Mike Holmgren To Coach Browns Next Year?

There has been speculation that Holmgren has his eyes on coaching again ever since he went to the Browns, and his latest quote has done nothing to kill those rumors...

Mike Holmgren said he fully intends to fulfill his promise to turn the team around, but "if I keep wearing a suit or not, we'll see (ESPN)."

Ummm, goodbye Eric Mangini. To be honest though, I don't think it is a good idea. I don't like when coaches are running everything, even though Belichick seems to do it well. I'm not saying that they should keep Mangini, but I do think they should hire someone else other then Holmgren to be the coach.

Browns Fire GM Kokinis

"The Cleveland Browns invisible general manager has disappeared. George Kokinis, the hand-picked GM of first-year coach Eric Mangini who was rarely seen or heard in Cleveland, left the team Monday under unexplained circumstances after less than one year on the job. After reports surfaced that Kokinis was fired, the team issued an awkwardly worded statement saying Kokinis "is no longer actively involved with the organization." The Browns also denied reports that Kokinis was escorted from team headquarters (Sportsline)."

The Browns have made so many mistakes it is hard to figure out what they should do next. This GM made a really bad pick in Mangini as head coach. I really think he is nothing special and the Browns are going to need a much better coach then that if they are ever going to turn around this sorry franchise.

Mangini, Jets Fined

The NFL has issued a total of $125,000 in fines against the New York Jets and former coach Eric Mangini for the team's failure to list quarterback Brett Favre's arm problem on injury reports last season.

NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson levied fines of $75,000 against the team; $25,000 against general manager Mike Tannenbaum; and $25,000 against Mangini, now the coach of the Cleveland Browns.ESPN

What I think they should have done is fined Brett Favre $125,000 for being a douche. However, I guess this is another way Brett Favre can wiggle away from a team with an excuse or not being a bad guy. I still say fuck him.

Browns QB Competition Over

The problem is that this won't say who won...

"While he did confirm to Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the competition for the Browns' starting QB job was now over, head coach Eric Mangini refused to say who won. "In terms of the quarterbacks, I have no additional information on that," Mangini indicated after the game. "There's nothing really to add." That's right, because neither Brady Quinn nor Derek Anderson even played on Thursday. Mangini's insinuation in saying that the competition was finished is that the man who takes the first-team reps in practice next week will be the starter come Week One (ESPN)."

My guess is that Brady Quinn won. He has so much more upside then Derek Anderson, and it isn't like Anderson has been on fire during the preseason. We will know sometime after labor day when practice for week 1 starts, but I would really be surprised if it is not Quinn...

Browns Hire Mangini

The Browns have moved quickly to hire a new head coach, as today they decided on Eric Mangini. The deal is for 4 years, no word for how much. I really like this hiring by the Browns, since I really didn't think that Mangini deserved to get fired from the Jets. The only reason he got fired was because Brett Favre sucks, and the whole world over rates him. The Jets were not that great of a team, and you aren't going to make the playoffs if you QB is throwing like 9 picks a game. I know the whole "Patriots descendants don't work out" idea is always floating about, but I actually think Mangini is a good coach. I hate him, since I am a Patriots fan, but I do believe he is a solid coach. It is funny after the whole "spygate" thing, most people thought if Mangini ever lost his Jets job that he would never get another job again....that didn't last long.

-BMack

Eric Mangini Fired

Another day, another Pats ex coordinator out of a job. Today Eric Mangini got rightfully fired from the New York Jets after missing the play-offs the once highly touted coach seemed to have lost grip of his team the past couple of years. The reason he got fired is none other than Brett Favre. If Favre never got traded to the Jets and if they hung onto Chad Pennington, the Jets would have made the playoffs.

Now this opens the door for a slew of coaches. My prediction is that Bill Cowher will be in Jets green next year. Cowher would be a perfect fit, plus I don't want to see him in the AFC North.


Also, Rod Marinelli got fired from Detroit. Obvious move, he went 0-16.

I Really Hate Eric Mangini

Yes I am a Pats fan, so yes I am biased, but can anyone really say they like this guy. I didn't like him after the whole "spy-gate" thing, but what he did today was even worse. He apparently named him kid after his new QB. That's right his kid's name is Zach Brett Mangini. OK, first off it doesn't even sound right, "Zach" and "Brett" sound never be in the same name. Second, you are naming your son from a guy who has been on your team for like 2 months, and what? Got your team to a stunning 2-2 record, which is good enough to be tied for last place in the AFC East. Sweet man, way to go, but I guess it does make sense that both Mangini and Favre turned around and kicked in the back the teams that made them. Way to go, I hope Belichick takes Eric, Zach Brett, and Brett Farve out to a middle of a lake and end you all Godfather II style...Die Fredo Die.

-BMack