Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini's trusted confidante Erin O'Brien has been fired, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It's a negative sign for Mangini's clout and job security.
O'Brien, who came with Mangini from the New York Jets, was in charge of travel arrangements, but botched the transportation for the team's medical workers.
According to the Browns, O'Brien officially resigned for "personal reasons."
However, she apparently had "burned so many bridges" her job was unsavable.
A potential target for Browns owner Randy Lerner is former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher.
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Dream on Cam. If Mangini and staff have an excellant NFL draft with all those draft picks next year, then Cowher might be interested. Basically Mangini traded the responsible Winslow (X-Bike) for all those picks. Also, when Winslow wasn't catching passes did he block to protect the QB? Too bad Mangini couldn't get anything for the toxic Braylon Edwards.
We need an offensive line. Right now, if our defense gives up one field goal, the game is lost. With an offensive line, we can control the clock, rest our defense and Score. The Browns, the media and the town haven't taken the need for a quality offensive line seriously since the last days of Bernie Kosar. Even, Sandra Bullock knows the importance of a great offensive line (upcoming The Blind Side). Any QB in the NFL would look like DA or Quinn behind our line. We NEED a NFL offensive line. Also, no decent, available QB will come here and stand behind that line and have to come out Monday and tell the world it was his fault he didn't get the job done like Dilfer and Garcia did.
Amazing what one super Bowl win (and a tainted one at that) does for one's reputation. If you recall, before SB XL, Cowher was considered someone who couldn't win the big one. Now he is a genius. Whoever coaches the Browns has years of failure before that situation is fixed.
The Browns gave Mangini entirely too much power. They hired him before they hired the GM. They have allowed him to take over this franchise while his resume clearly stated he should not have been given this much power. If they are interested in a Bill Cowher, that is a good thing. I am a Bills fan, and I am subject to seeing a marketing guy be the GM of this team and a head coach who has been allowed to coach 56 games and lose 32 of them.
Amazing what one super Bowl win (and a tainted one at that) does for one's reputation.
Cry me a river...
Amazing what one super Bowl win (and a tainted one at that) does for one's reputation.
Cry me a river...
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Nov 01, 2009
04:15 AM
Bill Cowher would do wonders 4 the Browns. Though he wouldnt be the HC just having him on the staff would be amazing even though I highly doubt hed accept such a job from a low rank team such as the Browns. But who knows maybe hes the kind of guy who likes 2 try 2 make sumtin dats bad into sumtin good. Idk well just have 2 c