Lombardi / McDaniels

[Hikohadon]

Chip Kelly?

The Cleveland Browns made it clear Monday they desire to find a strong leader at head coach after parting ways with Pat Shurmur.

Citing two high-ranking NFL personnel executives, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio says Oregon's Chip Kelly is Cleveland's clear top choice to coach the team.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000120803/article/chip-kelly-reportedly-tops-browns-coaching-wishlist

Well at least bringing in a coach to run a bullshit college offense with a team that clearly doesn't have the personnel for it is something new.

I wonder if Mouse Davis is still available?

[Fire Marshall Bill 2.0]

Lots of smoke and no wind....

...and its a nice change compared to past 'searches'

[mattvan1]

Lots of smoke and no wind....

...and its a nice change compared to past 'searches'

I'm all for due dilligence, but EOD you gotta make the right decision. And Chip Kelly would not be the right decision. In fact, he'd be pretty fucking far from the right decision.

[FUDU]

I'm enjoying this rare director's cut of Pulp Fiction.

[Fire Marshall Bill 2.0]

Lots of smoke and no wind....

...and its a nice change compared to past 'searches'

I'm all for due dilligence, but EOD you gotta make the right decision. And Chip Kelly would not be the right decision. In fact, he'd be pretty fucking far from the right decision.

In no way shape or form have I now, at any time in the past nor any time in the future, advocated the hiring of Chip Kelly

EOD, after throwing out Chin & Chucky, my pick would be O'Brien

The biggest question no one can answer is, why the fuck would anyone of them want to come and live in Cleveland...?...hence the lipstick reference

What if the Pat Schurmur's of the world are the only ones interested in living in a dying city with a football team on life support ...???

I'm seeing everyone of the names mentioned playing the Browns like a fine tuned Baby Grand for every nickel they can get...then sign with an established organization

Abandon Hope, all yee who enter Browns Land

[peeker643]

Lots of smoke and no wind....

...and its a nice change compared to past 'searches'

I'm all for due dilligence, but EOD you gotta make the right decision. And Chip Kelly would not be the right decision. In fact, he'd be pretty fucking far from the right decision.

In no way shape or form have I now, at any time in the past nor any time in the future, advocated the hiring of Chip Kelly

EOD, after throwing out Chin & Chucky, my pick would be O'Brien

The biggest question no one can answer is, why the fuck would anyone of them want to come and live in Cleveland...?...hence the lipstick reference

What if the Pat Schurmur's of the world are the only ones interested in living in a dying city with a football team on life support ...???

I'm seeing everyone of the names mentioned playing the Browns like a fine tuned Baby Grand for every nickel they can get...then sign with an established organization

Abandon Hope, all yee who enter Browns Land

Only 32 of these marquee jobs available is one reason. Arrogance and ego are two more. And then there's about $6million reasons every year.

Other good thing is that in the majority of years you'll be in Costa Rica or Hawaii or the Caymans by January 2nd.

[Fire Marshall Bill 2.0]

Another eason I lean O'Brien is because of what he did with McGloin this season

Totally transformed the kid and Weeden is an excellent comparison to him physically

His use of the TE this yr was pure Mumbles and IIRC, McGloin ended up the highest rated QB in the Big 1,836 this yr...not even suggesting he will be a pro, just sayin'

[Fire Marshall Bill 2.0]

Lots of smoke and no wind....

...and its a nice change compared to past 'searches'

I'm all for due dilligence, but EOD you gotta make the right decision. And Chip Kelly would not be the right decision. In fact, he'd be pretty fucking far from the right decision.

In no way shape or form have I now, at any time in the past nor any time in the future, advocated the hiring of Chip Kelly

EOD, after throwing out Chin & Chucky, my pick would be O'Brien

The biggest question no one can answer is, why the fuck would anyone of them want to come and live in Cleveland...?...hence the lipstick reference

What if the Pat Schurmur's of the world are the only ones interested in living in a dying city with a football team on life support ...???

I'm seeing everyone of the names mentioned playing the Browns like a fine tuned Baby Grand for every nickel they can get...then sign with an established organization

Abandon Hope, all yee who enter Browns Land

Only 32 of these marquee jobs available is one reason. Arrogance and ego are two more. And then there's about $6million reasons every year.

Other good thing is that in the majority of years you'll be in Costa Rica or Hawaii or the Caymans by January 2nd.

I see O'Brien being a guy without final say on the roster and Saban the opposite

IOW, here's your players....now go win games, which is exactly what O'Brien did

[googleeph2]

(Kelly) ...far from the right decision.

Well it certainly would underscore the PC reference to maybe taking a step away from contending, in the short term. Would be frustrating to see a bunch of new needs open up on offense, when most have assumed the D is poised to get some serious help.

[Hikohadon]

When did Not So Happy Valley become preferrable to Cleveland?

[Erie Warrior]

Twitterverse saying it's gonna be Kelly.

I concur with the gimmick O, and no-talent having Browns

[Triple-S]

Twitterverse saying it's gonna be Kelly.

I concur with the gimmick O, and no-talent having Browns

if you're referring to who I think you're referring to, ignore that source, and focus on Lane Adkins of OBR if you have insider.

[neoleo]

Again, and not because I don't think Heckert did a decent job, but the point in a lot of this is that Heckert upgraded shit to, in many cases, a better quality of crap. He removed the tumors but left pneumonia or infection in many cases. The roster is better, I agree. Some of it markedly better as noted. But in many cases the improvement is marginal at best and there is the QB stuff that Pup noted.

I think you have to take that into consideration, as well as the moves they didn't make and the acquisition costs of what they obtained, before you can be too upset about Heckert.

I'd have been fine had Heckert stayed. I think he's caable and may have been somewhat limited because of the reporting structure (i.e.- Holmgren). But to put it into terms we use a lot, he's not 'elite'. Or at least he wasn't allowed to be and likely wouldn't have been allowed to be in this new regime either.

This sums it up so perfectly. Heckert gets credit for drafting a lot of guys who are now starting, but a lot of those guys would not be starting for us if we were good (TJ Ward for example). Also, he made some questionable FA decisions, like allowing serviceable players like Vickers and Mike Adams to leave (both have contributed to playoff teams since leaving - Adams as a starter on a top D), and then using valuable draft picks to try to fill those newly created voids (and failing). He also traded up TWICE for a RB, failing miserably on the first attempt and then getting hosed on the 2nd.

I liked the guy because he didn't completely suck like everybody else we've had since 99, but he was far from great.

[neoleo]

Honest question on Chip Kelly. Do we definitely know that he'll try to bring his "gimmick" offense to the NFL? I would hope that Kelly would understand that his gimmick's won't work in the pros (at least as a base offense), but I'm not so sure he would even try to replicate his Oregon offenses in the NFL.

I'm open to the hire just because he's not a football dinosaur still going over Bill Walsh tapes in his basement. The prospect of actually having a coach who is creative and thinks outside the box makes me excited.

[googleeph2]

Letting Adams go is one thing, but in favor of Young/Ward et al?

[Govbarney]

Honest question on Chip Kelly. Do we definitely know that he'll try to bring his "gimmick" offense to the NFL? I would hope that Kelly would understand that his gimmick's won't work in the pros (at least as a base offense), but I'm not so sure he would even try to replicate his Oregon offenses in the NFL.

I'm open to the hire just because he's not a football dinosaur still going over Bill Walsh tapes in his basement. The prospect of actually having a coach who is creative and thinks outside the box makes me excited.

Everything I read about Chip says he is a football genius , and would have no issues adapting his style of play to the NFL. Or may come up with a totally new style of play no one has ever seen before. Many NFL coaches to include Bill Belechic have sought out his tutilege , and you are starting to see aspects of his Zone Read in teams like New England, Seattle , Washington, and Carolina.

My view is you can build dynasties in the NFL by being innovative. The copy-cats simply ride on the shirt tails.

[Govbarney]

And as far as Lombardi goes I have yet to see anything of substance linking us to him. Nothing from Schefter, Caplain, Mort, or even that duchebag IBN. Am I missing something...?

[justmebd]

And as far as Lombardi goes I have yet to see anything of substance linking us to him. Nothing from Schefter, Caplain, Mort, or even that duchebag IBN. Am I missing something...?

It's becoming widely believed the Lombardi rumors were started by Lombardi.

[Erie Warrior]

if you're referring to who I think you're referring to, ignore that source, and focus on Lane Adkins of OBR if you have insider.

Could be total shit. The beauty of Twitter.

Just fueling the fire.

[mattvan1]

if you're referring to who I think you're referring to, ignore that source, and focus on Lane Adkins of OBR if you have insider.

Could be total shit. The beauty of Twitter.

Just fueling the fire.

Andrew Brandt‏@adbrandt

Chip Kelly: "I don't know what the future holds " Translation: "My agent's working on that."