<![CDATA[Michael Lombardi]]>92.3 the fan is reporting that they have it on good authority Heckert is out and Lombardi is in...thoughts?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/24833/michael-lombardiRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 20:04:06 GMTTue, 04 Dec 2012 17:22:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:20:50 GMT]]>The GM's job is to load the team with talent...right? Look at all of the young talent Heckert has been able to bring in. If Haslam gets rid of him, I will be less optimistic about having a new owner. Lombardi's TV knowledge just doesn't translate into anything to look forward to except probably dismantling a great building process that we are all finally excited about.

IMO Heckert stays and continues to build on what he started. If Haslam and Banner want to bring in some new FO guys and scouts to help that's fine, and if they want to suggest going after a big-name FA, fine. What we don't need is some big EGO coming in here and tearing apart what we have started. Overall, I hate this idea and hope it is only a rumor.

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@nickers said:

Mike Lombardi is a back stabbing tool. If Haslam hires this prick Im completely done supporting this franchise..Call Me a fair weather fan if you want to,but I cannot accept garbage especially for a douche that uses a Magic box to grade and evaluate talent. This guy is a bum and not just a bum but a scheming prick on top..If they infact hire this asshole. Then football in Cleveland is dead. Pack up the moving trucks and take the fucker away...Ive watched enough bad football.

That's a bit much, I guess the gunshots in EC have you on edge.]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316195https://brownsboard.com/post/316195Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:19:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:33:46 GMT]]>If you don't agree with this POSSIBLE hire let the Browns know. Call them or voice you

opinion on fansquad@colevelandbrowns.com

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@runyon27 said:

Not only that, but was terrible at that job when he had it.

Exactlly. I would wager, if LOmbardi was all that, Belichick would have snatched him up YEARS...............AGO...............

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@browns149 said:

Me too

If they want to replce Heckert, then get someone BETTER. Not a guy that hasn't had a gm job in years

Not only that, but was terrible at that job when he had it.

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@gips said:

I am really hoping this rumor is complete bullshit..

Me too

If they want to replce Heckert, then get someone BETTER. Not a guy that hasn't had a gm job in years

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316154https://brownsboard.com/post/316154Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:09:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:04:40 GMT]]>I am really hoping this rumor is complete bullshit..

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316152https://brownsboard.com/post/316152Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:04:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:25:53 GMT]]>I have it under good authority that this rumor is bullshit.

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@browns149 said:

My thinking is this.....if he is sooooooooooooo good, why hasn't Belicheck hired him in Bill's 15 years in NE?

Very fair point...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316141https://brownsboard.com/post/316141Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:47:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:47:01 GMT]]>Lombardi is crap, if Haslam and Banner think Lombardi is a credible GM then we are doomed.

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@mark-o said:

He does have a Browns history as he was part of Belichecks staff in the 90's and we were building a very very good team with that staff back then that got derailed by Modell.

I listen to interviews with him all the time and I think he has a pretty good grasp of what's going on in the league and has made it no secret that he wants to get back to working for an NFL team.

My thinking is this.....if he is sooooooooooooo good, why hasn't Belicheck hired him in Bill's 15 years in NE?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316133https://brownsboard.com/post/316133Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:05:10 GMT]]>Mike Lombardi is a back stabbing tool. If Haslam hires this prick Im completely done supporting this franchise..Call Me a fair weather fan if you want to,but I cannot accept garbage especially for a douche that uses a Magic box to grade and evaluate talent. This guy is a bum and not just a bum but a scheming prick on top..If they infact hire this asshole. Then football in Cleveland is dead. Pack up the moving trucks and take the fucker away...Ive watched enough bad football.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316129https://brownsboard.com/post/316129Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:03:27 GMT]]>Lombardi is a disaster. A complete bust when he was here. Severe downgrade over Heckert.

I hope this is just rumor but it's been out there before.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316128https://brownsboard.com/post/316128Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:03:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:52:00 GMT]]>I will be upset if Heckert leaves. I think he has drafted well. The only thing I don't like is that he hates free agency. But I'll be infinitely more upset if we get Lombardi. Anyone that ran the Raiders has to be garbage. He left in 07. Did he make the Jamarcus Russell pick? If so, do we really want that guy on our side? The guy that passed on Megatron, Peterson, Joe Thomas, Patrick Willis, Revis, and more for Jamarcus Russell. Fuck that guy.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316127https://brownsboard.com/post/316127Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:52:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:38:21 GMT]]>Why not just keep Heckert? I like the way most of Heckert's picks have gone.

I'm having a tough time understanding why Banner and Heckert can't just talk things over, whatever problems they may have.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316125https://brownsboard.com/post/316125Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:38:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:13:52 GMT]]>Lombardi doesn't think that Shurmur is getting fired after the season because the team has played hard for him all season.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316120https://brownsboard.com/post/316120Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:13:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:55:10 GMT]]>Lombardi's not an upgrade to Heckert, his draft history is no where nearly as successful as Heckert's. This franchise will retreat if Lombardi is appointed GM.

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@the-cysko-kid said:

I didn't say it was fact, gip, but they are reporting it.

Bottom line: He was a failure here once....and basically alienated the fan base. Why on earth should Banner/Haslam expect us to swallow his bullshit once again?

His track record is piss poor. He was here from 1987 to 1995....and oversaw the complete deterioration of the team from Championship caliber to nothingness (with help from Belichick)

Then he went to the Raiders from 1999 to 2007. Again, during his tenure there that team went from a roster full of championship quality players to a pile of dog shit.

He has been a sports writer and broadcaster for 5 years now. OK, some guys do learn and improve after doing a stint like that. This guy would HAVE to do that to keep from being tarred and feathered.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316115https://brownsboard.com/post/316115Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:47:09 GMT]]>I want Heckert to stay. He has done a good job bringing talent to this team.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316114https://brownsboard.com/post/316114Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:47:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:29:46 GMT]]>I didn't say it was fact, gip, but they are reporting it.

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@the-cysko-kid said:

92.3 the fan is reporting that they have it on good authority Heckert is out and Lombardi is in...thoughts?

And Jimmy Haslam was going to give John Gruden 10% of the Browns to coach Tennessee. Rumors.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316103https://brownsboard.com/post/316103Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:04:12 GMT]]>Personally I like Heckert but if he goes, he goes. If he does its pretty much a sure bet patsy does too. I'm ok with that.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316101https://brownsboard.com/post/316101Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:04:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:34:05 GMT]]>He does have a Browns history as he was part of Belichecks staff in the 90's and we were building a very very good team with that staff back then that got derailed by Modell.

I listen to interviews with him all the time and I think he has a pretty good grasp of what's going on in the league and has made it no secret that he wants to get back to working for an NFL team.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/316093https://brownsboard.com/post/316093Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:34:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Michael Lombardi on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:28:22 GMT]]>Doesn't have a great track record, has not worked for a team for over five years. What's not to like?

Zombo

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