus- Sashi had the final say. Apparently he was asked if it was OK to bring in a Dorsey type to help in that regard, and it was like nope, everything is just hunky-dory. We're going to nail the 2018 draft. That and (care to bet it wasn't deliberately botched) McCarron deal sealed Sashi's fate. BTW DePo's all time stupid comment about Wentz not being a top 20 qb proves when push came to shove who was making the picks.  

    And apparently War- he took those opinions and  made his own decision, if there was no consensus- looks like Haslam didn't think much of them. 

    It’s interestig how the loudest complainers are those who have no idea how Sashi’s system worked. 

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Yeah, probably. He's pretty much thought to be a solid GM.

    His draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much. 

    There's probably going to be three or four open GM positions this year, I think he would have landed with someone. 

    Why was he fired?

    @wargograw said:

    LA is. 

    It’s interestig how the loudest complainers are those who have no idea how Sashi’s system worked. 

    Why was he fired?

    Because he couldn’t get along with Reid and he would occasionally go rogue.

  • It will be interesting to see what other changes come in the FO... both resignations as well as terminations. To see how much of the consensus machine being built remains by the time April rolls around.

    @tour2ma said:

    It will be interesting to see what other changes come in the FO... both resignations as well as terminations. To see how much of the consensus machine being built remains by the time April rolls around.

    Tour, love ya guy- but it's becoming clearer by the minute- the "consensus process" is\was a myth, perpetuated by gee, Sashi? The other voices in the room were being summarily ignored in the decision making process. Even after with 20\20 hindsight- they happened to be dead right- DUH!!! Process improvement involves realizing mistakes will be made, and be willing to correct them. 

    If you're so damn freaking sure of yourself that my way is gonna work, regardless of what those dissident voices are saying- you got an ego problem that needs to be taken down a notch. My 0.02 Thanks Jimmy- Mission accomplished. 

  • Consensus? Ya right. That flew out the window 10 minutes after the Haslam's laid it out. Every local media outlet said so too. It was just, keep the FO in place for continuity and nothing else. Each one went to Jimmah separately. Ya consensus...lol.  It never happened the way it was stated and to the folks that think the process was the "bomb".... It blew up many, many moons ago. 

  • consensus has been tied to death wars and global rot since eve sucked adam's twinkie.

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  • It will be interesting to see what other changes come in the FO... both resignations as well as terminations. To see how much of the consensus machine being built remains by the time April rolls around.

    @tour2ma said:

    It will be interesting to see what other changes come in the FO... both resignations as well as terminations. To see how much of the consensus machine being built remains by the time April rolls around.

    When I try to objectively look at past two years, there's certainly enough blame to go around, including some to Hue. What we don't know, and what we never will, is just how much Hue had a voice in passing on Wentz, Watson, and whoever else. It's been reported that Hue wanted Goff badly until Carson Wentz came to town and blew him away his intelligence and abilities to process football information. Did Hue ask to draft him? Did Sashi override him in the quest to acquire more picks? Because I gotta tell ya, that ALONE would be enough reason for me to fire Sashi's butt and keep Hue Jackson. Granted, there's no way to know if Wentz would have done as well with us, and there's no way to know if he'd be an MVP candidate with our dismal team in year 2. But I feel he'd be great with us, and I think he would have won a few games last year, and a few more this year. Additionally, we'd FINALLY have the piece we've needed to build around that we haven't had in a generation. 

    Now, I haven't heard if Hue wanted Deshaun Watson, but I did read he wanted Malik Hooker instead of trading down. Hooker was having a somewhat normal rookie season, in that he made some mistakes and he made some nice plays (like interceptions...ahem...JABRIL). From what I read, Hooker looks like a potential star, and his season was derailed by a terrible injury. Regardless, here's yet another example of Sashi screwing up. Yes I remember the stupid video showing our coaches so excited about drafting Peppers, and looking back it really makes them look ignorant. I'm not a fan who typically calls young players "busts" after one year, but boy...Peppers is on my crap list. He looks useless. And Gregg Williams is a guy known for taking talent and placing them in the right place to succeed. 

    When Hue and Sashi first came on, they harped on the importance of getting the QB position right. Over and over we heard about it. They gave us RG III, Cody Kessler, Josh McCown, Kevin Hogan, and Deshone Kizer. One of those guys isn't in the league anymore, and the other one not on our roster lead a talent-starved to 5 or 6 wins this year. The other 3 remaining on our roster have yet to win a game they started. Keeping true to my policy of refraining to call rookies busts, I'll give Kizer the benefit of the doubt since he's young, we have little talent, we can't run the ball, and our defense sucks. That being said, Kizer has been terrible and he's driving me insane. He literally can't score touchdowns. He can't consistently deliver the ball where he needs to. Has he improved since day 1? Of course he has. But when the bar is SO low, it's difficult NOT to improve, right? Our defense gives up a passer rating of 102. Kizer's rating is 53. Let that digest...if you can. Kizer made some truly beautiful passes against the Bolts, he really did. But it's the passes he missed that stand out a bit more to me. For instance, when Bosa strip-sacked him, Kizer missed Devalve in the end zone. It would not have been "easy", but the play appeared to be there if he read the defense quickly and released it. He also missed a handful of passes to Gordon that again, not EASY, but definitely throws he has to make. One play in particular was especially egregious because Hue did his job and schemed him open. I think it's our "monster" formation or something? Anyway, it's the one where we had like 6 receivers, 3 each side, and Kizer missed Gordon completely when he had a step. There was NOBODY inside or deep on the defense, and Kizer just had to lead him to the inside and in stride for a touchdown. These are the plays we NEVER MAKE, and they're the ones that prevent us from winning. 

    Sashi whiffed on Kenny Britt, cut Taylor Gabriel, didn't fix our qb situation, and simply didn't add enough talent. But there's something else to this dynamic of keeping Hue Jackson, too. Suppose we fire everyone, and LITERALLY start all over again. Who the heck are we going to get to come in and lead our team? We're going to be back to the Mike Pettine days where we have to hire the 6th candidate on our list. Yeah I know Pettine won 7 games, but you saw how quickly THAT crap lasted. Did any team burn up HIS phone when he was let go? Don't think so. But if Hue Jackson and Gregg Williams were let go, I guarantee you they'd have big jobs instantly. We have coaches that other teams would want, regardless of the atrocious record. Can they coach better? Yes. Have they made mistakes? Absolutely. But I really think we have coaches that can take us where we want to go, and if we can JUST get the QB position nailed down, I believe we'll see the improvement we've been desperate for! 

  • @tour2ma said:

    It will be interesting to see what other changes come in the FO... both resignations as well as terminations. To see how much of the consensus machine being built remains by the time April rolls around.

    When I try to objectively look at past two years, there's certainly enough blame to go around, including some to Hue. What we don't know, and what we never will, is just how much Hue had a voice in passing on Wentz, Watson, and whoever else. It's been reported that Hue wanted Goff badly until Carson Wentz came to town and blew him away his intelligence and abilities to process football information. Did Hue ask to draft him? Did Sashi override him in the quest to acquire more picks? Because I gotta tell ya, that ALONE would be enough reason for me to fire Sashi's butt and keep Hue Jackson. Granted, there's no way to know if Wentz would have done as well with us, and there's no way to know if he'd be an MVP candidate with our dismal team in year 2. But I feel he'd be great with us, and I think he would have won a few games last year, and a few more this year. Additionally, we'd FINALLY have the piece we've needed to build around that we haven't had in a generation. 

    Now, I haven't heard if Hue wanted Deshaun Watson, but I did read he wanted Malik Hooker instead of trading down. Hooker was having a somewhat normal rookie season, in that he made some mistakes and he made some nice plays (like interceptions...ahem...JABRIL). From what I read, Hooker looks like a potential star, and his season was derailed by a terrible injury. Regardless, here's yet another example of Sashi screwing up. Yes I remember the stupid video showing our coaches so excited about drafting Peppers, and looking back it really makes them look ignorant. I'm not a fan who typically calls young players "busts" after one year, but boy...Peppers is on my crap list. He looks useless. And Gregg Williams is a guy known for taking talent and placing them in the right place to succeed. 

    When Hue and Sashi first came on, they harped on the importance of getting the QB position right. Over and over we heard about it. They gave us RG III, Cody Kessler, Josh McCown, Kevin Hogan, and Deshone Kizer. One of those guys isn't in the league anymore, and the other one not on our roster lead a talent-starved to 5 or 6 wins this year. The other 3 remaining on our roster have yet to win a game they started. Keeping true to my policy of refraining to call rookies busts, I'll give Kizer the benefit of the doubt since he's young, we have little talent, we can't run the ball, and our defense sucks. That being said, Kizer has been terrible and he's driving me insane. He literally can't score touchdowns. He can't consistently deliver the ball where he needs to. Has he improved since day 1? Of course he has. But when the bar is SO low, it's difficult NOT to improve, right? Our defense gives up a passer rating of 102. Kizer's rating is 53. Let that digest...if you can. Kizer made some truly beautiful passes against the Bolts, he really did. But it's the passes he missed that stand out a bit more to me. For instance, when Bosa strip-sacked him, Kizer missed Devalve in the end zone. It would not have been "easy", but the play appeared to be there if he read the defense quickly and released it. He also missed a handful of passes to Gordon that again, not EASY, but definitely throws he has to make. One play in particular was especially egregious because Hue did his job and schemed him open. I think it's our "monster" formation or something? Anyway, it's the one where we had like 6 receivers, 3 each side, and Kizer missed Gordon completely when he had a step. There was NOBODY inside or deep on the defense, and Kizer just had to lead him to the inside and in stride for a touchdown. These are the plays we NEVER MAKE, and they're the ones that prevent us from winning. 

    Sashi whiffed on Kenny Britt, cut Taylor Gabriel, didn't fix our qb situation, and simply didn't add enough talent. But there's something else to this dynamic of keeping Hue Jackson, too. Suppose we fire everyone, and LITERALLY start all over again. Who the heck are we going to get to come in and lead our team? We're going to be back to the Mike Pettine days where we have to hire the 6th candidate on our list. Yeah I know Pettine won 7 games, but you saw how quickly THAT crap lasted. Did any team burn up HIS phone when he was let go? Don't think so. But if Hue Jackson and Gregg Williams were let go, I guarantee you they'd have big jobs instantly. We have coaches that other teams would want, regardless of the atrocious record. Can they coach better? Yes. Have they made mistakes? Absolutely. But I really think we have coaches that can take us where we want to go, and if we can JUST get the QB position nailed down, I believe we'll see the improvement we've been desperate for! 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    Peppers is on my crap list. He looks useless. And Gregg Williams is a guy known for taking talent and placing them in the right place to succeed. 

    One theory is that Sashi decided to take peppers and Williams wanted Hooker. Williams couldn't fathom the pick, and sent Peppers on an island so we get a better safety next season.

  • That's one theory, lol. I honestly thought Peppers would blitz more, especially with how Gregg likes to send heat. I'm not even sure how many times Peppers has blitzed this year...run blitz or otherwise. I thought Peppers was a good tackler and somebody who could sniff out screens and stuff? Am I wrong or are we just using him solely as a deep wtf safety? Regardless, it doesn't appear that Peppers will play this game, so we're going to get a look at the other rookie. 

  • @calfoxwc said:

     sachi wasn't working out, so be it.

    but I give Hue a pass on what seems to be "mistakes"... I think he has to spend too much time coveringfor a talented qb that lacks vision and doesn't see the field. How tough is it to learn how to look one way, then lookand throw the other way? How much instinct does it take to know that you can't throw a long pass to a wr that is closely double covered before the ball ever gets there?

      I get upset with Hue, but I'm seeing more and more that he is frustrated at not having the players he needs, and he's trying to make decisions based on that fact.

    Cal, in his post Sashi firing press conference, Hue was specifically asked about getting an OC. I sort of buy his explanation that the offence is\was so talent depleted, he didn't want an OC who looked so bad he'd have to fire him. Oh, he knows- as he said "it's performance based" and my performance hasn't been what it needs to be. I suppose it would look bad if he came out and said "I've sucked so far as a coach". 

    @westside-steve said:

    Sashi Browns entire career has been counting pinto navy,  lima, garbanzo and kidney beans.

    WSS

    It was posited by some here from the beginning, is a lawyer bean counter fit to run an NFL organization? I think Jimmy decided that answer was NO. 

    @tour2ma said:

    I think we now know what Hue meant when he said he wanted to be more involved in the process.

    This was my first thought as well.

    I'll posit this one Tour. We don't know (but Haslam sure does) just how much of a "consensus" there really was. If Hue was constantly getting shot down and overruled by Sashi- when with 20\20 hindsight his suggestions on player acquisitions were dead on, and Sashi and DePo's were crap, draw your own conclusion. What if: Hue was Ok with both Wentz and Watson (remember the supposed phone call to Deshawn?) and to top it off got Kizer (who he probably didn't want) that screams "analytics pick" rammed down his throat, well- I'd probably like a tad more input too. Why do I think that's the case? Read between the lines in Jimmy's goodbye to Sashi- thanks for all the picks, I don't trust you to make them. So much for consensus- Sashi had the final say. Apparently he was asked if it was OK to bring in a Dorsey type to help in that regard, and it was like nope, everything is just hunky-dory. We're going to nail the 2018 draft. That and (care to bet it wasn't deliberately botched) McCarron deal sealed Sashi's fate. BTW DePo's all time stupid comment about Wentz not being a top 20 qb proves when push came to shove who was making the picks.  

    @wargograw said:

    Sashi pulls together the opinions of others. Find me one quote that would indicate he’s “convinced himself he was an nfl talent evaluator”? I’ll wait. 

    And apparently War- he took those opinions and  made his own decision, if there was no consensus- looks like Haslam didn't think much of them. 

    @hoorta said:

    I'll posit this one Tour.

    1. We don't know (but Haslam sure does) just how much of a "consensus" there really was.
    2. If Hue was constantly getting shot down and overruled by Sashi- when with 20\20 hindsight his suggestions on player acquisitions were dead on, and Sashi and DePo's were crap, draw your own conclusion.
    3. What if: Hue was Ok with both Wentz and Watson (remember the supposed phone call to Deshawn?) and to top it off got Kizer (who he probably didn't want) that screams "analytics pick" rammed down his throat, well- I'd probably like a tad more input too. Why do I think that's the case?
    4. Read between the lines in Jimmy's goodbye to Sashi- thanks for all the picks, I don't trust you to make them.
    5. So much for consensus- Sashi had the final say. Apparently he was asked if it was OK to bring in a Dorsey type to help in that regard, and it was like nope, everything is just hunky-dory. We're going to nail the 2018 draft.
    6. That and (care to bet it wasn't deliberately botched) McCarron deal sealed Sashi's fate.
    7. BTW DePo's all time stupid comment about Wentz not being a top 20 qb proves when push came to shove who was making the picks.  

    Looks like a lot more than one, h. Let me break them down... or at least try to..

    1. First, there really aren't degrees of "consensus". There either is one or there is not one.
    2. How close to reality is your hypothetical? Since I have no clue what players you are talking about in "hindsight"... and neither do you... as stated it's unanswerable.
    3. "OK with"? lol... FWIW as fanciful as it is, I agree with your take of the commitment Hue likely showed prospects. The rest of this point is also simply fantasy.
    4. Clearly that's what Jimmah was saying.
    5. Sashi knows as I know that bringing in your precious "football guy" at the top doomed the consensus process. Agree that we were going to nail the 2018 draft.... we still may.
    6. Nope...no bet. Besides the fact that it'd be forever unsettled unless Sashi writes a memoir, I tend to agree that the deal was at minimum left to die with a benign neglect if not outright killed. And if the boss wanted that deal done, then there's a price to be paid.
    7. No, it "proves" nothing except that Analytics got one wrong. Even I'll admit Wentz is a top 20 QB.
  • @wargograw said:

    And had there been, do you think he’d have gotten it?

    Yeah, probably. He's pretty much thought to be a solid GM.

    His draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much. 

    There's probably going to be three or four open GM positions this year, I think he would have landed with someone. 

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    (Dorsey's) draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much.

    We can? Other than Watson which of the other top prospects that "Sashi passed over" meet those criteria? Certainly not Wentz or Trubs...

    Agree on Dorsey's draft record... pretty middling, but it's his FA work that is really suspect.

    @nero said:

    I mean, the coach has some input, but his vote is similar to other assistants. Let's say he asks for a veteran receiver, then they look in the FA and decide to bring Britt. 

    Or previous to the draft he gives a list of position needs and prospects he would like, then they decide which way is the best to fulfill those requests. 

    Anyway, what I don't like is that they have to report separately to Jimmy. That means that any discussion or confrontation may be approached by the back door, instead of everyone reporting at the same time to the owner in a meeting. Jimmy has to be the owner, not the messenger or the general manager.

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    @canton-dawg said:

    It was reported that Greg Williams warned the Browns about Britt’s shenanigans, but obviously those warnings fell on deaf ears.

    Yes it was... and IF true then that was a major error by the FO.

  • @tour2ma said:

    It will be interesting to see what other changes come in the FO... both resignations as well as terminations. To see how much of the consensus machine being built remains by the time April rolls around.

    Tour, love ya guy- but it's becoming clearer by the minute- the "consensus process" is\was a myth, perpetuated by gee, Sashi? The other voices in the room were being summarily ignored in the decision making process. Even after with 20\20 hindsight- they happened to be dead right- DUH!!! Process improvement involves realizing mistakes will be made, and be willing to correct them. 

    If you're so damn freaking sure of yourself that my way is gonna work, regardless of what those dissident voices are saying- you got an ego problem that needs to be taken down a notch. My 0.02 Thanks Jimmy- Mission accomplished. 

    @hoorta said:

    Even after with 20\20 hindsight- they happened to be dead right- DUH!!! Process improvement involves realizing mistakes will be made, and be willing to correct them. 

    If you're so damn freaking sure of yourself that my way is gonna work, regardless of what those dissident voices are saying- you got an ego problem that needs to be taken down a notch. My 0.02 Thanks Jimmy- Mission accomplished.

    Not ego, h... just knowledge. If you knew "Process Improvement" beyond simply using it in a sentence, them you'd understand.

    Humor me and explain, and support, whatever it is you are implying in the underlined bit.

  • @logicisforsquares said:

    The UCLA/USC game is a beautiful and popular hotspot?

    I wonder what the beaches are like near the concession stand.

    LA is. 

    @hoorta said:

    Cal, in his post Sashi firing press conference, Hue was specifically asked about getting an OC. I sort of buy his explanation that the offence is\was so talent depleted, he didn't want an OC who looked so bad he'd have to fire him. Oh, he knows- as he said "it's performance based" and my performance hasn't been what it needs to be. I suppose it would look bad if he came out and said "I've sucked so far as a coach". 

    It was posited by some here from the beginning, is a lawyer bean counter fit to run an NFL organization? I think Jimmy decided that answer was NO. 

    I'll posit this one Tour. We don't know (but Haslam sure does) just how much of a "consensus" there really was. If Hue was constantly getting shot down and overruled by Sashi- when with 20\20 hindsight his suggestions on player acquisitions were dead on, and Sashi and DePo's were crap, draw your own conclusion. What if: Hue was Ok with both Wentz and Watson (remember the supposed phone call to Deshawn?) and to top it off got Kizer (who he probably didn't want) that screams "analytics pick" rammed down his throat, well- I'd probably like a tad more input too. Why do I think that's the case? Read between the lines in Jimmy's goodbye to Sashi- thanks for all the picks, I don't trust you to make them. So much for consensus- Sashi had the final say. Apparently he was asked if it was OK to bring in a Dorsey type to help in that regard, and it was like nope, everything is just hunky-dory. We're going to nail the 2018 draft. That and (care to bet it wasn't deliberately botched) McCarron deal sealed Sashi's fate. BTW DePo's all time stupid comment about Wentz not being a top 20 qb proves when push came to shove who was making the picks.  

    And apparently War- he took those opinions and  made his own decision, if there was no consensus- looks like Haslam didn't think much of them. 

    It’s interestig how the loudest complainers are those who have no idea how Sashi’s system worked. 

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Yeah, probably. He's pretty much thought to be a solid GM.

    His draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much. 

    There's probably going to be three or four open GM positions this year, I think he would have landed with someone. 

    Why was he fired?

    @wargograw said:

    It’s interestig how the loudest complainers are those who have no idea how Sashi’s system worked.

    Yes, it is... despite repeated efforts to explain how a consensus process worked. Almost seems like they did not want to know...

    @hoorta said:

    ROTFLMAO!!! And YOU  do, on the Browns payroll or something? You have no better freaking idea what the inside dealing in Berea was- than I do. I can tell you one thing for sure. It took exactly one day with Sashi gone to tell Kenny Britt to get lost. Hate to bust your bubble. Defend that one War. Nah Brown wasn't an arrogant knowitall that was never wrong about his "process". Pull your head out of your a$$, it's one of many major screw ups he wouldn't take responsibility for- and was forcing a substandard POS on Hue. Probably Kizer, and whoops Wentz isn't a top 20 QB, dwell on that one for a few minutes. 

    You really need to make your lamea$$ points a few more times... throw a few more rumors and more innuendo against the wall. But please can you come up with some new ones?

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    (Dorsey's) draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much.

    We can? Other than Watson which of the other top prospects that "Sashi passed over" meet those criteria? Certainly not Wentz or Trubs...

    Agree on Dorsey's draft record... pretty middling, but it's his FA work that is really suspect.

    @nero said:

    I mean, the coach has some input, but his vote is similar to other assistants. Let's say he asks for a veteran receiver, then they look in the FA and decide to bring Britt. 

    Or previous to the draft he gives a list of position needs and prospects he would like, then they decide which way is the best to fulfill those requests. 

    Anyway, what I don't like is that they have to report separately to Jimmy. That means that any discussion or confrontation may be approached by the back door, instead of everyone reporting at the same time to the owner in a meeting. Jimmy has to be the owner, not the messenger or the general manager.

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    @canton-dawg said:

    It was reported that Greg Williams warned the Browns about Britt’s shenanigans, but obviously those warnings fell on deaf ears.

    Yes it was... and IF true then that was a major error by the FO.

    @tour2ma said:

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    This I wholeheartedly agree with you on. The reporting structure (which will continue) could of been the downfall of the last process and could mess up this next GM. The coach, Depo, and the GM all report to Dee and Jimmy like they’re reporting to Mommy and Daddy. If Hue doesn’t like something one of them is doing, instead of going directly to them, he goes to Jimmy and complains and then it creates a web of chaos. That’s very well part of what could of happened in the process of dividing Sashi and Hue’s agreement on certain things.

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    (Dorsey's) draft record isn't bad. It's not fantastic but it's not bad either.  He's a "football guy" who places an emphasis on athletic QB's with a decent amount of college experience and a lot of wins...so naturally you can see why Jimmy loved him so much.

    We can? Other than Watson which of the other top prospects that "Sashi passed over" meet those criteria? Certainly not Wentz or Trubs...

    Agree on Dorsey's draft record... pretty middling, but it's his FA work that is really suspect.

    @nero said:

    I mean, the coach has some input, but his vote is similar to other assistants. Let's say he asks for a veteran receiver, then they look in the FA and decide to bring Britt. 

    Or previous to the draft he gives a list of position needs and prospects he would like, then they decide which way is the best to fulfill those requests. 

    Anyway, what I don't like is that they have to report separately to Jimmy. That means that any discussion or confrontation may be approached by the back door, instead of everyone reporting at the same time to the owner in a meeting. Jimmy has to be the owner, not the messenger or the general manager.

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    @canton-dawg said:

    It was reported that Greg Williams warned the Browns about Britt’s shenanigans, but obviously those warnings fell on deaf ears.

    Yes it was... and IF true then that was a major error by the FO.

    @tour2ma said:

    We can? Other than Watson which of the other top prospects that "Sashi passed over" meet those criteria? Certainly not Wentz or Trubs...

    Agree on Dorsey's draft record... pretty middling, but it's his FA work that is really suspect.

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    Yes it was... and IF true then that was a major error by the FO.

    Wentz certaintly does fit that criteria. He was a fifth year senior when he was drafted and started 22 games over his final two years once Jensen graduated. 

    Trubisky doesn’t. But I still don’t believe he was a target anyway. Nor do I think anyone really cares we “missed out” on him.

  • @tour2ma said:

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    This I wholeheartedly agree with you on. The reporting structure (which will continue) could of been the downfall of the last process and could mess up this next GM. The coach, Depo, and the GM all report to Dee and Jimmy like they’re reporting to Mommy and Daddy. If Hue doesn’t like something one of them is doing, instead of going directly to them, he goes to Jimmy and complains and then it creates a web of chaos. That’s very well part of what could of happened in the process of dividing Sashi and Hue’s agreement on certain things.

    @stillmotion said:

    That’s very well part of what could of happened in the process of dividing Sashi and Hue’s agreement on certain things.

    Subtle difference perhaps, but the real damage of the relationship is not in creating divisions, but rather in never resolving them.

  • @hoorta said:

    Even after with 20\20 hindsight- they happened to be dead right- DUH!!! Process improvement involves realizing mistakes will be made, and be willing to correct them. 

    If you're so damn freaking sure of yourself that my way is gonna work, regardless of what those dissident voices are saying- you got an ego problem that needs to be taken down a notch. My 0.02 Thanks Jimmy- Mission accomplished.

    Not ego, h... just knowledge. If you knew "Process Improvement" beyond simply using it in a sentence, them you'd understand.

    Humor me and explain, and support, whatever it is you are implying in the underlined bit.

    @tour2ma said:

    Not ego, h... just knowledge. If you knew "Process Improvement" beyond simply using it in a sentence, them you'd understand.

    Humor me and explain, and support, whatever it is you are implying in the underlined bit.

    Sorry if I'm letting my frustration show, but 1-27 will do that. Loads of fun going down to the Cantina for some Margaritas on Sunday with the guys, fully expecting OUR team to find a new and creative was to lose a game. Maybe I should start a Go Fund Me drive to buy Hue that wet suit when (with some luck) we beat the Bears.

    OK, I don't know if Hue signed off on Britt- or not. But somebody sure wanted him around over the coach's objection. Plenty of head scratching personnel moves. 

    Sounds like, I pick 'em, you coach 'em to me....   

    @tour2ma said:

    Yes, it is... despite repeated efforts to explain how a consensus process worked. Almost seems like they did not want to know...

    You really need to make your lamea$$ points a few more times... throw a few more rumors and more innuendo against the wall. But please can you come up with some new ones?

    So if there was no consensus, Sashi made the call? Yes\no? Apparently enough wrong calls in Haslam's mind he's no longer employed by the Browns? I know you let the process play out guys are going to say Jimmy was impatient again. He was at least smart enough this time to get his new GM in place before the season was over to get a leg up on the competition. We both agree the next draft is critical in that we have to nail the qb position (if you listened to the pressers, it's obvious Kizer is dead man walking) and at least a couple other of the first 5 picks. Bomb this next one out, Haslam may as well sell the team, move them to London and name them the Bulldogs. Just my personal opinion Tour- the more I think about things looking back over the last two seasons (and you can call me an unfounded conspiracy theorist if you like) the happier I am Sashi is gone. 

  • @tour2ma said:

    We can? Other than Watson which of the other top prospects that "Sashi passed over" meet those criteria? Certainly not Wentz or Trubs...

    Agree on Dorsey's draft record... pretty middling, but it's his FA work that is really suspect.

    Both your sense of how the GM and HC can work together, and how Jimmah's reporting structure is poison to them doing so, are spot on.

    Yes it was... and IF true then that was a major error by the FO.

    Wentz certaintly does fit that criteria. He was a fifth year senior when he was drafted and started 22 games over his final two years once Jensen graduated. 

    Trubisky doesn’t. But I still don’t believe he was a target anyway. Nor do I think anyone really cares we “missed out” on him.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Wentz certaintly does fit that criteria. He was a fifth year senior when he was drafted and started 22 games over his final two years once Jensen graduated. 

    Trubisky doesn’t. But I still don’t believe he was a target anyway. Nor do I think anyone really cares we “missed out” on him.

    If I stretch I guess I can see 22 starts is "decent experience", but 22 is not much of a criteria, IMO.

    No one cares about Trubs now,  but if he goes Goff next season and we've not landed "our guy"... brace yourself.

  • @stillmotion said:

    That’s very well part of what could of happened in the process of dividing Sashi and Hue’s agreement on certain things.

    Subtle difference perhaps, but the real damage of the relationship is not in creating divisions, but rather in never resolving them.

    @tour2ma said:

    Subtle difference perhaps, but the real damage of the relationship is not in creating divisions, but rather in never resolving them.

    Now that we can look at it in the rear view mirror- I'd like your opinion what was going on with the Britt fiasco. LOL I'm sure you already know mine. 🙂   

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Wentz certaintly does fit that criteria. He was a fifth year senior when he was drafted and started 22 games over his final two years once Jensen graduated. 

    Trubisky doesn’t. But I still don’t believe he was a target anyway. Nor do I think anyone really cares we “missed out” on him.

    If I stretch I guess I can see 22 starts is "decent experience", but 22 is not much of a criteria, IMO.

    No one cares about Trubs now,  but if he goes Goff next season and we've not landed "our guy"... brace yourself.

    @tour2ma said:

    If I stretch I guess I can see 22 starts is "decent experience", but 22 is not much of a criteria, IMO.

    No one cares about Trubs now,  but if he goes Goff next season and we've not landed "our guy"... brace yourself.

    At the very worst picking 3rd Tour. Depending on who declares, that will land us one of the top two qb prospects. (I can't envision us beating either the Ravens or Steelers- unless Pittsburgh is locked into a playoff spot, and rests 1\2 their starters) A #3 + #7 should get us to #1 worst case scenario, unless the Giants- the only other top three in need of a qb sees another Elway type they gotta have at any cost...  

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    Wentz certaintly does fit that criteria. He was a fifth year senior when he was drafted and started 22 games over his final two years once Jensen graduated. 

    Trubisky doesn’t. But I still don’t believe he was a target anyway. Nor do I think anyone really cares we “missed out” on him.

    If I stretch I guess I can see 22 starts is "decent experience", but 22 is not much of a criteria, IMO.

    No one cares about Trubs now,  but if he goes Goff next season and we've not landed "our guy"... brace yourself.

    @tour2ma said:

    If I stretch I guess I can see 22 starts is "decent experience", but 22 is not much of a criteria, IMO.

    No one cares about Trubs now,  but if he goes Goff next season and we've not landed "our guy"... brace yourself.

    Starts and experience are two different things. The guy was in the same program for 5 years. He saw game action in four of those years. He entered the draft at 23. That’s hell of a lot more experience than a plenty of kids coming out nowadays.