[Ice]

Great write up. If I had to pick one single choice that was made that had the greatest negative impact on the 2015 Browns, it would be the choice to fire Rob Chudzinski. Haslam had been touting that he would have patience with the staff all season and shocked the world by only giving Chud 1 season, probably largely due to the whispers in his ear from Joe Banner. That firing sent a message to the league that Cleveland is NOT a place someone wants to work. At that point no one with any experience would even consider the Browns vacant coaching job. We ended up with Pettine who may eventually be a decent coach in this league if surrounded by veteran staff, but we couldn’t surround him with veteran staff. His assistant coaches had almost no experience in the job titles they would be elevated to in the current Browns regime. Every single one of them got one or two promotions to join the Browns. It is the coaching equivalent of fielding a team of nothing but rookies. Some of them may be good if given a chance but that team is doomed to be terrible.

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Great write up Bill – I am not sure I want Kosar to be involved in this organization – he has too many personal problems and the media would get carried away with it. A house cleaning is due – every player / coach / manager you made mention of has not performed very well. Shelton right now is the only one as you said has shown he can play. I am not going to criticize Erving yet – because in fairness, he is a rookie and he probably hasn’t gotten the same reps everyone else has. Also, he played center in college so transitioning to a different position in the Pro Level can be a challenge. I do not call this pick a bust yet. I believe the idea with this pick was in response to the fact that Mack would leave at seasons end.

@Ice – I have to agree – firing Chud was probably the world decision they made. I don’t know why anyone would even want to try to come here and coach. I felt like the players didn’t quit on him and for the talent he had, he showed improvement in the organization.

I feel the total opposite with Pettine – I don’t believe we have improved at all. I feel like most the players have outright thrown the season away and are just going through the motions. I think Whitner and Haden are both happy not to be playing right now. I think we need to dump weight that is not performing. Our receiving core as expected is terrible. Our QB situation is terrible. Our defensive line and DB’s are garbage.

To follow up your busts, where we are weak:

Qb – browns tradition to be terrible
CB – bad qbs are looking like all pro against every single cb
safety – in the same boat as cb
defensive end – no pass rush and constantly getting burnt on outside runs
wide receiver – no size and the drops are historically high this season
right guard – neither have played very well

Basically 11 players that would not make a starting line up on any other team.

Hue Jackson is a loser.

[Ice]

Erving also played LT in college. He should be better than what we have already on the right side, especially if he’s good enough to be taken in the 1st round.

The Browns should have accidentally drafted a good QB by now, even if they were picking from a hat.

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