It doesn’t sound like the Browns will hire Urban Meyer to be their next head coach. 
“Right now we’re just focusing on people with NFL coaching experience,” owner Jimmy Haslam told reporters at a press conference on Thursday.
Haslam’s statement could be interpreted one of two ways. Taken at face value, this means the Browns do not have Meyer atop their list of head coaching candidates. It’s also quite possible that Meyer, who figures to have a number of suitors in this cycle, has already rejected overtures from the team.
Either way, the Browns’ head coaching search will – for now – be limited to NFL circles. That head coach will be hired before the GM, Haslam says, with the head coach collaborating on the GM hire. Then, the HC and GM will have roughly equal footing in the organization, with both men reporting directly to Haslam.
Funny the Browns say this but they did request an interview with Matt rule a request he denied. I’m willing to bet the same thing happened with urban. This is just the Browns trying to save face.
Rhule has NFL coaching experience with the Giants.
Killing them with facts…..
“Then, the HC and GM will have roughly equal footing in the organization, with both men reporting directly to Haslam.” — Disaster written all over it.
Just ask Dallas
That structure only works if you have a strong head coach…. which, history suggests, the browns will end up not hiring.
Does open the door to Josh McDaniels being more open to hiring one of his boys from NE… and then after they both fail in Cleveland they will go on to other NFL jobs without nearly as much success they had in NE.
I just listened to this press conference live on the radio.
Wow is Haslam clueless. He was asked why they were hiring a coach before a GM. He said, no we’re hiring the GM first. Then immediately said no, wait, we’re hiring the coach who will have input on who the GM is.
He said that is to avoid “an arranged marriage situation”. Isn’t that precisely what hiring backwards does??
Then he compared this whole process to tracking sales data on snacks at Pilot truck stops.
You cannot make up how much of a dumpster fire that team is.
they shouldn’t – he doesnt want to coach anymore. leave the man alone.
I’m Ron Burgundy?
So according to Zack’s 2 articles he may or may not be going to the Browns. Lets just flip a quarter.
Other way around mate
why would anyone?
A guy who looked the other way for an abusive assistant and Aaron Hernandez is really not what an undisciplined disaster like the Browns need.
Jimmy Haslan: “We’ve decided to drop Urban Meyer from consideration and pursue Oscar Mayer instead”.