So the news was swirling yesterday about Mike Holmgren visiting the Cleveland Browns and potentially becoming their new GM. This is Holmgrens first year out of football since retiring, quitting, whatever you want to call it these days, last year.
The Browns definitely need some help and it will start with the vacant GM spot left by some guy whom I can’t even remember his name (George Kokinis). I’m sure by the end of the year they’ll need a coach too, and if Holmgren did get the job I would still expect to see Mangenius kicked to the curb.
But I’m not so sure Holmgren is the right fit in Cleveland. I have respect for Mike Holmgren for winning a Super Bowl back in 1997 with Green Bay and taking the Seahawks to a Super Bowl a few years ago. However I just don’t see it working.
The successful Cleveland Browns teams in the past have always been grinding, tough teams. This is not Holmgrens style at all. He’s a west coast offense kind of guy. I don’t see that being very Clevelandesque. Mind you there’s always room for change I suppose.
Still I don’t see this marriage working out if it does happen. What kind of shape did he leave the Seahawks in? Talk about a team with zero identity. Once they lost Steve Hutchinson a few years ago everything went south for them, including their, at the time, future hall of fame running back what’s his name…..it doesn’t matter.
How about all those power house receivers he brought in to give ageless wonder Matt Hasselback some targets. Remember Deion Branch? That’s okay, nobody does.
And speaking of Hasselback, I can see why they never drafted a possible replacement for him. I mean why bother? If he were ever able to play a full season without getting hurt he had the potential to be one of the above average quarterbacks in the league?
Now that I’m done being sarcastic I’ll give my opinion if it isn’t already very obvious. Mike Holmgren isn’t the savior everyone thinks he is. The Browns just don’t seem to have it figured out. And unfortunately for their fans, it doesn’t look like they will for a long time.
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So the news was swirling yesterday about Mike Holmgren visiting the Cleveland Browns and potentially becoming their new GM. This is Holmgrens first year out of football since retiring, quitting, whatever you want to call it these days, last year.
The Browns definitely need some help and it will start with the vacant GM spot left by some guy whom I can’t even remember his name (George Kokinis). I’m sure by the end of the year they’ll need a coach too, and if Holmgren did get the job I would still expect to see Mangenius kicked to the curb.
But I’m not so sure Holmgren is the right fit in Cleveland. I have respect for Mike Holmgren for winning a Super Bowl back in 1997 with Green Bay and taking the Seahawks to a Super Bowl a few years ago. However I just don’t see it working.
The successful Cleveland Browns teams in the past have always been grinding, tough teams. This is not Holmgrens style at all. He’s a west coast offense kind of guy. I don’t see that being very Clevelandesque. Mind you there’s always room for change I suppose.
Still I don’t see this marriage working out if it does happen. What kind of shape did he leave the Seahawks in? Talk about a team with zero identity. Once they lost Steve Hutchinson a few years ago everything went south for them, including their, at the time, future hall of fame running back what’s his name…..it doesn’t matter.
How about all those power house receivers he brought in to give ageless wonder Matt Hasselback some targets. Remember Deion Branch? That’s okay, nobody does.
And speaking of Hasselback, I can see why they never drafted a possible replacement for him. I mean why bother? If he were ever able to play a full season without getting hurt he had the potential to be one of the above average quarterbacks in the league?
Now that I’m done being sarcastic I’ll give my opinion if it isn’t already very obvious. Mike Holmgren isn’t the savior everyone thinks he is. The Browns just don’t seem to have it figured out. And unfortunately for their fans, it doesn’t look like they will for a long time.
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