1: Chudzinski was probably in on the decision to go with Derrick Anderson after his 10-6 season. DA appeared to have turned a corner and turned into a good quarterback during his first season as a starter.
EVERYBODY thought so, probably including the clown who said that this opinion should disqualify him as a potential head coach.
2: I heard screaming, and I tracked down the noise to the Bleacher Report. As I had suspected, somebody else had logic chained up in their basement and was torturing it.
This person was advocating the hiring of a 3-4 defensive coordinator as the next head coach.
Before my eyes started bleeding, either Taylor or Rubin was implicitly a defensive end, Sheard was a linebacker, and Dick Jauron was presumably kicked to the curb.
I won't bother to take that apart, but this raises the issue of Jauron and his defense. The guys on NFL Radio seem to think that dick will be moving on, but I have yet to hear why.
The only things I can think of are Banner being a butthead or Jauron accepting a better offer and being released from his contract by a butthead.
What Jauron (and Heckert) did with the 3-4 Mangini defense they inheritted was almost a miracle. They had a nose tackle with no real defensive ends or depth behind him. Gocong and (especially) Jackson fit the new scheme, but they were otherwise 4-3 linebacker-starved.
But somehow Jauron immediately fielded a respectable defense.
I personally like the 3-4 a lot better, but Dick's results sort of converted me. His defense is not complex, so that new players learn it quickly. By design, the pass rush is built into the front four so that blitzes can be sent from any angle and at any time, and the linebackers can be quicker and more athletic (ie real linebackers).
These players can play on instinct and not think so much, and personnel guys can focus more on pure athletic talent.
The rebuilding of this defense isn't complete yet. A better passrushing weakside DE would make a huge difference, and a "special" kind of outside linebacker would help a lot...
Although Cocong was really tearing it up when he got injured, and there are three other pretty good players (note: two undrafted free agents the guy Banner fired dug up). One more really good corner, too. Basicly two or three players would make this an elite defense.
...and now you want to turn it into a 3-4? For that matter, why on earth would you want to get rid of Jauron, or even think that the next head coach would want to? I mean, they want a SMART head coach, don't they?
One of the interview questions should be "Would you want to replace Dick Jauron?" If the guys says "yes", they should say "Don't call us, we'll call you."
3: The Browns played very well for most of the season. The problem was at the most important position on the team: Quarterback. This is the single biggest reason why Marc Trestman is the best Head Coach candidate.
He's now a West Coast guy, and a similar system is in place. But unlike Shurmer, Trestman has run different systems as a coordinator, and as Rich Gannon will tell you, will tailor his offense to suit a particular player.
Tony Grossi's source is right about the guards. They're all bulldozers who can also pass protect ok, but they can't pull or zone-block well. A left guard with some wheels would make a big difference, but other than the quarterback and guards there's nothing at all wrong with this offense.
IF one of the quarterbacks on this roster can (or is allowed to) be consistant and even just a little above average, the Browns can win a lot more games.
The Browns are NOT five or six players away. They're ONE player away, and other upgrades just move postions from solid to good, or from good to real good.
They DON'T need a wide reciever, tight end, or running back, and even a more athletic guard is not manditory.
Between the draft and free agency, they could land a very good cornerback, pulling guard, passrushing weakside defensive end, and the rest is sort of gravy.
Hire Marc Trestman. With a decent quarterback, the sky is the limit in 2013.
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