Browns Interview Greg Schiano For Head Coach
January 22nd, 2014
“I’ll come for you, my son.”
It seems one of the great messes of the NFL, the Cleveland Browns, might want Greg Schiano to remove them from laughingstock status.
Per Joe’s pal Alex Marvez of FOX Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio, the former leader of the New Schiano order interviewed for the Browns’ vacant head coaching gig today.
Joe’s confident Schiano will interview very well. He’ll be impressive and detailed. He’ll sell how he was railroaded by leaky, sleepy Josh Freeman. He’ll explain how he fulfilled Team Glazer’s cleanup mandate and had things going in the right direction. He’ll explain that he kept a locker room together during the toughest of times. He’ll look, sound and feel like a leader.
Now exactly how Schiano will explain why his team was pulverized over and over and over again in the second halves of game is another story. That was bad coaching, not bad luck.
Frankly, Joe hopes Schiano gets the Browns job, and Joe thinks Schiano has a darn good shot at it.
The best thing about it would be Schiano surely would move quickly to trade for Mike Glennon. Schiano couldn’t rave about the kid more than he did, and that extended to Schiano’s farewell news conference that he hosted at a local Tampa hotel. Heck, Schiano might even authorize a trade down in the first round with the Bucs just to get his hands on his golden child.
Good luck, Coach.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:08 pm
Hahahah YES!
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:09 pm
Hire him Cleveland, even more reason to go up to the mistake by the lake next year, and kick the shit out of them
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:09 pm
No way he gives up the buyout from the Glazers, he’ll make them pay every cent.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:09 pm
Makes sense…Brownies gave another Italian Stallion, Mangini, his 2nd head coaching gig. How’d that go?
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:09 pm
I don’t know how the Browns ownership could sell a Schiano hire to their fans after his mess here in Tampa. If there’s any organization that would make that irrational move though, it would be them. Having said that, I’m with you Joe. I hope he does get the job and want Glennon that badly. I highly doubt it, but we can all dream.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:13 pm
He gets hired by the Browns, trades down with the Bucs and we get Johnny Football.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:17 pm
Hasn’t Cleveland suffered enough as a city?
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:18 pm
Here’s comes Johnny!
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Zero chance on any of that
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:21 pm
Funniest caption Ever….lmao. But I like schiano, I really wouldn’t of been upset if he stayed. If hired by Cleveland and he gets a quarterback , he will win some games and if we don’t win then the Glazers will be forced to sell the team.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:23 pm
When nobody else wants the job, call Schiano.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:27 pm
Please make it happen and he can hire Raheem as his DC!
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:27 pm
LMAO that caption was hilarious!
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:30 pm
Then no points EITHER half!
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:32 pm
That’s one interview more than Dominick…that must hurt.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:32 pm
Wow, I have a question for the Joe’s. If Coach Schiano did bring Glennon to the Browns and They have success together will you be happy or sad about it? Will you post it? Or if we draft a flava of the draft QB this draft and they do not meet hyped/hoped results will this be posted as well?
I hope we keep Glennon as our QB, if we draft another QB this year that is not a bad thing, as long as it is not one of our first 3 picks. I keep hearing how we have the 4th best QB in our division with Glennon. What rank is our Oline and our WR, TE, RB (not on IR) compared to the other teams in the NFC South?
My hopes are we shore up our aging limited production Oline be that due to injury or play on the field. I would love to see some fresh stout faces in our Oline. Be they Drafted or FA’s or Undrafted FA’s as long as they can play. We do have a few good backs to have some holes open up for them would be a huge plus to our passing game.
I want a DE with a 10 sacks average, I do not care where they come from.
I want to see us get a true #3 receiver or a #2 who has to battle to show what he has, not be anointed after the draft.
TE, LB, CB….
I have a few Dreams
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:34 pm
Schiano got a bad rap. I hope he succeeds. Good luck coach!
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:35 pm
lol Already read that “in the end it wasn’t meant to be.”
That’s too bad, it would have been a great shot for the Bucs to trade up.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:35 pm
I bet Gregory would trade Josh Morgan, if he gets hired. Morgan doesn’t seem like a Schiano Man. Plus, who needs a big play receiver in an offense more concerned about turning the ball over than about taking calculated risks?
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:41 pm
Gordan 😀
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:42 pm
or is it Gordon*?
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:50 pm
There is an irony in this. Schiano is very often compared to Bill Bel. and it was the Browns who did not think Bill could succeed. Bill went on to be the most successful coach in modern history.
Schiano made some mistakes, but you can bet he learned from them.
I think he will do very well if he gets the job.
And you can kiss Clowney goodbye if he does. That means either OT or QB at 7.
I don’t by the LB predictin for a second, not with who our new GM is.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:52 pm
Oh, and no way he does a trade with Tampa either.
January 22nd, 2014 at 10:57 pm
Nobody actually compares him to Bellichick. Somehow Bellichick likes him cause his son walked on at Rutgers.
He parlayed that to an NFL gig.
Be delighted to trade him Glennon!
Please!
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:01 pm
Schiano has belicheck written all over him. He is going to be successful if he gets that job
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:03 pm
“if we don’t win then the Glazers will be forced to sell the team.”
Just wondering what Universe you live in.
The Glazers own the team, exactly who’s gonna ‘force’ them to sell ?
The NFL ? the Fans ? get real !
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Yahoo! He can cut their good players so we can get them
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:14 pm
if schiano is successful in the browns. its gonna suck for us as fans and also it would bring alot of pressure on lovie smith and the glazers. and joe stop bashing glennon is obvious you want somebody else to start next year but at the end of the day the kid has potential and at the circumstances he was in last year he played really well. go bucs. go glennon
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:18 pm
@Joe:
“The best thing about it would be Schiano surely would move quickly to trade for Mike Glennon.”
We can only hope
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:22 pm
@Jaryd:
What About The Breathalyzer?
MetcalfLawFirm.com
Just teasing you my friend…
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Hoo boy, these comments from the Gregory defenders are crazy hilarious. News flash: You can’t be successful if you run a zero risk offense that doesn’t score points. That point will never be drilled into Gregory’s thick skull. A Schiano Man is risk averse.
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:36 pm
Cleveland ownership seems too impatient to make that hire, but I hope he gets it. Being a part of the mythical Glennon Mob myself I can’t for the life of me understand why so many Bucs fans want to give up on this guy so quickly but would trade away draft picks for an unknown QB in the upcoming draft (or for Kevin Kolb, I mean Matt Flynn, no I mean Ryan Mallet)?
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:38 pm
News reports are they interviewed him on Bellchicks recommendation.
Hahahahahahahaha!
January 22nd, 2014 at 11:51 pm
If cleveland hires this man , they will have solidified first place as the worst run franchise in football. From pop warner league on up.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:05 am
See we got another idiot Fritz50..when I said Forced I didn’t mean it that way you uckin idiot.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:14 am
Wow! Talk about the blind leading the blind. Schiano didn’t get a bad rap, he didn’t adjust his methods/gamelan and failed miserably by his own doing. Case in point, the 49er game. Bucs scored 2 TDs with the hurry-up offense but as soon as they slowed it down it was 3 and out after 3 and out. After the game he was asked why he didn’t use the hurry-up offense more. His excuse? “We didn’t practice it”. Hmmm. First off, if you didn’t practice it, why use it at all. Second, shouldn’t the team be practice that since it might be needed at some point during the season? Third, it was working, why not keep doing it until they stop it? Smh…he might be an outstanding person, be he is a horrible coach. At least with the Bucs.
He actually had some talent here went 11-21 what do you think will happen when gets that roster up there? Geez. Its like buying tickets to a trainwreck.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:25 am
He can have Glennon , Bowers , Teo , and the list goes on and on.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:30 am
It’s all for the rooney rule. The browns management are not even serious in hiring him. That’s kinda sucks for him and as a human being I do feel bad for him. As a nfl enthusiasts it shows how bad he was
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:32 am
Looney rule *
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:37 am
I interviewed for a job at the Federal Reserve once. When they asked me if I’d ever stolen anything, I asked “who me?”. I never got the chance to answer anymore questions. I figure Schiano’s interview might have been similar when he was asked If he had ever won anything!
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:38 am
Mike Coppinger is reporting on nfl.com that Schiano is already out of the running. Move along, nothing to see here. Lol
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:39 am
He might just get the job. Numerous head coaching candidates have asked for their names to be removed from the list: Todd Bowles, Ben Mcadoo, Adam Gase OC from the Broncos, Josh Mcdaniels, you get the idea. It seems no none wants this job.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:41 am
I have no ill wills for coach Schiano and wish him the best of luck. With that being said, I like the direction the Bucs are headed under the new coaching staff.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:42 am
Yup they already said he was out lol
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:55 am
You can’t expect to get very far when you walk in the door and say “I heard you guys were hiring”!
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:57 am
Cleveland has five pro bowlers.
Their fans think they are “talented” too, from reading their blogs. Just like ours.
Hilarious.
January 23rd, 2014 at 1:13 am
George Warhop left Cleveland too early….he could have stayed and opened up the running game for the Browns…..run up the middle on first and second down…pass on third, then punt…..
January 23rd, 2014 at 1:30 am
Schiano’s going to have to remake himself before he is seriously considered for another HC job anywhere! Belichick is turning over his staff, he should give Schiano a job. NIMBY!
January 23rd, 2014 at 1:32 am
From what I’ve read it was just an interview and they really have no plans on hiring him.
Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer said that the Browns won’t be hiring Schiano and were simply interviewing him.
January 23rd, 2014 at 1:39 am
So with that… end of the non-story.
January 23rd, 2014 at 6:57 am
Jason LaCanfora says he’s still a candidate. But he’s probably not on the top of their list.
The Browns are entering desperate territory. Seems half the league’s coaches have turned them down.
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:26 am
For all of you dumb fans on here schiano is a very good coach. Did he fail to adapt to the nfl quickly , IE today’s modern and diverse schemes? Yes. Do I think him losing his job will force him to realize he needs to adjust especially on offense? I do.
Bellichik was the exact same way. Now is schiano the next bill bellichik? I wouldn’t go that far to say yes. But they are similar. Both football savvy and fundamentally sound guys.
If schiano makes the proper adjustments he will flourish. Unfortunately he’s not going to do it in Tampa. I am happy with lovie and his staff. But I do see schiano being successful his 2nd go around.
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:49 am
Schiano in Cleveland! What did these fans do to deserve this? Brown fans must be livid to hear this story. But they are last H.C. vacancy available. You know the rule you gotta pick Greg.
January 23rd, 2014 at 7:52 am
@Chris – His stubbornness on being in control keeps him away from doing adjustments to create wins in the NFL. How does it take a full season to be productive in second halves of games? At the end of the season he still had no answer. Stubbornness can transfer into discipline when coaching players. This can create success when applying technique. He was good at helping players be discipline. But STUBBORNNESS made him predictable to opposing coaches. Unfortunately we can see the same results in his college career. Schiano loves CONTROL more than winning…
January 23rd, 2014 at 8:58 am
Good article, Joe, and a very interesting story. I definitely agree with your take – he comes across like a head football coach out of central casting. If he can learn from his mistakes he has a chance of being a good head coach someday. If he can learn from his mistakes.
And frankly, it’s refreshing to read a post where Joe doesn’t make fun of Mike Glennon. Oh wait…
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:01 am
If we give up on the only young QB we have for less than a second or first round pick, we are idiots. There are certainly no guarantees that even if we draft someone with the #7 pick or move up, that he will play better his first year or two, or if he is a big time scrambler even survive the first season without some season ending injury. I want to see a high pick or talented FA QB brought in…but letting Glennon go, and if he does well in Cleveland and our QB selection doesn’t turn out to be a Franchise guy, we would be the laughing stock of the league again. But it would be interesting to see the fans and sports writers find ways to explain a couple more sub .500 seasons, when they got exactly what they wanted.
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:31 am
If Browns hire him, we have a great shot at their draft positons. Why, you might ask? Because Schiano has shown proficiency in letting other teams poach him.
Success with the Browns would be a stretch for Schiano. Since I am not a Browns fan, and have zero loyalty to Schiano, I hope the Browns try the experiment.
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:31 am
Wow, the image just make me spit out my coffee from laughing so hard
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:37 am
The article on Schiano going to Cleveland was a good one and I agree he has a strong chance of getting the hire. This is simply because NO OTHER COACH WANTS THE JOB. As for the Glennon remark, when did the Big Log starting writing for Joebuc? This type of pathetic dissing of “our” players is what has already driven several people I know away from this site and is quickly making me reconsider my loyalty to the site. Stating your opinion is fine everyone has one, but bashing a young player for no reason other than your man crush on an unproven college prospect is absurd.
Just a little FYI to the Glennon haters he finished his rookie year in a horrible offensive system without his #1 RB, #2,3, WR’s, he never had a true TE and finished the year ranked 22nd in the league amongst all QBs. Im sure that there are atleast 10 teams looking at him saying they would take him.
I in no way a Glennon fan, I want the bucs to bring in a vet and a rookie (just not from the 1st rd) to compete with Glennon. I just don’t see the point of continuously bashing on the young man and you are absolutely insane to think the Bucs are going to trade away last years starter at worse they will hold onto him as a safety net.
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:51 am
the bill belichick comparison falls apart when you look at schemes. belichick always knew how to make a plan to beat the other guy, as evidenced by 2 superbowl rings as a coordinator. schiano was the king of getting outschemed. furthermore, belichick is legendary for his adaptability of his schemes and getting the most out of marginal players. conversely, schiano is as inflexible as they come and can’t make use of a player who doesn’t fit his exact profile. the comparison seems to begin and end with their common perception as arrogant jerks.
January 23rd, 2014 at 9:54 am
bet the eagles wish they traded that nick foles kid. after all, he’s goofy looking, a 3rd rounder, and he didn’t have as buzzworthy a rookie season as RGIII, luck, or cam newton, so he’s never going to be any good. right?
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:16 am
Hope Cleveland is on our schedule…. that’s a check mark for us in the “W” column
January 23rd, 2014 at 10:34 am
Foles had to beat out Vick.
If we bring in another QB and Glennon beats him out so be it, all bucdom (including Joe) would be very happy.
Can’t count on that though.
Foles may not be the final answer in Philly either. Chip Kelly probably wants a mobile QB too.
January 23rd, 2014 at 12:37 pm
The Brownies probably interviewed him for the special teams coach.
January 23rd, 2014 at 1:29 pm
I heard Brown’s interviewed Schiano for “facilities manager” position.
January 23rd, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Schiano is not even close nor will he ever be the second coming of Belichick. He is a terrible mind and a terrible coach. Look at what the players said about him. I guarantee Belichick listens to his veterans when designing schemes. He is a control freak that worries too much about the small insignificant things that is really meant for someone upstairs to handle. He F*ing sucks
January 23rd, 2014 at 4:45 pm
We are comparing Schiano to Belichick now? Mercy.