Josh McDaniels should not get stained by the Browns
“Josh McDaniels can’t change them in to a winning team quickly and the Browns have shown that they don’t have the patience to allow McDaniels several years to install a system and a plan.”
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When it comes to coaches the Cleveland Browns can’t do anything right.
Since the 1970s the franchise sometimes referred to as the “Mistake by the Lake” has failed to stick with a head coach for more than a few seasons. Paul Brown, the team’s namesake, lasted there from 1946-1962 and his replacement, Blanton Collier, hung on for seven years; but since then Cleveland has had a revolving door. The team has had nine head coaches just since 1990 – Jim Schofner, Bill Belichick, Chris Palmer, Butch Davis, Terry Robiskie, Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Pat Shurmur and the Rob Chudzinski, who was inexplicably fired on “Black Monday” after just one season in service.
The owner of the Browns, Jimmy Haslam, continues to face criminal inquiries into his behaviors as the owner of the Pilot / Flying J truck stop chain accused by the Federal Government of bilking drivers out of earned fuel rebates. Haslam admits that the ongoing probes are a distraction. Still, he is prepared to launch a search for a new Browns’ coach. His top candidate, according to numerous reports, is none other than former Broncos’ coach Josh McDaniels, who is currently the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots.
The Patriots have given McDaniels permission to interview with the Browns during their playoff bye week.
McDaniels isn’t the first Patriots coordinator to get a crack at the Browns job. Cleveland has a nose for Bill Belichick’s former underlings. Eric Mangini, a former New England coordinator, was hired by the team after he had been relieved of duties by the New York Jets. Mangini didn’t last long. He was with the Browns for just two 5-11 seasons before he was fired.
Josh McDaniels should decline the Browns’ request to interview him and remain focused on helping the Patriots win. His brief stint as a very unsuccessful coach for the Broncos is a stain on his career. Another similar stint could make him untouchable as a head coaching candidate forever.
The Browns have some talented players but they are doomed to being a failure of a franchise for a long time to come. They have no quarterback for one thing. Josh McDaniels can’t change them in to a winning team quickly and the Browns have shown that they don’t have the patience to allow McDaniels several years to install a system and a plan. If he were to take the Browns job he would be setting himself up to be fired in a season, maybe two.
The only move for McDaniels is to wait. He is the heir apparent to take the Patriots job when Bill Belichick retires. He is 61 years old and can’t have more than three or four more seasons in him before calling it quits. McDaniels could then take over the job that he has been being groomed for his entire career. He should be patient.
Josh McDaniels should not let the Brown become a stain on his career.
