Browns head coaching search

By STEVE KING

General Manager John Dorsey said a lot of interesting things when he met with the Cleveland media at noontime Wednesday as the Browns headed into their bye week.

But two of them really stood out.

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The first gives us a preview as to how he will sell the team’s head-coaching opening to candidates:

“One thing is this job is very attractive,” he said. “I will tell you I think that this job is very attractive. It is kind of like for the very same reasons when I joined here in 2017, it is very attractive.

“Any future head coaching candidate, whoever it may be, he understands the fan base here, which is unbelievable. There are a lot of young talents on this team, and they will continue to get talent. There are assets in place. The (salary) cap position that we are in right now is great. The draft picks, we have 11 draft picks for the 2019 season. The support staff, I have been around some franchises, and I will say this, this is the best support staff there is in the National Football League that I have been around.

“Then you have ownership. My god, these guys here are so passionate. They are willing to invest. There has not been a thing that I have asked Dee and Jimmy (that they failed to provide) – ‘Maybe if we do this,’ and they say, ‘Sure, let’s do this.’

“Those are exciting things for this organization moving forward. Anybody, once they understand that, you will see that you know what, Cleveland is a good place to be.”

And to show you how important this coaching search is to Dorsey, who has never hired a head coach before, he told an extremely personal – and revealing – story.

When asked about realizing the magnitude of selecting a head coach and the impact the hire will have on the organization, he said, “I understand that. The one thing I have always thought about is one of the most important decisions – I know this; I think about this driving home all of the time – is the hiring of the right head coach for this organization moving forward. I think that is tantamount, and I think about that every day driving home.

‘Just make sure you do not mess it up.’ That is what I keep telling myself, ‘Just do not mess this thing up.’ ”

More on the Browns head coaching search in my next post.

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