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Link?
The 2012 National Champions.
Wow. Source? Don't see it up on ESPN yet.
Yeah, can we get a link?
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/01/cleveland_browns_close_to_deal.html
Headline: Cleveland Browns close to deal with Oregon coach Chip Kelly, according to report
Just found this very funny comment posted in that article:
if true, Brandon Weeden has to be putting his house in Cleveland on the market.
This alone is worth it, even if Kelly fails.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000122151/article/chip-kelly-very-c...
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
Deal is close but not finalized. Tweets coming from NFL network
NFL News is reporting very close to deal.
I thought he would choose Philly over the Browns
Maybe he will recruit Vick to come to the Browns.
NOOOOOOOO!
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
The Browns and Haslem have more to give. Haslem isn't even adverse to giving the coach he wants a piece of the franchise.
Sorry for no link. But looks like others did the job for me
It can't be worse than anyone else we've had over the last decade plus...
It adds excitement to Cleveland finally not a boring defensive minded coach.
Phil Dawson might not be our franchise player
How good would Kapernick look in a Browns uni?
I'm a friend of thunder is it any wonder lightning strikes me
Tebow goes to Browns bet
I was actually thinking about that
I'm down with Tebow/Richardson backfield....please draft Kenjon Barner now.
It would make so much sense really. Tebow ran the spread at Florida, Chip Kelly bringing it to the NFL might be Tebow's only chance at being an NFL starter. Plus Tebow will bring much needed recognition & publicity to Cleveland, we've been lacking that. We're one of those teams that some people seem for forget even exists.. Plus Tebows been working on his throwing motion, he's a passionate leader, a hard worker, & he's more than eager to prove himself on the feild. Give him a chance to do that, & he'll give his heart & soul to the Cleveland Browns. I still beleive Tebow can be a good NFL QB, he came up big for Denver when they gave him a chance.
Best case scenario: We surprise some people
Worst Case: Chip Kelly is fired before he even has a chance to draft Johhny Manziel.
It's 5 o'clock somewhere, & Michigan still sucks
^
Alex smith is an option too
Weeden is an option too folks... Weeden ran a ton of read plays at Oklahoma State where he would read the defense and either hand off the football or pull it out and throw it. Kelly's an offensive genius and could certainly pick up Todd Monken's Ok. State play book and mesh it with his own principles..
One would think he took the job knowing what to do with Weeden as well. Some definitive plan... play him or deal him.
I think he was an overall disappointment and that he's toast if this is true. Smith or Tebow seem to be the best options
and what does that say about the future?
Can someone tell me how the Browns are more intriguing to him than the Eagles?
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
We don't frickin boo Santa Claus, for starters.
But you do throw snowballs and thousands of plastic bottles of Miller Lite at the referees from time to time.
Passionate, resourceful fans.
Hahaha
nice....that brought back memories!!!
There are worse things than booing Santa.
"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.
Well, he had that one coming. Philly was just out of line, though.
Eagles just fired a legendary coach and had no regard or mention of his son who died in training camp.
Cleveland needs a savior
#chance2bahero
I'm a friend of thunder is it any wonder lightning strikes me
So who do they hire in 2016? Just can't see it
Cleveland-- Home of Failed Experiments. We may as well pick up Tebow too and complete the dog & pony show.
I'm not big on Kelly but I got to have some faith in Haslam. I was big on Reid until he took KC job. I'd love to have a proven coach with NFL experience instead of bringing in a College guy with a trendy offensive scheme.
Cleveland Browns QB Brandon Weeden tweets he was kidding about not fitting in a Chip Kelly offense:
This is a dark day for me as a browns fan. I thought we had an owner who might have some sense . I obviously thought wrong. Had they made the trade and drafted rgIII, it would make sense. But they didn't, and this news made me sad. You had a chance to do something right haslam. And you do this. Looks like more of the same in cleveland. Obviously more worried about the style point involved with the hire than actual football merit.
All other owners attempting to get him are in the wrong liking him as a top candidate too? He had extremely high interest and even Bill Bellichick wanted to learn from him. As a Browns fan myself this is a great opportunity to bring excitement and innovation to a bland franchise. Give him a chance because nothing else seems to have worked since the return. Chip Kelly has proven he can win games and is a well respected innovated coach and will change his offense to fit the NFL while bringing in his own style.
He's proven he can win games...in college. The NFL isn't college. Its a totally different animal. Belichik didn't want to incorporate anything other than tempo of the offense. New england still runs a pro style set. I never said he was an idiot. But he isn't what this team needs. There is a solid core of young talent here. I'm still pissed they let heckert go. He was doing a fine job of turning over a roster. It just doesn't make sense. When you have a young team, you want someone who has proven themselves. Chip kelly has proven nothing as an nfl coach...he's never been there. That's my main issue with the hire. You claim you ant to turn things around...you take a gamble on an unproven coach with a roster full of young talent. Id be happy with wisenhunt. Or lovie smith. Maybe mccoy from denver. Or koetter from atlanta. These are nfl coaches. Who have worked in the nfl and understand the everyday business of running a professional football team. Say what you want about me, its just not the kind of hire I was expecting, nor is it the kind of hire that's going to change anything in cleveland.
Agree with you on Whisenhunt or Lovie. I think either one of those would have been incredible hires. That said, I don't see a reason why Chip can't succeed on offense in the NFL. RG3, Cam Newton and Colin Kaepernik could all run his offense IMO and be successful. We already know we are close to getting it right on defense. On offense, if we get the right QB, I think Kelly's offense could be great. As I mentioned in another thread, getting Weeden out of Cleveland is worth it enough for me, and if Heckert had listened to me last year and not even thought about Weeden and waited to get Russell Wilson, he'd still have a job. Anyone who watched any film on Weeden could see his major flaws: questionable accuracy (which was largely masked by having Justin Blackmon and going up against pathetic Big XII pass defenses), terrible job dealing with the blitz, and problems with batted passes (had more last year in college than Wilson despite being, what, 4" taller?).
At any rate, it still doesn't look like the ink is on the paper yet, so we'll see. I'd gladly take Lovie or Whisenhunt, but I'm not upset about something new in Cleveland.
Sox33OSU, Weeden was one of the more accurate passers in CFB, and he was sacked fewer times than RG3 was this year. Also, if anything, Blackmon benefitted from Weeden..
he was a 28 year old, sometimes playing against 18 year olds....
He was still a rookie QB, it's not like he had much more football experience than them. The dude stopped playing football in HS and didn't pick it up until he was something like 25. He has no more experience than them....
always the optomist, I see.
William - Weeden was a very erratic passer in college, and this was mentioned in his scouting reports. Blackmon, as we saw this year, is a very solid WR. Weeden, however, looked completely lost so many times. He'd overthrow guys that were wide open, or just completely miss guys altogether. He had WAY too many balls batted down, and he was only effective when he had all day to throw. He has a strong arm, and he shows flashed sometimes, but he still has way, way to far to go for a soon to be 30-year old QB in the NFL.
Not sure how a guy who got fired a week ago could be an incredible hire.
Wait, you want the team to get better, but you wanted the Browns to hire two guys that had no business being HCs? They were great DCs, but Smith and Whisenhunt never should have been HCs. New England barely runs a pro-style, so much of their offensiv game is based off of Air-Raid concepts. You also can't say it's the hire that won't change anything, unless you have a crystal ball I'm unaware of?
Considering wisenhunt was an offensive coordinator, there goes that part of your argument. And you seem to forget wis had arizona in the super bowl a few years back. Unfortunately,he worked for a gm who could not draft a o line to save his life. Coupled with no discernable option at qb and you get what happened in arizona. He made the most of what he had, and believe with better pieces he can be a solid hc. The browns have done a nice job assembling an o line. Sure, there are a couple weak points. But generally speaking, joe thomas is one of the best tackles in the nfl. Alex mack is a top 5 center, and schwartz did a decent job at right tackle, and should only get better with experience. Weeden isn't great...I get that. I was hoping they took kirk cousins later in the later rounds. Just saying cleveland has some nice pieces. All I would take is a proven nfl guy to pull them together and make it work. Not saying kelly wouldn't be a good nfl coach some day. But cleveland isn't the right fit now.
The NFL is evolving into more of a college style game outside of the few elite passing quarterbacks. The Browns most successful years were under a college coach in Butch Davis. I do agree letting Heckert go was a huge mistake, with his only disappointing pick the last fees years being Weeden for me. This is something that will be a wait and see approach and if it works this could be the new trend of pro football
Browns don't need washed up old coaches and we don't need assistants who have never coached. Lovie and wisenhunt were fired from their jobs, they can't be too great or they would still be coaching
Wherever you are, there you be!
Once upon a time the Browns fired Bill Bellicheck... your argument is invalid when the coaches don't have any bullets. BTW Lovie Smith went to a Super Bowl and won 10 games this year.
Kelly is an offensive mind. He is no idiot. Give him a chance. If they would have hired BOB then yes I could see the comment but not for chip. I would have rather seen them go the way of going hard towards Lovie but if it didnt look realistic then sure get a big time offensive mind who's style of play is now attempting to be mirrored by other teams in the league. Let me as you this Lucky, if not chip or lovie then who?
Let's Hope we can get Dontre Wilson because of Kelly leaving Oregon and the very real possibility of sanctions coming down the pike!
Because they wouldn't let me go for 3!
Woody Hayes 1913-1987
Think this hire helps Ohio State more than its helps the Browns for that very reason
Unfortunately, he's tweeted a few times that he's solid to Oregon. I guess coach Campbell is the main attraction for him there, and it doesn't look like he's leaving. :(
Billy Price also tweeted that he was announcing on signing day. A week later he committed.
Don't always believe everything recruits tweet.
Steve Whitfong at 247 has been hearing for a while that if/when Kelly leaves Wilson will re-open his recruitment and OSU would be the favorite.
It isn't like he's just saying he's solid to Oregon. His relationship with Campbell is the entire reason he's there, not because of Kelly. He also has made mention that as long as Helfrich takes over for Kelly (which he will), he doesn't expect to see much of a difference in their offense. He sounds entirely on board with Oregon to me. I hope I'm wrong.
Interesting that the media was reporting this as a done deal all evening, now reports are out that Kelly wants to meet with the Bills and Eagles and go through the process.
My prediction, he goes to Cleveland for 3 seasons, moves Cribbs to QB for at least 2-5 games, until he can find his QB, he finds "his" QB, it doesn't work out, and he comes back to the NCAA to coach a slack team. Kind of like how Rick Petino left Kentucky, went to Boston, then came back to the NCAA to coach Louisville.
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Except for that whole show cause that's going to be on him thing.
The Ohio State University, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2006
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Maybe it will work
It's 5 o'clock somewhere, & Michigan still sucks
I think the Browns had their shot and struck out with old Chip last night. Media is reporting they met for 7HOURS!! Apparently no deal, and Not a good sign that he is still meeting with other teams today
He is going to talk to other teams as Joshhersh said above. This is far from a deal with the Browns. fwiw
As a Bengals fan this makes me very happy lol
"Because I couldn't go for 3"
I wouldn't be. we aren't very good and the beagles aren't much better.
Wherever you are, there you be!
The browns are young and talented. And are you talking about the same bengals team who is in the playoffs right now? I know you dont get there by not being good.
so now Chipper looks like he's the Eagles favorite?
Heard he met with them over dinner for like 9 hours. Wow - I figured Hoke or Weis would be the only ones to pull off a 9-hour dinner.
This guys likes the wine & dine treatment.
#Diva# hahah
http://deadspin.com/5973468/chip-kelly-to-the-browns-was-a-sure-thing-until-kelly-spent-nine-hours-eating-dinner-with-the-eagles
Haha way to sneak a joke about Hoke
F--- Michigan!
Browns flying home without Chip as coach. Starting search over without him on the list per espn.
browns drop kelly as candidate
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There's a rumor going around that Bob Stoops is now interviewing for the gig.
Sounds like Papa Phil (Knight) came in to 'convince' Chip to stay at Oregon. Rumors about a bump in salary (similar to BOB) will be announced if Kelly stays. If he goes to the nfl, it sounds like he prefers Philly to Clev.