Now let Hue Jackson do the job – BDD with Steve King



The Browns have finished tearing it down again and are building it back up, hoping they get it right this time.

The biggest piece of the process – a head coach – has been re-installed in the building in Berea with the hiring of Hue Jackson.

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If Jackson feels a bit uneasy, that’s understandable. Actually, it would be expected.

Jackson’s predecessor, Mike Pettine, lasted just two seasons. Pettine’s predecessor, Rob Chudzinski, lasted only one season – or just 11 months, if you want to be more specific. Chudzinski’s predecessor, Pat Shurmur, was on the job for but two seasons, as was Shurmur’s predecessor, Eric Mangini.

The first head coach of the expansion-era Browns was Chris Palmer, who – you guessed it – lasted only two seasons.

The graybeards of Browns coaches since they returned to the field in 1999 were Romeo Crennel, who lasted a full four seasons, and Butch Davis, who lasted three seasons and 11 games.

With that, then, Jackson may be more inclined to rent a house instead of buying one.

And who could blame him?


Now, let me be clear on this in that from Palmer to Pettine and every Browns coach in between – even those whose last name does not begin with P – they all deserved to be fired. Mangini, in fact, never should have been hired in the first place. So, aside from the fact it forced the Browns to blow it up and start all over again each time, the fact the club parted ways with these men is a positive. All had fatal flaws – some more than others (Mangini) — that kept them from ever having a chance to be successful to any great extent.

But in Jackson, the Browns say they got the man they wanted. They say they have someone they think can stop the revolving-door circus of coaches by getting the club turned around. We can only hope they’re right.

Regardless, the Browns now need to back up their confidence in Jackson by leaving him alone to do his job. The less meddling by team owner Jimmy Haslam, the better. He has meddled way too much in the past. Look where it has gotten him. Hopefully, he has learned from that.

The Browns have to forget all the soap opera stuff and get down to the business of football. Imagine that, a football team focusing on football. Who could have seen that coming?

The good teams do exactly that. They get rid of the distractions, the superfluous, and concentrate on winning. Winning is the only thing that matters.

So if the Browns want to be a good team – and a good organization – at some point, then they have to do it.

We’ll see if they are successful.


 

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