Everyone knows the Browns 2019 season has been a colossal disappointment.
A team that was so talented on paper, will not even finish the season with a .500 record and miss the playoffs.
While Freddie Kitchens will likely be the fall guy for the failed expectations, there could be even more changes coming.
Michael Lombardi of the Athletic has reported he’s hearing more than a head coaching coach could be on the horizon.
Two NFL sources told me last night that they expect more than just a head coaching change in Cleveland. 2020 will be interesting.
— Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL) December 28, 2019
While many Browns fans may roll their eyes at a Michael Lombardi report, there could be something here.
While the firing of head coach Freddie Kitchens would not surprise many, any organizational changes would.
After all, many would argue that the front office has given the coaching staff enough talent to warrant a better record than they currently have.
But, I recently wrote an article on how Paul DePodesta’s voice from within the organization is growing.
In this article, I mentioned how a one-and-done for Freddie Kitchens would look awful for Dorsey.
But not just Dorsey, were there more executives in the organization that pushed the hire of Kitchens?
Is there another voice in the organization that the Haslam’s are listening to?
Is there a high profile coach who has requested that he would only take the job with complete roster control?
Do the Haslam’s feel the season’s failure is more than just Kitchens and the front office as well?
This was a season that had high hopes and very high expectations.
In fact, some would even argue that this Browns team might be considered the biggest disappointment of any of their teams since the return in 1999.
I believe at this point anything is possible.
If there is anything we have learned with the Haslam’s over the years, it’s to expect the unexpected when it comes to organizational changes.
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I’d give Bill Cowher the checkbook and let him take care of the Browns!
Hell no on Bill Cowher.
If Cower comes on board then the winning begins! No nonsense dude there!!
Now that’s stupid
If Lombardi says it then run the other way. He and the self professed “smartest man in the NFL” Banner set this organization back at least 5 years with their total incompetency.
Firing Kitchens now without fixing what caused the ignorant move in the first place won’t fix anything. We had ownership and management go in for Freddy kitchens when a future hof coach was all but begging for an interview and he didn’t even get split second consideration. There was zero excuse for Dorsey and others not to of known who was responsible for Bakers success and it wasn’t kitchens. So just making Kitchens. Fall guy won’t help. Honestly kitchens has a lot of potential. He made. Shitpot full of mistakes but I think he has been learning. There’s no good answers here. We have a moron as a owner and a egotistical asshole as a GM who believes the hype that media has been feeding him. A head coach who was over his head and who didn’t make good decisions on hiring his staff. So much is a mess with the Browns ownership and mgt I just don’t have faith that making Kitchens the fall guy is what will fix the issue.
People want Bill Cowher. that’s funny. it took him 14 years to win a Super Bowl with the Steelers. That would never happen in Cleveland. People would be calling for head after 2 seasons. Remeber the Best Coach we Had in the eighties never made it to the Super Bowl. He didn’t last that long. 3 AFC championship losses. Who would have thought years later that was the best we could do.
the best coach you had you let go and look what he did for the patriots. He wanted to get rid of some players and the city didn’t want to part of it. The city doesn’t think but relives the past. They should let him get rid of Bernie when he still could got something for him.
Billichik was fired after the move to Baltimore do they could go after Ted Marchibroda who was a marquis coaching name at the time to show off their intro to Baltimore.
I was not in favor of the Kitchen’s hiring as a head coach. Without experience at the professional level, he was not qualifie. Look at the difference with the dislipane play last year as compared to this year. The unfortunate aspect is that Kitchens has not learned from his mistakes. His press conferences are as undisciplined as the games on Sunday. I do not blame Kitchens, but the parties that put him m in that position. You boys an offensive coordinator that had the third best offense with less talent and Revis to allow him to call plays. That is a Kitchen’s decision. Dorsey should have intervened. I am sure there pass plays and a half back option would not have been called. Better decisions in the red zone would have been made. Kitchens is a position coach, pushed to an oc, then a head coach. I wonder what this season would have been like if the same coaching staff would have been kept or if McCarthy had been hired.
How about this for change — dump the ridiculous, embarrassing clown costumes and return to the REAL Browns uniforms. That might go toward reviving a sense of pride in the team among fans. Hillbilly Haslam has no clue what it means to be from CLE or even NE Ohio. The Browns are a legacy team and tradition means something. Just ask fans of the Packers, Bears and Steelers. Leave the uniforms alone. Use white pants or orange pants with Browns stripes down the sides and NO words…brown or white jersey with a player’s name on the back, no other words needed. The look speaks for itself and people know who they are when they see that uniform. If the classic Browns look was good enough for fellas like #32, Otto and Leroy Kelly, it should be good enough for the Haslams..
As much as i think they have to get rid of Freddie they can’t how about a new defensive coordinator and tell Freddie he has to get a real offensive coordinator to call playes you just can’t keep blowing every thing up plus they are a very young team and just remember this Cleveland only won 1 game in two years we had 7 last year and maybe 7 this year from a coach in over his head ,And last it is everyones fault for believing the hype before the games ever started I want a winner just as much as every one but to think it would happen in one year was ridicules.
quote the ravens,”NEVERMORE”
Haslam is the problem. He knows that the fans will still pay to see their team play. He is not a team player and only making money is what he knows.
Put Freddy back where he was and hire a coach. Cowher would be great but I don’t think he would want to work for Haslam.
The fans might as well face the facts as long as the money is coming in the Browns will never be winners.
The only winner is Haslam. He is laughing all the way to the bank and then he laughs at the fans for giving the team their total loyalty and their money.
Yes. Love this comment !!!
Start at top. Haslam should sell team. He’s a Pittsburgh guy. Local owner needed, GM who cares and a coach who can manage it all and let position coaches do their job. And go get a QB that can see down the field. Running the ball with hunt and Chubb should have worked but we have a mouse in the house who can’t see.
Minimum change. Clean house on management and coaching side and do whatever it takes to get a quality QB with a position coach that can coach them.
Lol, you need a line first genius. No QB can play with that line
Agree
Need a line and a real defensive coordinator !
Everyone knows the Cleveland Browns had a winning team this year. Roger Goodell sabotaged the Browns with a bogus suspension of Myles Garrett. After the bye week, the Browns should have gone 10-6 but Roger Goodell took the NFL’s #1 sacker away. Myles Garrett put severe pressure on the other teams QB and kept them from out scoring the Browns. That and that alone hurt the Browns. It wasnt Freddie Kitchens and it wasnt Baker Mayfield. The Browns should have sued Roger Goodell to reinstate Garrett and stick to the NFL’s rules and policies as punishment. We all know Roger Goodell had ZERO evidence Tom Brady let air out of footballs but yet he proceeded as though it was fact. Roger Goodell did that to sabotage the Patriots from getting to the superbowl.
this guy is f*****ed up you are a loser. garrett suspension didnt stop them from winning.
No, one player is not a team. And Myles should have been suspended no question…and I am a browns fan
Garrett is a thug period
Your crazy!!! Cleveland “The Mistake on the Lake” browns are completely chaotic….no structure….fly by the seat of their pants offense. Baker is not a franchise quarterback, Hunt & Garrett should be in jail & OBJ is a flop.
Conspiracy. I’m a native and love the Browns but Garrett deserved what he got.
What? Roger was the one calling the terrible plays and trying to throw the ball in dozens of situations where it was obvious we needed to run the ball? Did Roger allow Baltimore to score twice in under 2 minutes because the coaches were too ignorant to use up the clock with run plays?
People blaming Haslam must not actually watch these games. It’s painfully obvious what the problem is. If you blame him for hiring Dorsey you must not be familiar with Dorsey prior to Cleveland. He seemed like a no brainer hire. Even Hue Jackson was highly sought after. A lot of it is just dumb Browns luck
Maybe just Maybe Jimmy and Dee will fire themselves for the crappy job they have done with this team over the last several years. It is obvious they have no idea either on how to run a team.
Enjoy the humble pie Brownie fans. Maybe next year you won’t be telling everyone you’re winning the super bowl before the season starts just because you signed a couple of huge egos that care more about their stats than the team. News flash, the Giants had been tring to dump Beckham for two years and no GM was that dumb, until Dorsey came along. Dorsey is your main problem.
Not that smart are you?
When the Browns went out and got a lot of great talent at skilled positions they neglected the most important part. They will never have consistency without an Offensive line that work as a unit. That has been our story for years. The line doesn’t sell merchandise, make good commercials, they only win games. Please Browns, please….