Cleveland Browns host Pittsburgh home game before blowing it up
January 3, 2016Cleveland Browns officially fire Head Coach Mike Pettine
January 3, 2016The Cleveland Browns have reportedly kicked off their explosive offseason. Before the game today versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, General Manager Ray Farmer was “relieved of his duties.” The timing is curious that it occurred before the game on Sunday because Farmer was seen by TV cameras sitting and watching the Browns yield to an adoring Steelers fan base in the stadium. Alas, it appears that the man who was found guilty of texting has done so for the last time on behalf of the Cleveland Browns.
#Browns source: GM Ray Farmer met with ownership before the game & was relieved of his duties. It's over.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 3, 2016
Can confirm #Browns GM Ray Farmer has been fired
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) January 3, 2016
Ray Farmer has had a tumultuous career as the Browns general manager. Even with the suspension for texting to the sidelines on his resume, Farmer’s worst credit is his drafting in the first round. Under his tenure, the Browns have used their four first round picks on cornerback Justin Gilbert, quarterback Johnny Manziel, defensive tackle Danny Shelton and offensive lineman Cameron Erving. 2014’s picks seem to be the more egregious, especially after the lack of performance by Gilbert and Manziel over the last two seasons. There must not have been a strong argument for Farmer to keep his job according to Jimmy Haslam.
But, this only starts the offseason of change. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Browns Head Coach Mike Pettine will meet with Jimmy Haslam at 7 p.m. to learn that he will also be let go. It seems like it is going to be another crazy and wild offseason for the Cleveland Browns.
Browns HC Mike Pettine scheduled to meet with owner Jimmy Haslam at 7 pm ET, when he is expected to be relieved of his duties, per sources.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 3, 2016
So what’s next for the Cleveland Browns in terms of leadership? Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland indicates that it will be Alec Scheiner and former Jaguars legal mind Sashi Brown who joined the Cleveland Browns a couple years ago.
Grossi: Alec Scheiner and Sashi Brown have emerged as the leaders of the Browns front office moving forward.
— ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) January 3, 2016
Stay tuned for more…
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Technically you shouldn’t be celebrating right now since the Browns haven’t hired his replacement yet. Keep in mind he could be even worse than Farmer.
Now for the bad news: Scheiner & their statistician/lawyer are reportedly candidates to move up in the organization. So for all of those people who didn’t want to believe Scheiner was whispering sweet nothings into Haslam’s ear think about it now.
Read the follow up I just posted.
Ack! Posted at the same time.
You mean they’re not even conducting a GM search? Yikes.
If Sashi Brown became GM, he could just hire a assistant GM and/or Director of player personnel to handle player scouting and what not. Not sure what Schreiner would bring to the table.
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I don’t even want to think about this kind of scenario because it’s the complete opposite (in a bad way) of the way they should be going, in my opinion.
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Since 2008, Browns have had 5 different head coaches. The rest of the AFC North has not changed coaches in that span
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If Scheiner becomes GM, I’ll burn every bit of Browns gear I own.
I don’t even want to think about it, seriously.
Reports are that Sashi is an analytics guy. NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Isn’t the GM of the Cavs a analytics guy or is that someone else?
Oh boy, two years of being the NFL version of the 76ers. #TrustTheSystem
Good news/Bad news Sashi will not be the GM, but instead is the Executive VP of football operations.
He has LBJ and Gilbert’s bottomless pit of money.
Ugh.
Mary Kay Cabot @MaryKayCabot 28s28 seconds agoCleveland, OH
Jed Hughes, who will help with coach search, was a LB coach with #Browns in 1989
And the Yinzers from 84-88. Stellar teams those were. Oh boy.
I was all for Farmer and Pettine being canned with the hope/belief that Haslam would conduct his next hirings in a more prototypical fashion. Instead Haslam promotes his stat/lawyer to VP of football operations, announces they would be hiring a HC before a GM and that he and a former LB Coach from 1989 along with Dee and an outside firm would be choosing the next HC. WHAT? HUH?
Browns fans save yourself while you still can!!!
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i need one final text from Ray
“Hughes, a former defensive backs coach under Bud Carson in 1989, has helped teams hire Pete Carroll in Seattle, Andy Reid in Kansas City, Bill O’Brien in Houston and Dan Quinn in Atlanta.”
Come on…don’t resort to the brainless ramblings of trolls above. It’s bad, but let’s keep our senses!
This is like Christmas for you! So happy for you!
This is what Scheiner wants you to do, so you can buy more!
I’m actually more concerned about Jimmah giving the pro-analytics-bean-counter Sashi final say over personnel.
Not at all in fact quite the opposite I just wish there was more of us who saw this disaster coming!
The homers don’t see the obvious.