Friday, December 5, 2008

Head Coach: A Cleveland Browns job that requires no experience

From Examiner.com/cleveland, Cleveland Browns Examiner

I recently received a comment from a reader on my article, "Bruce Gradkowski signs with Browns, Plain Dealer writer Terry Pluto: 'Browns fans were wrong'.

The comment was from a reader going by the alias wgP. He pointed out a statistic that I found shocking, and honestly, had never realized.

Year after year, Browns fans have been searching for leadership from a coach that has the tools to take them to the Super Bowl. Yet, there might be a reason why we haven't found that leadership.

Did you know that of all the Browns head coaches throughout the years, only two (Nick Skorich and Terry Robiskie as an interim coach for the Redskins) touted NFL head coaching experience? That means from 1946 until the present all but two of our coaches have been rookies.

Experience and identity is what the Browns franchise needs. In that case, maybe it's time to bring in a coach with some actual NFL coaching experience.

Just a thought.


Here are the numbers:

Paul Brown 1946-1962

Blanton Collier 1963-1970

Nick Skorich 1971-1974

Forrest Greg 1975-1977

Dick Modzelewski 1977(interim)

Sam Rutigliano 1978-1984

Marty Schottenheimer 1984-1988

Bud Carson 1989- 1990

Jim Shofner 1990 (interim)

Bill Belichick 1991-1995

Chris Palmer 1999-2000

Butch Davis 2001-2004

Terry Robiskie 2004 (interim)

Romeo Crennel 2005-present


Thanks wgP for the facts!

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