Hue Jackson has accumulated a stunningly poor 1-30 record in almost two seasons as the head coach of the Browns. However, despite his poor performance, he looks to be safe for next season. Other factors such as a lack of talent and a disfunctional front office certainly play a big role in the team’s failures, but basic logic must win out in determining his coaching future, opines Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports.
La Canfora notes that while Jackson appears to be “immune to review” at the moment, the team should be thinking about moving on from their second-year head coach. It’s not ideal for a franchise that has shuffled through many coaches in the past, but La Canfora argues that the job is more attractive then some may think when just observing this season.
New general manager John Dorsey has a track record of success and the team could be bringing in a young franchise QB with the number one pick, even though Josh Rosen has reportedly had some reservations about going to Cleveland.
La Canfora notes that finding a better replacement to Jackson shouldn’t be hard, even if the team is unlikely to do so given most of the reports coming from Browns ownership.
Here’s more notes from around the coaching carousel:
- The Lions have stood behind head coach Jim Caldwell for the past four seasons, despite not winning a playoff game. However, it may be time for the franchise to move on after the team lost to the Bengals on Sunday. Patriots defense coordinator Matt Patricia may be a prime candidate if the job opens up because of his relationship with current Lions general manager Bob Quinn, according to Alex Marvez of Sporting News (Twitter link). The two men worked together in New England when Quinn was a high level decision maker in the Patriots front office, so the hire would be a natural fit.
- The Redskins missed the playoffs for the second straight season, but could still lose their quarterback coach Kevin O’Connell to another opportunity. O’Connell is reported to be a “top target” for the UCLA offensive coordinator post, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link). New Bruins head coach Chip Kelly is looking for another offensive mind to add to his staff and the offensive coordinator job would be a difficult position to turn down if O’Connell was offered, according to Rapoport. Under O’Connell’s guidance, Kirk Cousins has continued to produce solid numbers in 2017, which has certainly helped make him more sought after for promotions at the collegiate level.
- There’s a number of attractive coordinators who will be free agents this offseason. Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL.com run down a list that includes defensive coordinators: Gus Bradley, Paul Guenther, Vic Fangio and George Edwards. They mention that Bradley in particular is an odd situation because he signed just a one-year deal with the Chargers last offseason and has a great track record as a defensive coordinator with the Seahawks as well. At the moment, the Chargers have the third ranked scoring defense in the league, which should help make him in high demand for open defensive coordinator jobs after this season is over. Guenther on the other hand has been mentioned has a potential replacement for longtime Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, although he would be free to look at other opportunities should the team opt to go in a different direction. The article also makes note that popular Eagles quarterback coach John DeFilippo and Cowboys passing game coordinator Matt Eberflus would bring widespread interest as well if they move on from their current teams.
Gus Bradley would be an excellent replacement for Dom Capers in GB.
The Raiders needJosh McDaniels for their HC spot and Vic Fangio for their DC spot, come on make it happen Mark!
McDaniels is going to Detroit.
Every teams fans and players try to s$@t talk the patriots… until they need a new coach in there and they’re all looking to New England!
Don’t flatter your self … if you actually do some research of where current coaches have came from .. it’s not New England leading the pack. Not even close … it’s really Cincinnati right now as far as head coach’s. Zimmer, Gruden, Jackson , V Joseph … all came through Marvin Lewis’s tutelage.. not the almighty Mr Personality Belicheck … I know, on to Cincinnati..
Don’t forget the Crennel flop or the flop of Charlie Weiss. Bill O’Brien is about all you have to stand on and he’s even on the chopping block.
Yea Mc Daniels was a flop and he came from New England
You left out Eric Mangini…
The Belicheat coaching tree has been awful outside of the system in NE.
Hue Jackson should be fired. Even Jeff Fisher would be an upgrade over this fool
Agree
Also agree, even a bad coach could luck into a few more Ws than his 1.
Some coach’s top out in coordinator roles. Hue is a brilliant offensive mind – he is a great OC. Just like Marvin Lewis is a brilliant defensive mind but could only go so far as a head coach.
Hue’s offense is horrible.
Sad, but true.
What exactly do you have to do to get fired as a had coach in Cleveland? 1 -30 ISN’T bad enough?? Hue Jackson must have some pretty bad pictures of owner Jimmy Haslem with farm animals or something to be “immune to review” for his job. Absolutely no reason he shouldn’t have had 3 wins there (Jets, Packers and Titans). Maybe Hue’s sole function is to keep generating #1 draft picks. Someone should use this as a college class on how NOT to run a business.
You’re right. And I don’t want to hear how bad the franchise is, they were in better shape when he took over. He sat in his job interview knowing how bad things were and said hire me and I’ll turn this thing around. They need to cut bait ASAP and get a new coach to go with this new GM.
Chuck Pagano was a really good coordinator also .
And in other news…. Cowboys totally rebuild for the 2018 season. New coaches and owner and g.m. Oh yeah and new players..