Browns sold, Holmgren out in CLE?

Lot of Brown rumors (no pun intented) flying around today. If that has any merit, seems like a stupid move to me based on the fact that Holmgren hasn't had the time to do what he needs to do and not unlike TT, inherited a pretty lousy football team.

Poor Brown's fans. They never seem to able to catch a break.

Randy Lerner going to focus on his ownership of Aston Villa?

Holmgren sounded very comfortable on air earlier this year. He should take some time off and do some radio or tv.

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Originally posted by Goalline:
Randy Lerner going to focus on his ownership of Aston Villa?

Why would focusing on owning a damn car take up so much time?

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Originally posted by Orlando Wolf:
Holmgren sounded very comfortable on air earlier this year. He should take some time off and do some radio or tv.

IIRC, Holgmren has said on more than one occasion that he misses coaching.

Holmgren & bert both without a team and the Kenosha Cougars needing all the help they can get... a rematch made in heaven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqQZnTly24

Poor Holmy. Goes to two Super Bowls in GB, goes to a rotten Seattle team, fails as GM, gets team to playoffs as coach, leaves to be GM in Cleveland, and now this.

One step too high on the food chain. Hit the sidelines, Holmy. There will be openings after this year.

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Originally posted by Hungry5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqQZnTly24

Not going to lie. I wanted that line to snap in the worst possible way. Does this make me a bad person?

From PFT:

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Via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Holmgren says Lerner is selling the controlling interest in the team.

Holmgren also says the Browns won’t be leaving Cleveland. However, Holmgren declined to address whether he would be leaving Cleveland. He said questions regarding his status will be “answered down the road.”

That likely means Holmgren eventually will be moving on, and moving out. With Lerner making avoiding disruption to the team his top priority, if Holmgren were staying, he’d say so.

The deal, per Cabot, is close. Which means that Holmgren’s future likely already has been addressed.

Our guess? He remains in place through the 2012 season, then walks away.

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Originally posted by ChilliJon:
Not going to lie. I wanted that line to snap in the worst possible way. Does this make me a bad person?

I didn't want it to snap at first-----but halfway through I changed my mind.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:

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Originally posted by Goalline:
Randy Lerner going to focus on his ownership of Aston Villa?

Why would focusing on owning a damn car take up so much time?

Have ever driven one? BTW, shame on you. I thought you were a soccer fag.

Actually, Coach traded me to this board:

http://www.avillafan.com/forum...showtopic=8621&st=30

No sympathy for Holmgren here.
He had the second-most acrimonious leaving from our team, AFAIC.

At least Holmgren never tried to beat the Packers when he moved to the Seahawks.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
Actually, Coach traded me to this board:

http://www.avillafan.com/forum...showtopic=8621&st=30

Good riddens.

i was annoyed with Holmy when he came back his first game with Seattle and kept screaming at the ref to get Earl Dotson off the field when Earl had a melt down during the game. I kind of thought that was not cool. And then Bert ran off the field with his head under a hoodie after being embarrased. I think that was Ray Rhodes team. What a disaster....

As part of his agreement to buy the Browns, Jimmy Haslam III retired his Steelers watch Thursday in favor of a Browns watch -- the first of what might be many changes. Former Philadelphia Eagles president Joe Banner will assume the same role with the Cleveland Browns, possibly spelling the end of Mike Holmgren and Tom Heckert in Cleveland, two league sources told CBSsports.com on Thursday. NFL Network learned earlier that Banner would be part of [Haslam's] executive management team, but Banner's exact role has yet to be announced. One source told CBSsports.com that Haslam will "blow (the) whole place up" in reference to the Browns' front office. Browns president Holmgren and general manager Heckert probably will be fired.

NFL.com

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Originally posted by Floridarob:
i was annoyed with Holmy when he came back his first game with Seattle and kept screaming at the ref to get Earl Dotson off the field when Earl had a melt down during the game. I kind of thought that was not cool. And then Bert ran off the field with his head under a hoodie after being embarrased. I think that was Ray Rhodes team. What a disaster....

YEP. I distinctly remember TOG playing such a horrible game and throwing so many terrible INTs. And he acts like a weenie and hides his head under a towel or hoodie as cameras followed him off the field. I always thought that little pouting display was a bad omen about TOG and years later in 2008 it came to be.