Potential 2019 Head coaches for the Browns

[Binkster]

At the end of the day this is not 2-win talent, it's far better. Are we deep? Not yet... But this team has talent at nearly every position for the first time in a long time.

This will be an attractive job with a lot of room for creativity. I'm excited to see this team take off.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Things Riley has going for him:

1. Familiarity with our franchise QB
2. Ability to tailor his system to his QB's strengths
3. The more electric personality you look for in a franchise leader
4. OC / QB coach / HC experience is the right trifecta with Baker IMO

Biggest thing with Riley is DC relationships IMO. Maybe Dorsey can help there if he is our guy. Building a staff is hard and Riley doesn't have a ton of NFL contacts (in the coaching family), from what I understand.

I like JD too but Riley would be my first guy........it's a rare chance to hire the right profile college coach, where there's the added bonus that system familiarity could spring board our franchise player in year 2. Seems like a really nice match but we'll see. Would be leaning heavily on Dorsey though to find the right staff mix, which can be tricky......the GM doesn't want to smother the new coach but would need to provide the appropriate guidance / contacts.

Suppose the Browns decide to keep Saunders on after this season not as a head coach, but as some kind of senior advisor. He's the kind of guy with tons of NFL contacts who might make it much easier to bring in a head coach from the college ranks because he could help in filling out a staff.

I'd still prefer someone like Flip, but if they choose to go in the direction of a college coach, keeping Saunders around may make sense.

 

[DirtyDan]

Flip/Schwartz in addition to Dorsey manning the draft

Mayfield and an elite defense on rookie deals

That superbowl window would be wide open

 

[I'mWithDan]

You're not selecting a coach solely based on one player.

You potentially are if you took that player #1 overall and still believe in him.

I'm not saying that is a perfect formula but given shelf life on coaches, there are crazier criteria you could use for selecting the next guy.

I'd imagine Dorsey is unlikely to hire a college guy, because of his deep thread of NFL connections but who knows.

 

[bubba52782]

You're not selecting a coach solely based on one player.

Riley has zero connections to NFL circles, no reasonable expectation that he'd be able to bring in a staff around him who could operate with the efficiency needed to win in the NFL.

This team needs continuity and experience to develop a young product into a team who can build chemistry and timing.


Having Lincoln Riley try to adapt his own system to the NFL while trying to do 1000 other things as an NFL CEO/Head Coach is not something that is likely to work out here. Not in this organization as its currently constructed.

Couldn’t agree more. As much as I like Riley he is still a very inexperienced head coach and asking him to make the jump from college to the NFL is a big time ask. It would be fun to see Baker run his system again but there are so many other factors going against Lincoln being successful as a first time NFL coach this quickly in his coaching career.

 

[I'mWithDan]

Couldn’t agree more. As much as I like Riley he is still a very inexperienced head coach and asking him to make the jump from college to the NFL is a big time ask. It would be fun to see Baker run his system again but there are so many other factors going against Lincoln being successful as a first time NFL coach this quickly in his coaching career.

Sean McVey was an OC for 2 years before taking over a team. Resumes aren't everything. Not every guy can be Sean McVey but it's just a reminder to keep an open mind. All the rule changes have made it much easier for a college coach to succeed at the NFL level.

I don't know if Riley is that guy but I have little pause looking through the college ranks when thinking about hiring an NFL coach. It's a place where you can hire an incredibly young guy who already has HC experience an NFL coach can't get. At 35, Riley has 8 years of OC experience and 3 years of AC/HC experience. I'm not sure what else a guy could do to be prepared (at his age) as it pertains to coaching an NFL team.

 

[AZ_]

Vegas Odds:

Sean McVay +200
Lincoln Riley +225
Zac Taylor +550
John DeFilippo +650
Brian Flores +750
Dan Campbell +750
Dave Toub +800
Jim Harbaugh +1200
Bill Belichick +2000

 

[Triple-S]

Vegas Odds:

Sean McVay +200
Lincoln Riley +225
Zac Taylor +550
John DeFilippo +650
Brian Flores +750
Dan Campbell +750
Dave Toub +800
Jim Harbaugh +1200
Bill Belichick +2000

I saw that.

How in the fuck would we land Belichick or McVay.

 

[Ohio]

Vegas Odds:

Sean McVay +200
Lincoln Riley +225
Zac Taylor +550
John DeFilippo +650
Brian Flores +750
Dan Campbell +750
Dave Toub +800
Jim Harbaugh +1200
Bill Belichick +2000

McVay?? What??

 

[AZ_]

Zac Taylor and Press Taylor, whom DeFilippo worked with in Philly, would be intriguing additions to the staff were Flip to get this position.

Zac Taylor is Mike Sherman's son-in-law, who obviously has Dorsey ties from their days in Green Bay.

 

[Ohio]

Several names on that list would be incredibly underwhelming. Several others are incredibly unrealistic.

Hopefully this is indeed the top job on the market.

 

[Jack Brickman]

And the more I think about it the more him going to DAL makes sense. He won't have to worry about doing more than calling players there for a fat ass check. We all know who the real coach is there anyway.

I don't really get why he'd leave Oklahoma for that Dallas job. Dak Prescott's a game manager at best. If I'm leaving college for the NFL I'm only taking a job with either a franchise QB or at least a potential franchise QB in place, and Prescott ain't that.

 

[col63onel]

McVay?? What??

Has to be a typo.

Bellichick is always a candidate on vegas boards because someone will plunk a little money on it at +10000 or whatever.

But McVay the favorite? Nope

 

[Triplethreat]

McVay?? What??

+200 for McVay

Hahahahahahahahaha I can’t stop laughing Vegas is fucking a bunch of morons Hahahahahahahaha

 

[Randolphkeys]

Zac Taylor and Press Taylor, whom DeFilippo worked with in Philly, would be intriguing additions to the staff were Flip to get this position.

Zac Taylor is Mike Sherman's father-in-law, who obviously has Dorsey ties from their days in Green Bay.

Mike Sherman is Zac Taylor's father in law, right? He actually did a nice job working with Ryan Tannehill in Miami, who was raw as hell when drafted. He obviously also worked with potential HC Dan Campbell on that Miami staff.