A quick look at what exactly does Hue think about Hue and Haley 

WHAT DOES HUE THINK ABOUT HUE? AND HALEY?

By STEVE KING

This is what I think, and a lot of it is what I’ve believed for some now, and what happened with Browns head coach Hue Jackson’s interesting, revealing and tell-tale comments in a conference call with the Cleveland media (see my previous post) substantiates it:

Jackson is scared to death, and rightfully so, about his job security. After going 0-16 last year and 1-31 overall in his two seasons, both of which are egregiously and historically bad numbers, he knows he’s treading on thin – very, very, VERY thin — ice. Most coaches would have been fired after all that – in fact, they probably would have been dismissed before the second season even ended, and I have to think that John Dorsey wanted to can him after taking over as general manager late last season – but Jackson still has his job because of the backing of owner Jimmy Haslam, who thought Hue never had a chance to show what he could do because he was being hurt by the fact that inept Sashi Brown was serving as director of football operations.

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At the same time, though, Jackson knows that Haley is Dorsey’s guy and would be promoted to head coach in a heartbeat if Hue got fired, which could well happen if the Browns, who have a tough schedule, start slowly and continue their malaise under him. So, as to not tick off Haley or Dorsey, Jackson doesn’t want to say anything negative about the coordinator’s play-calling, which he really should do, if only behind closed doors, after that goofiness at the goal line in the Browns throwing the ball four times – all incomplete passes — from the Philadelphia 1 in in the first quarter of Cleveland’s 5-0 victory over the Eagles last Thursday night at FirstEnergy Stadium.

In not running the ball when everybody in the world thought he should, what in the name of Pete Carroll was Haley doing? What was he thinking? It defies logic.

Really.

Jackson has more of a quieter, much less in-your-face, laid-back personality, whereas Haley and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams are just the opposite, which is why they had that spirited little exchange a couple of weeks ago when a defensive player hit the quarterback, which is an absolute, cardinal-sin no-no.

Consider that and the fact that Haley and Williams are both accomplished in their respective crafts, while Jackson, who was 8-8 in one year as head coach of the Oakland Raiders to make him 9-39 overall in his NFL career as a head coach, is obviously not accomplished at all. And when you do put it all together, I think you’ll discover what I found — that is, Jackson, again, rightfully so, looks at himself as being no better than No. 4 on the list of the Browns’ most powerful, most important and most respected people on the football side of the organization. Jackson might be somewhat close to Williams, who is No. 3, but he is quite a way behind Haley (No. 2) and Dorsey.

So, this is a mess at the top, then, right? Perhaps, but not necessarily so.

I’ll explain in my next post.