Not that there was much doubt before the game on Sunday - definitely not after - we all knew what was coming. This particular Browns fan wanted him to get it right. I enjoyed his structure, discipline, and him as a person. He wanted this team to do well, and he and his staff worked toward that. Unfortunately, president Mike Holmgren let head coach Eric Mangini know that he was not going to be asked back as the head coach of your Cleveland Browns.

After the shellacking that the Browns took on Sunday, it was obvious that the players had given up. I don’t care how many players through the media said it wasn’t his fault or they backed him, they clearly did not. You don’t lay an egg like that if you still believe in the coaching staff. Unfortunately it’s time to move on.


I watched Holmgren's press conference in its entirety. He stated that he was not going to come down out of his luxury box to coach the Browns. He said he has not ruled it out in the future, but it sure didn't sound like something he wanted or was going to do. He did rule out almost immediately that he would not take a job somewhere else to head coach.

I was torn on how I felt about him coaching. On one hand, I would have liked him to take the reins and groom somebody to take the head spot. Although, I would rather them make a big splash. The Browns have not had a big name coach since Butch Davis, although we all know how that turned out.

The selling point to land a big name coach is to "try and get something special done," according to Holmgren. I want a big name. I want a Jon Gruden or John Fox. I want somebody that has been there, done that. While I wouldn't be opposed to a Marty Mornhinweg, I do want it to be a bigger name coordinator with head coaching experience.

One point I want to make is that while Holmgren doesn't care about continuity, I hope he sticks with the 3-4 defense. We all saw how hard it was to turn from a 4-3 to a 3-4, and I do not want to see that again. We cannot fall that far behind defensively again. It may be an easier transition, but it's still not feasible to go that far backwards - we needs wins soon.

It’s going to be a little bit of a rough patch for us Browns fans with the uncertainty in the head coach position. But Holmgren demands respect and this fan believes he will get it right. And I’m with him when he says "I don’t want to do this again!" We all want to win, and while this is going to take a while again to turn around, I believe with the front office structure the way it is, we are one step closer than we were last year.

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