tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562319.post1673007692777888667..comments2023-10-31T08:22:06.222-08:00Comments on Vitamin Z: Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344385023364633170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562319.post-38382762440641504452009-01-25T12:05:00.000-08:002009-01-25T12:05:00.000-08:00Gruden alienated his players in Tampa. He won his ...Gruden alienated his players in Tampa. He won his Super Bowl thanks largely to facing his former team in the big game.<BR/><BR/>Edwards, I always thought he was better at soundbites than coaching. He just oversaw the worst two-year stretch in Chiefs history.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, there is not a single head coach or GM hire Randy Lerner could hire who I would totally trust. Lerner doesn't make good hires, and he doesn't lay the groundwork for success well at all. Neither did his father, who blindly followed Carmen Policy. It was very telling that Scott Pioli had one sit-down with Randy Lerner and ran screaming in the other direction.<BR/><BR/>I'm already seeing a little too much of Butch Davis in Eric Mangini. It wouldn't surprise me to see him alienate the locker room and be roundly despised throughout the organization a year from now. This guy has all the makings of Bill Belichick's ego, minus the superlative coaching talent.<BR/><BR/>Am I cynical about the Browns? You bet. I wouldn't have trusted Cowher, or Shanahan, or Schottenheimer, or any of the young coordinators out there. Things just end badly for the Browns. They bring out the worst in everyone they hire. Why should Mangini be any different? Lerner sees him as a football genius, and he'll let Mangini run amok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562319.post-23527709656858928852009-01-24T11:44:00.000-08:002009-01-24T11:44:00.000-08:00Last week, it sounded like it was a done deal for ...Last week, it sounded like it was a done deal for Kokinis to go to the Browns. Now the Ravens are out of the playoffs, and we haven't heard a peep. That worries me.<BR/>I don't think Gruden or Edwards would be better choices. Gruden? His Ohio connections aside, Monte Kiffin was the brains of that outfit in Tampa.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292799533074446021noreply@blogger.com