… the renaming of Cleveland Browns Stadium to FirstEnergy Stadium, Home of the Cleveland Browns, is currently near the bottom of the list.
The Browns made it official on Tuesday, selling the naming rights to their home field to the Akron-based energy company.
No one knows if this is going to work.
It is going to take time to find out.
Those were the two biggest (and most important) takeaways from Friday’s press conference to introduce Rob Chudzinski as the 14th coach (and sixth since 1999) of the Cleveland Browns.
No one knows how this is all going to turn out. It is just as likely that Chudzinski will be the next Chris Palmer as it is that he will be the next Andy Reid.
But there is one thing we do know – he deserves a chance to find out.
The rest of the story is available at The Cleveland Fan.
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Running back Dri Archer made it official on Friday, announcing that he will return to Kent State for his senior year.
“The decision has been made … I will be in a Kent State uniform for my senior season,” Archer announced on his Twitter feed. “I know this is a great choice. I am going to work and train harder than I ever have before to make this last go around the best time of my life.”
That’s excellent news for the Golden Flashes as Archer is the best offensive player in the MAC and one of the most exciting players in college football. As a junior, he led Kent State in rushing (1,482 yards, 16 touchdowns and 9.0 yards per carry), receptions (39 catches for 561 yards and four touchdowns) and averaged 36.9 yards per kickoff return with three touchdowns (before teams stopped kicking to him).
Archer’s decision will make coach Paul Haynes first year that much easier, especially as it features a schedule that calls for trips to Penn State and LSU.
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Hello Mr. Haslam and Mr. Banner and welcome to Coaching Depot. How may we help you?
Oh, you’re looking to decorate your recent purchase with a shiny new head coach? Let’s see what we can find for you. (Too bad you were not here a few months ago; we could have offered you a special two-for-one deal with a Mr. Dolan).
Let’s take a look at what we have at The Cleveland Fan.
With the best season in school history now in the books, it’s time for the Kent State football team to start focusing on the 2013 season and new coach Paul Haynes has a big challenge facing him right off the bat.
Namely, how to convince All-American running back Dri Archer that coming back for one more year at Kent is a good idea.
On the one hand, Archer’s stock will probably never be higher after leading the Golden Flashes in rushing (1,482 yards, 16 touchdowns and 9.0 yards per carry), receptions (39 catches for 561 yards and four touchdowns) and averaging 36.9 yards per kickoff return with three touchdowns (before teams stopped kicking to him).
One of the downsides to the Cleveland Browns missing on (or passing on, depending on your perspective) hiring Chip Kelly as their next coach is the rumor mill has cranked up again over who the team will eventually hire.
While the Browns may be looking at Lovie Smith, Ken Whisenhunt and Ray Horton, among others, the same tired names are once again being thrown out there: Bill Cowher (not happening) and Jon Gruden (holy crap, no), with some starting their annual bleating for Jim Tressel (holy crap, no, times two).
The main thing that bugs about Gruden and Tressel in particular, and Josh McDaniels before he said he was staying in New England, despite them not being good NFL coaches (or in Tressel’s case an NFL coach in any way), is one of geography.
Namely, the Browns shouldn’t look to hire a coach simply because they grew up in Ohio. Simply put, it’s not what real NFL teams do.
A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rose instead
We’ll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place
You and I, face to face
After what reportedly turned into a lost weekend in Arizona, it looks like Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is learning some hard truths about the NFL, mainly that a fat wallet is no guarantee of success and that this whole ownership thing may be harder than it looks.
And Browns fans, once again, are left to wonder why, exactly, it is going to be different this time.
So 2012 has come and gone without another championship from any of Cleveland’s teams.
While there were no titles to celebrate, there were still plenty of stories, from firings to trades, to too many losses and too few wins.
Our annual review of the year in Cleveland sports concludes with the fourth quarter of the year- from a historic run by Kent State’s football team, to the end of another disappointing Browns season and the start of a rebuild by the Cleveland Indians – and everything else that makes Cleveland sports such a joy to follow.
Full story at The Cleveland Fan. (In case you missed the First Quarter, click here. Second Quarter can be found here. Third Quarter? Right here).
So 2012 has come and gone without another championship from any of Cleveland’s teams.
While there were no titles to celebrate, there were still plenty of stories, from firings to trades, to too many losses and too few wins.
Our look at the year in Cleveland sports continues with the second quarter of the year – from the opening of the Indians season, to the NFL Draft and NBA Draft and everything else that makes Cleveland sports such a joy to follow.
Full story at The Cleveland Fan. (In case you missed part one, you can find it here; part two is available here).
So 2012 has come and gone without another championship from any of Cleveland’s teams.
While there were no titles to celebrate, there were still plenty of stories, from firings to trades, to too many losses and too few wins.
Our look at the year in Cleveland sports continues with the second quarter of the year – from the opening of the Indians season, to the NFL Draft and NBA Draft and everything else that makes Cleveland sports such a joy to follow.
Full story at The Cleveland Fan. (In case you missed part one, you can find it here).
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