coaching rotation is starting

[Guiness]

There was some of that to be sure, but there were games where the D just collapsed, with some help from refs (see for example, the loss to NE). I just don't get pinning this on Chud, when he had such a terrible slate of QBs to work with - was that his fault. Scott Campbell? Steny Hoyer? and Joss Weeden? Ug, what a collection of stiffs. When they traded T Rich, the players knew there was no pressure to 'win now' And the players have said as much.

Except the rest of the season showed that they robbed Indi with what they got for him!

[pbmax]

There was some of that to be sure, but there were games where the D just collapsed, with some help from refs (see for example, the loss to NE). I just don't get pinning this on Chud, when he had such a terrible slate of QBs to work with - was that his fault. Scott Campbell? Steny Hoyer? and Joss Weeden? Ug, what a collection of stiffs. When they traded T Rich, the players knew there was no pressure to 'win now' And the players have said as much.

Team statement specifically said they were worried about the letdown in the 2nd half of the season. Maybe its CYA for the Richardson trade.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 5h
What are #Browns gripes with Chud? Haslam is unhappy with recent lack of effort, failure to make adjustments. He feels the team has no fire.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 4h
The likely firming of Rob Chudzinski is due to lack of improvement. Source: “The more time coaches spent with them, the worse they got.”


The best part of it is the Twitter timeline has Chris Mortenson reporting Chud is gone. Then everyone fills in details that they will meet with him tomorrow to finalize (some say he could hang on) and decide fate of staff. Then there is change of plan and they will meet tonight with Chud so its not hanging out overnight. Less than an hour later he is gone officially.

If accurate, the leak triggered a firing to happen a day early. If not intentional, the Browns front office deserves McDaniels and Tebow.

Change was needed: http://t.co/onRbYK4Hro

[mraynrand]

From Terry Pluto (Plain Dealer):

....But is that reason (lack of improvement over season) enough to fire Chudzinski after only 16 games?

Absolutely not. Not unless there is something extreme behind the scenes between the players and coaches that has not been made public.

I would have replaced defensive coordinator Ray Horton.

As I wrote Sunday, the defense has been the biggest failure of this team. They entered Sunday's 20-7 loss at Pittsburgh already having allowed more points than in 2012. In all the key categories, in which improvement was expected -- defense on third down, in the red zone, and in the third quarter -- they ranked near the bottom of the league.

[mraynrand]

Haslam is unhappy with recent lack of effort, failure to make adjustments. He feels the team has no fire.

Great - another intemperate owner.

Players are already talking about the chaos in the organization....

[pbmax]

And this is downright Modellian, from smart football:

[mraynrand]

Browns = Disaster House

Green Bay - get rid of Stubby but keep Slocum!!

[pbmax]

Wow, I guess I missed the boat on the Browns season. Football Outsiders has them 25th. I thought that D looked capable against the Packers backup skill positions.

[MJZiggy]

Local DC news saying Shanahan will be fired in the morning.

[woodbuck27]

Wow, I guess I missed the boat on the Browns season. Football Outsiders has them 25th. I thought that D looked capable against the Packers backup skill positions.

Their 'D" gave up 25.7 P/G and that was 0.1 P/G worse than the Packers @ 25.6 P/G.

PACKERS !

[woodbuck27]

At this point we have moved from mystifying to insulting.

Hahahahahahaha but FIRE that piece of CRAP ASAP.

[Guiness]

Local DC news saying Shanahan will be fired in the morning.

Crazy if Shannahan walks away with that money. NFL should bump the cap by $7-8mil and include coaches salaries!

[pbmax]

Crazy if Shannahan walks away with that money. NFL should bump the cap by $7-8mil and include coaches salaries!

Even crazier is that the Rams NEARLY parlayed the 2nd pick in the draft they traded to the Redskins into the 1st pick in the draft this year. At one point, the Texans were winning and the Redskins were losing, which would have made that pick traded by Wash to the Rams the #1 pick.

[denverYooper]

Frazier is out in Minny.

Kevin Seifert @SeifertESPN 15m
Have been doing this for 22 years and never have met a more honorable man than Leslie Frazier. Privilege to know and cover him

[gbgary]

shanny is out!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...1192--nfl.html

[woodbuck27]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1904829-nfl-black-monday-2013-coaches-on-hot-seat-rumors-and-firing-news

NFL Black Monday 2013: Coaches on Hot Seat, Rumors and Firing News

By: Tim Keeney (Featured Columnist) on December 29, 2013

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