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Let's actually win a few games, and tie a game, after we get rid of receivers AND THEN fire the guy that went 1-31 the past two seasons.  

 

He must've diddled the owner's wife or his secretary or something.  

I posted this on the NFL thread, but I'll repost it here, because it's intriguing to me and I'm interested to hear others' thoughts:

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If the Browns were smart, they would hire Lincoln Riley and reunite him with Mayfield.  And no, I'm not kidding.  But the Browns are not smart, so they will hire someone really shitty instead.

 

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I hope Cleveland hires Coach Bro so he can bench Baker again.

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1 minute ago, clapclapclap said:

Meanwhile, also breaking news:

Death, taxes, and Marvin Lewis with the Bengals.

He's actually having a unexpected good season so far.

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3 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:

But they got that win that one time.

They only have one less win than the Cowboys. Lulz.

4 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

He's actually having a unexpected good season so far.

His usual 1 and done trajectory/ceiling.

Edited by clapclapclap

Just a case of Cleveland being Cleveland. They chew through coaches and quarterbacks like it's nobody's business.

2 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:

I hope Cleveland hires Coach Bro so he can bench Baker again.

Baker will be out of the league in a few years regardless of who his coach is.

Gotta give Jason Garrett a slow clap for not being the first coach fired.

Chiefs @ Browns next Sunday.  Good luck with that.

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4 minutes ago, Katfid54 said:

I posted this on the NFL thread, but I'll repost it here, because it's intriguing to me and I'm interested to hear others' thoughts:

 

Why the hell would Riley leave OU? At college, especially at a program like that, you are the king. You recruit your own players. You have full control and can bench whomever with no real consequences. He can coach for damn near 20 years like Stoops if he wants. You go to Cleveland or really any NFL team and have a couple of down years, you will soon be looking for a new job. Lincoln is going nowhere.

Just now, Dr Fear said:

Chiefs @ Browns next Sunday.  Good luck with that.

Mahomes v Mayfield.  Gee I wonder who is going to win.

Didn't want the Cavs upstaging them with their coach firing. 

2 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Gotta give Jason Garrett a slow clap for not being the first coach fired.

Slow clap is the worst kind.  Insidious.  At least with a fast clap, you can get on antibiotics quickly and knock that shit out.

cavs and clowns both firing their coach in the same week is peak cleveland

4 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Why the hell would Riley leave OU? At college, especially at a program like that, you are the king. You recruit your own players. You have full control and can bench whomever with no real consequences. He can coach for damn near 20 years like Stoops if he wants. You go to Cleveland or really any NFL team and have a couple of down years, you will soon be looking for a new job. Lincoln is going nowhere.

Fair point, but I can definitely see how the constant grind of recruiting can wear a coach out.  If I had to guess, I bet NFL coaches work less hours and have more breaks than college coaches.  Yes, NFL has a longer season but recruiting had turned into a year round full time thing.

5 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Why the hell would Riley leave OU? At college, especially at a program like that, you are the king. You recruit your own players. You have full control and can bench whomever with no real consequences. He can coach for damn near 20 years like Stoops if he wants. You go to Cleveland or really any NFL team and have a couple of down years, you will soon be looking for a new job. Lincoln is going nowhere.

If he's smart, he'll play this up for a raise.

Just checking in to say Fuck Baker Mayfield.

Hopefully, Hue's moving van runs over him accidentally. Or on purpose.

He's a talented guy, I mean he's been on Broadway, but I could have told you he can't coach.

7 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Why the hell would Riley leave OU? At college, especially at a program like that, you are the king. You recruit your own players. You have full control and can bench whomever with no real consequences. He can coach for damn near 20 years like Stoops if he wants. You go to Cleveland or really any NFL team and have a couple of down years, you will soon be looking for a new job. Lincoln is going nowhere.

Hue Jackson will have made something like $4M per win once the Browns pay off his contract.

13 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Why the hell would Riley leave OU? At college, especially at a program like that, you are the king. You recruit your own players. You have full control and can bench whomever with no real consequences. He can coach for damn near 20 years like Stoops if he wants. You go to Cleveland or really any NFL team and have a couple of down years, you will soon be looking for a new job. Lincoln is going nowhere.

More money and way, way less work. College coaching now a 24/7/365 job, lose more than 1 game and alumni start up with pitchforks type job

Hue Jackson was not good, but he was not the Browns' real problem. Their real problem goes by the name "Haslem" (though John Dorsey also sucks).

It's kind of like Dallas. Sure, Jason Garrett sucks, but their real problem is Jerry Jones.

27 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

They only have one less win than the Cowboys. Lulz.

Spoiler

the cowboys suck

 

Stoops to Cleveland?

The Browns are just a total clown show.  What do they expect out of a head coach?

Jackson had shit to work with when he arrived, and he has his team competing week in and week out now.  

The Browns will regress again because of this move.  

6 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Stoops to Cleveland?

He's from Ohio...

And maybe he can get the band back together and bring back piss-pants and get his tomato-faced brother off the unemployment line.

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1 minute ago, Ghost of Shag said:

The Browns are just a total clown show.  What do they expect out of a head coach?

Jackson had shit to work with when he arrived, and he has his team competing week in and week out now.  

The Browns will regress again because of this move.  

What a terrible take. Hue Jackson was the Jeff Fisher of that team. There was more than enough talent on that squad to win at least once last season.

I don't see it happening with Lincoln Riley, not that the NFL couldn't lure him away, but he can do better than the Browns if that's his choosing.  Is this college vs NFL grind verified?  I just assumed if you are a successful coach that it's pretty much a year around job regardless.  Nobody is handing someone 5 million a year and thinking they aren't doing anything for months out of the year.

2 minutes ago, Machinator said:

What a terrible take. Hue Jackson was the Jeff Fisher of that team. There was more than enough talent on that squad to win at least once last season.

Hue Jackson is a clown.  I have watched most of the Browns game this year and they have actually managed to get worse every week.

1 minute ago, Ghost of Shag said:

The Browns are just a total clown show.  What do they expect out of a head coach?

Jackson had shit to work with when he arrived, and he has his team competing week in and week out now.  

The Browns will regress again because of this move.  

Win more than 10% of his games???  The Browns are indeed a dumpster fire, but Hue was part of the problem, not the solution. 

 

 

35 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Why the hell would Riley leave OU? At college, especially at a program like that, you are the king. You recruit your own players. You have full control and can bench whomever with no real consequences. He can coach for damn near 20 years like Stoops if he wants. You go to Cleveland or really any NFL team and have a couple of down years, you will soon be looking for a new job. Lincoln is going nowhere.

Others have already mentioned the time/grind of recruiting.

Here are some other factors:

  • In the NFL, you have a lot more help with assistant coaches/analysts than you are allowed in college.
  • In the NFL, he has a lot more time with players (who are not going to school, etc.) to install his system and continue to develop his offensive scheme.
  • You don't have to be "perfect" in the NFL.  In College, you basically have to win all but 1 game in order to make the playoffs.  You only need to win 60+% of your games a year in the NFL.

 

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5 minutes ago, Katfid54 said:

Others have already mentioned the time/grind of recruiting.

Here are some other factors:

  • In the NFL, you have a lot more help with assistant coaches/analysts than you are allowed in college.
  • In the NFL, he has a lot more time with players (who are not going to school, etc.) to install his system and continue to develop his offensive scheme.
  • You don't have to be "perfect" in the NFL.  In College, you basically have to win all but 1 game in order to make the playoffs.  You only need to win 60+% of your games a year in the NFL.

 

NFL is much more cut throat. And at a program like OU, you are going to be pretty good almost every year. And in college, you can develop your scheme and then recruit players to fit that scheme and keep winning. OU did it with Stoops his entire tenure. And let's not pretend the NFL doesn't have turnover. It has a ton. Plus, you are now dealing with a different element. These aren't college kids. These are grown men making tons of money with huge egos you have to manage. Sure there are egos in college but you can control those much better as a head coach there opposed to the pros. Look at Saban. He went to the pros and flamed out quickly and now is a legend in college. You think he would ever go back pro? Not a chance. I mean Lincoln already went to the playoffs as a first year head coach and has his team in contention again. Not sure why he would leave a situation like that for the Browns. I get the Baker Mayfield connection but that's not enough.

29 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

The Browns are just a total clown show.  What do they expect out of a head coach?

Jackson had shit to work with when he arrived, and he has his team competing week in and week out now.  

The Browns will regress again because of this move.  

Jackson went 3-36-1. Tough to regress much farther than that. 

23 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Hue Jackson is a clown.  I have watched most of the Browns game this year and they have actually managed to get worse every week.

 

23 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Win more than 10% of his games???  The Browns are indeed a dumpster fire, but Hue was part of the problem, not the solution. 

 

 

 

27 minutes ago, Machinator said:

What a terrible take. Hue Jackson was the Jeff Fisher of that team. There was more than enough talent on that squad to win at least once last season.

Yep yep and yep.

Go rewatch Hard Knocks and you can see for yourself that most of the coaches and players thought Mr Bus Driver was an imbecile.

32 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

The Browns are just a total clown show.  What do they expect out of a head coach?

Jackson had shit to work with when he arrived, and he has his team competing week in and week out now.  

The Browns will regress again because of this move.  

Did I read that the Browns are $59M under the salary cap??!??!?

Breaking news: Browns just fired OC Todd Haley. 

No link. Just heard it on the radio. 

lol Lincoln Riley. We don't know if he can even coach in college yet. One year riding Stoops coattails with a Heisman QB is not enough evidence.

Yep yep and yep.
Go rewatch Hard Knocks and you can see for yourself that most of the coaches and players thought Mr Bus Driver was an imbecile.
This is what I am talking about

Just now, Message Board User said:

Surprised about Haley - I’d have figured he would be interim HC.

Why?  He's been horrible too and undercutting Hue, which is a Haley staple.  Apparently Al Saunders is rumored to be interim HC and come in and work with Baker.  

Dorsey may end up blowing all the capital Brown built without making the playoffs.  Next hire is crucial but the coaching staff Dorsey foisted upon Jackson was a recipe for disaster.

We are THIS close to Bob Wylie being the head coach of an NFL team.

Dorsey brought in Haley over the offseason so I figured he was a Dorsey guy.

They should have let Dorsey pick his own HC right from the jump - this arranged marriage was doomed to failure.

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