<![CDATA[Why Lerner "spoke with" Cowher]]>I don't really feel Lerner had any hopes of landing Cowher from the start of his coaching search.

It was a simple play through the media to appease all the Browns fans clamoring for someone better than RAC.

Cowher was never coming here and Lerner was smart enough to know this.

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@pumpkin-eater said:

I'm glad he turned the Browns down.

His next tenure will be a disaster.

If you listen to what was said in the media he was never formally asked to even apply for the job.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/29608https://brownsboard.com/post/29608Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why Lerner "spoke with" Cowher on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:33:32 GMT]]>This is what I thought from day one on this subject. The media and fans would have been all over him had he not at least made overtures about Cowher. I honestly don't think he was as enamoured with him as the media leads on.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/29590https://brownsboard.com/post/29590Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why Lerner "spoke with" Cowher on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:30:37 GMT]]>I'm glad he turned the Browns down.

His next tenure will be a disaster.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/29586https://brownsboard.com/post/29586Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why Lerner "spoke with" Cowher on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:22:56 GMT]]>No doubt. You had to talk to him even if going in you knew the odds were slim to none.

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