Mangini named Browns coach
Posted January 7th, 2009 by Dan
Michael Holley of radio station WEEI in Boston is reporting that the Browns will name Eric Mangini, formerly of the Jets, as the organization's new head coach by the end of the week.
Holley, a former Akron Beacon Journal reporter, is the author of Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion, so he has a lot of connections to members of the Belichick coaching tree, which includes Mangini.
With the Jets, Mangini had a 23-25 record and went 9-7 this season. New York got off to an 8-3 start in 2008 before faltering down the stretch and missing the playoffs.
Listen to the radio report. Holley's mention of this news item begins at the 11-minute mark.
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January 7th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I DON'T LIKE THEIR PICK!
January 7th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
In the famous words or word of Coach Mora, "PLAYOFFS?!?!"
January 7th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Ridiculous hire. Especially with no GM in place and interviews still ongoing. Lerner boggles the mind when it comes to football.
January 7th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Friggin Idiot!!!!!
January 7th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I love it, he'll straighten out braylon & Winslow…. if thats possible. But of course Browns fans will complain
January 7th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
SELL THE TEAM LERNER, YOU IDIOT!
January 7th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Mangini is a good coach, any of you guys would have taken him in his first year with the Jets or even earlier this football season. He seems to be the best guy currently out there – and has a good chance to succeed with the right players. Quit being so pessimistic.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Good pic Lerner! Eric Mann genius would be in the playoffs right now if he had a quarterback that was under 40 years old. Go Browns!
January 7th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
So nice to see our new GM picking the staff.
Oh, wait, no…..that's not what is happening at all.
Do we have a GM? No need, Randy has it under control.
Superbowl here we come (2034)
Cleveland Teams are good at two things….1) Trading away good talent and 2) Picking up players past their prime.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
OK, Cleveland fans……..quit all your complaining!! Mangini is extremely young and will do a good job as long as the front office is on the same page. The lack of discipline while Crennel was there is embarrassing. I'm in Charlotte now and already sick of hearing about the Panthers so please win next year so I can enjoy the season. Being a Browns fan is like being an abused child.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Shanahan would've been a much, much stronger pick. What the Browns don't need is somebody who will come in and tread water for four more years, the way Crennell did… Mangini is far more likely to do that.
That being said, Mangini was strong in his first year as Jets head coach… I believe he even earned the nickname "Mangenius." He'll do better than Crennell, and unlike others I could mention Mangini has already been a head coach before.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
That's It I am done with the BROWNS!
Same Old Same Old
Been a long time fan since the 60's
I have had it!
They are destine to loose!
January 7th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Poor guy, I wonder what he did to deserve this?
January 7th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Wait and see.Need a GM and don't forget;ya gotta have the horses(players).
January 7th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
VERY VERY Smart Choice… It's NOT Just The Coach THE Players Have4 To Decide That The WANT to WIN and Then that they CAN WIN….
January 7th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
What, no Marty Schottenheimer, Bill Cowher or Mike Shanahan? (Or George Halas, Vince Lombardi, or Paul Brown?) How could Randy Lerner not take we Browns' fans opinions into account before making this decision?
I have no problem with the hire. Mangini has ties to Cleveland because he started out with the Browns, and has NFL coaching experience. Of course, most of my fellow fans will find any number of reasons to hate this move. Honestly, it's more interesting to listen to the screaming of the thousands of "football experts" in NE Ohio than it is to watch this team.
But if the Browns have a winning '09 season, everyone will say they were on board with Mangini from the beginning.
Let the whining begin!
January 7th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
what a joke well steelers fan more years of poundin the browns im movin to shitsberg
January 7th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Looks like we're going to get the best man available. Mangini is organized (which we aren't), he's smart and he knows how to game plan. Is he perfect? No, but I'd be curious to hear who the perfect candidate would be? Cower isn't ready, Shanahan isn't ready and probably isn't interested, and for some reason no one is looking at Marty, so who besides Mangini? No one. Good pick. Now lets get ready for some football.
January 7th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
KNUCKLE HEAD I'm glad I live in New Mexico
January 7th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I was not a fan of Romeo at all. When they hired him I said then he was nothing more than a token minority hire to shut up the inner city people crying for a black coach. Well, his record speaks for itself. Don't tell me about 10-6 last year against that soft schedule.
No, that being said, I just went over some games I had on DVR and Romeo did not drop ONE pass, miss ONE tackle…..
This is not a good group of players. This is a bunch of arrogant overpaid ghetto guys who never had more than $50 in their pocket and now having milllions think the world should kiss their feet.
I like the idea of a discipline guy coming in. Trade Winslow and Edwards while you can get something for them and get some team players in here.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
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January 7th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Wow, lerner just gave everone a new reason to stay home next year replacing a losing coach with a bigger losing coach. I can not wait to see what or who will take the gm spot in this bizaire circus. I also wonder if who ever gets picked by the Browns in this years draft can manage a smile or just goes runing screaming out of the draft room as he realizes his future just went down the tubes. There is one bright spot in this morass no need for anyone to worry about play off tickets for at least a decade.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Poor Browns
January 8th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Pretty disappointing after everything that has transpired with Crennel, would have thought there would be more depth in Lerner's choice. Did he not watch the Jets this season?
January 8th, 2009 at 2:50 am
We don't need a nice guy/babysitter, we need a winner!
This is NOT a good fit. He's at best a perpetual playoff coach, but never a Super Bowl. I really doubt this will work out for the Browns.
Typical Cleveland franchise.
Baaaaaahahhhhhhhhhh
January 8th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Get a coach with experience the masses yelled..Schottenheimer..past winner ..YES…future, who knows?? Cowher Absolutely.. he wants to wait at least a year..did you want to wait? Shannahan ..Sure …future? He is sitting on a pile of money why would he want to, besides his sons contract is up next year (Texans) and the chatter is they will land together somewhere..Probably Dallas.
Mangini..experienced..Yes.. Willing to take this team and it's fairweather fans..Yes.. Go to the playoffs ..Of Course, but not til 2011.
I've waited this long, what's 2 years?
The Browns have a storied history and us oldsters still remember Jones, Lavelli, Graham, Motley and Brown. Do some research check out the Steeler team back then.. The slugs of the league..Hey they are still slugs but they have played better.. Everything goes in cycles..And the Browns are due to leave the delicate cycle that RAC created and move into heavy wash.
Fans who go to the Browns Stadium..Still will..The grumblers who watch on TV..guess what the TV revenue is already set for a few years.
Living out of state now, my local team turned things around with a GM from the Patriots and an unknown HC from the Jags. So whats wrong about a HC from the Pats and an unknown from the faux Browns err Ravens.
But there is nothing like your home team.. and all I can say is GOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo BROOOOOOOOooowwwnnnnnnnnnnnnns.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I am skeptical only because of the coaching/GM/Player carousel which has finally made me puke from the dizziness however being an eternal Browns optimist, growing up in the Kosar era, that taste of being so close to winning it all has never left my mouth. Mangini could be the right guy in that this team simply needed a square kick in the pads, we've needed someone that will not tolerate or give the media/fans answers like "if we, then we'll"..the guy seems like a tactician, a good game planner, more times than not we were figured out after 2 or 3 series thus losing the game(s) I only hope that Lerner doesn't blow it by hiring a GM based only on a 3 year coaches recommendation simply because they are buds. We need a solid GM who knows what players to draft and or get through free agency to build on what cornerstones we already have.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:57 am
of course any browns fan is skeptical of any new head coach short of cowher, but in the 3 years mangini's been a jets coach hes had 2 winning records and a playoff appearance. all of this has been done with a team in which i cant even name a playmaker or even a team known for their "defensive" or "offense" as a whole, my point is that we have much more talent than any of the teams he coached in new york so lets see what the guy can do with some talent around him.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
no one in there right mind wants to ruin there career by coming to cleveland!!that being said ,we put out the cheese and a rat took the bait.the only rat desperate enough.GM will be part of the rats crew.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Vince Lombardi could not win with these players. Coach is a non-issue. Get the garbage out of the clubhouse and start fresh. Winslow, Edwards, Stallworth… gone.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
so who wants to sell me their season tickets?
January 8th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Your owner is an idiot who hired for personal reasons. Look at it like this, under Bill in NE Mangini worked as a DB coach UNDER Crenell for 6 years. he was hired as a D coordinator only for one year in which he never really called the plays.
How does that make him a better coach than Crennell.
The only reason NY Jets hired him is they thought he would bring some insight into the Patriots organization in which he did on the whole taping thing. Why would anyone want a coach like that. What Lerner doesn't realize is Mangini was fired for something that the owner isn't telling.
January 8th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Boy does that poster Lou Szer sound like a rascist and I bet he doesn't even know it, what a shame.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
you cleveland browns fans might as well give it up..your never going anywhere..missed out on a dome.. missed out on lakefront buildup..the only player worth anything 2 years ago came from michigan and now cant catch a pass..brady will have no one for 2 more years to throw to..the defense is like swiss cheese. 3 years to rebuild..bill coward is not the answer either but will make cleveland look silly when he coaches in a MAJOR MARKET.the team needs a logo,, an identity,,and a strength and conditioning program… even the colors got to go…if its orange and brown flush it down.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:01 am
As a long time Browns’ fan who lives in Miami now, I have to say I was bitterly disappointed after hearing about Mangini’s hire. It doesn't take a genius to see that the Dolphins were more or less in the same position as the Browns last year, and then managed to turn it around this year. If you’re serious about shaping up an organization as abysmal as the Browns you have start at the top like the Dolphins did, and then work your way down. Mangini was hired because of his wife’s connections to the Cleveland community. Now the pundits are coming up with convenient explanations for his hire based on his experience. What experience? The Jets melted down at the end of the season and the Dolphins won the division. When will we as fans in Cleveland wake up? We need to take an active stake in our team’s success. When the Dolphins stop winning the fans in Miami stop buying tickets. I know we take pride in our loyalty as fans, but let’s get real for a minute and start comparing win loss records. Blind loyalty has made us into unwitting enablers of mediocrity. It’s time for some tough love from the dog pound. I say stop going to the games. Boycott this mediocrity. We need to turn up the heat. Lerner will get the message that we’re pissed off and we’re not taking it anymore! We have to demand real change, otherwise the losing will continue and Cleveland will be the butt of jokes. It’s up to us. We have to change our own mindset first, and then management will be forced to follow.
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 am
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