@jcam222 said:

no. he's stupid. like in southern redneck stupid.

Ice Dawg19 said:

Haslam isn't stupid, he has to at least partially see his two stooges as obstacles at this point.

nice story (i guess...?).

@miktoxic said:

forgot all about this band. isn't that paul rogers vocal who played with bad company and was frontin queen for awhile?

i'd take the sweatervest over any candidates that are left to be interviewed.

sure he was conservative with his team. hell he only had one playmaker on the offensive side of the ball in clarrett. things change, people change.

you never know he could be the next jim harbaugh or pete carroll.

Something else about The Firm (side note: went to see them at the Coliseum, 3 things: Drunk, Fight, didn't leave with the girl I took)

The Firm existed from 1984 to 1986. The Browns were 5-11 in 84, Marty took over, 12-4 in 86.

@tour2ma said:

Short and sweet !

here REALLY think he will take the job? ), won't it be a lot easier for Haslam to simply hold a Broadway style open-casting

call? "Anyone who wants the fuckin' job, just give us a call." Sort of an open mike night for would-be coaches.

@tour2ma said:

Phil who? Savage? Taylor? Donahue? Morris? Rivers? Adelphia? Punxatawney? Captain? 'omena? 'osopher? 'anthopist? it up?

Fuck Manning... both of 'em...

And fuck Phil..

That about does it...

@hoorta said:

Nearly 30. And horse face is still part of Denver, as an exec.

I was joking, and that was my point in rooting for Denver to make a run and win the SB. Then Manning would more likely retire and come work in Cleveland. (If they lose I think he'll stay and give it another shot.)

As much as I don't like Broncos or 49ers, I'd be happy for Manning or Phil Dawson should one win the SB.

@miktoxic said:

forgot all about this band. isn't that paul rogers vocal who played with bad company and was frontin queen for awhile?

Yep, and a relatively unknown guitarist who goes by the name of Jimmy Page.

Sorry, no relevant comments about the Browns. This is about as low as I've been

on the team since Modell moved to Baltiwhore. I have absolutely nothing good to

say about the team or FO. 2014 has been flushed down the crapper and I honestly

don't see anything to be hopeful about for the near future.

@bonedawg said:

LOL... this immediately came to mind...

Jimmy Haslam: [to Mike Lombardi at the football practice] I had another idea. I think we should have some plays. You know, usually in football you have some organized plays...

Mike Lombardi: If you don't mind, I took the liberty.

Jimmy Haslam: Oh, you have...

Mike Lombardi : I drew up about seven or eight plays. I figure that's about all this bunch can handle.

Jimmy Haslam: Oh, these are good. These are very good. Uh, what are these little arrows?

@miktoxic said:

forgot all about this band. isn't that paul rogers vocal who played with bad company and was frontin queen for awhile?

i'd take the sweatervest over any candidates that are left to be interviewed.

Yup... Paul Rogers it be...

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-firm-mw0000189996

On Tressel... not over any candidate left, but we could easily do worse.

@tour2ma said:

forgot all about this band. isn't that paul rogers vocal who played with bad company and was frontin queen for awhile?

i'd take the sweatervest over any candidates that are left to be interviewed.

sure he was conservative with his team. hell he only had one playmaker on the offensive side of the ball in clarrett. things change, people change.

you never know he could be the next jim harbaugh or pete carroll.

@jcam222 said:

Obvious the Stooges want a young and upcoming coach- though I'm not nearly as hard on Tressell as you are. Jim is on the high side of 60, so he's not in the Browns plans.

@tml1138 said:

Manning is not Donkey Teeth who cost the Browns three trips to the Big Dance. That was 20+ years ago, though as one poster has in his tag line- Karliss missed- and I believe that to be true.

Hard to say if Manning would retire, or come back for another year should the Donkeys lose the SB- they have to get there first, which isn't a given.

@slowburn said:

The talent pool he had to work with at Ohio State is what made him look good. When it came to big championship games more often than not he did not have his teams ready. His offense is also way to fucking conservative. I might actually throw up in my mouth a little if they bring him in. I would vastly prefer Melzahn or even Gase.

@the-gipper said:

Here is speculation I have heard: a fair amount of the "guidance" involved in the HC search is being done by the Manning family. Jimmah is tight with Peyton and his dad and Peyton really is high on Gase and has reccomended Gase to Jimmah and Haslam complied with the Mannings request to put Gase high on the list.

Also, it is speculated that if in fact Peyton were to win the SB he may do what he current boss (John Elway) did and ride into the sunset sitting on that championship. And, at the end of that trail? A FO job with the Cleveland Browns.

for a visit but find out in the end the prospect was there to touch up on his interview skills for a job with a bona fide NFL franchise. Oh, wait, the Browns are waiting for the

playoffs and Super Bowl to be completed so they can bring in the NFL rock star coaches. that's gotta be it. Sadly, we the fans will settle for another schlep who can dazzle

them in the interview with his understanding of the game and what it take to win but hasn't a clue on how to be a leader of men and a motivator.......getiing the maximum from

every player, on every play, in every fuckin game.

Bring in the sweater dude and forget about these young NFL wannabe coaches who think they can bring the glory back to Cleveland. Tressel knows what the Browns mean to

northwestern Ohio unlike the list of carpetbaggin motherfuckers who have been coming in for the big payday only to leave the team no better off that it has been the last 15 years.

Can he motivate and coach professionals? That's the million dollar question. He certainly has had success in the amateur ranks. His fatal flaw was merely trying to protect his

players from prying eyes.

@hoorta said:

And this begs the question...do we do the unthinkable and root for Broncos to win the SB?

@the-gipper said:

Sure, Manning will want to live in Cleveland after he retire-s,when he can sit on the beach in Tahiti drinking Pina Coladas, or get on any one of the network pregame shows- he's very well spoken. It's a nice dream Gip, I hope it happens, but probably not.

As for Zimmer... while his players do seem to love him, based upon what I saw in a couple seasons of Hard Knocks, I had no interest in him as HC.

The last guy was fired after less than a year when, in some ways he did a good job, esp. considering the QB, RB, 1 2013 draft pick did anything worthwhile, roster changes every f'ing week, ending the season with 16 players who were rookie or one-year free agent signees (basically off practice squads or the street) on the 53-man roster - nearly a third of the roster.

The last guy was told who his coordinators would be. The last guy had little or no player personnel input. You'll have to compete with the stability of Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cincy while being Banner and Lombardi's tool. I know I'm the first scapegoat.

I'm taking my family and everything to Cleveland, ok probably not for one year, but probably 2-3 years unless I get this shitcan to 10-6 and beating out at least two of Pitt/Balt/Cincy by then?

The selling points Haslem has are, "there are only 32 of these jobs in the world," and "I've got a lot of money (for now)."

Vikings hiring Zimmer