Was it already predetermined that the Browns weren't going to be able
to hire a new head coach with a winning record? Is that why Haslam
& Banner settled for Rob Chudzinski? Lets face it, with the hiring
of Chudzinski, the improvement over Shurmur may only be minor. As an
offensive coordinator, Chud only had one winning season in the NFL. I
guess we can take that as a positive Shurmur didn't have any. The 1
winning season he had as an O.C. in the NFL did come when he was with
the Cleveland Browns, the team actually had a record of 10-6 in 2007.
The bad thing was Chud watched as the Browns he called the plays for in
their winning season fall to a record of 4-12 the very next season.
Chudzinski could get the Browns offense to repeat as winner for 2
seasons in a row.
After Chud left Cleveland he went back to doing
what he did before he became a O.C., he was hired by his good friend
Norv Turner in San Diego and he went back to being a tight ends coach.
Shurmur was a tight ends coach too. After spending a couple of seasons
with his friend Turner on the west coast, Chud would get his big break
to join the Carolina Panthers as their O.C..
Now the Panthers
would have their quarterback and they hired what they thought was going
to be a great O.C. in Chudzinski. The Panthers in the 2 seasons that
Chud was there lost more football games than they won. Kinda mirrors a
Shurmur move doesn't it? Chud sent his quarterback Cam Newton to work
with one of the least successful NFL quarterbacks of all time Chris
Weinke. How did that work out for Chud in the 2012 season? Not so good,
they finished their season with another losing record at 7-9.
A
lot of people who watched the Panthers and Chud in Carolina didn't care
for some of the things he did. It seemed like he would have some
disagreements with some of the players and then he would bench the
guy.After he sent Newton to work with Weinke, they did win one more game
in 2012 so I guess you could call it an improvement, but Chud's
Panthers still had a losing season with a 7-9 record.
Now he has
Weeden, working with Weinke. A guy that never could win in the NFL is
tutoring Weeden on how to be a NFL quarterback. Weinke was the Panthers
starting quarterback in the 2001 season. He played in 15 games and lost
14 of them. The Panthers would finish the 2001 season with a 1-15 record
and Weinke would finish the season with 11 touchdown's and 19
interceptions. Perhaps Chud sent Weeden to Florida to work with Weinke
on how to deal with throwing interceptions. It should be something the
two of them have in common.
It is going to be an interesting
season watching the Cleveland Browns under their new inexperienced head
coach Rob Chudzinski. The first thing he will have to deal with as the
teams new head coach is the Browns starting quarterback situation. I
remember the season that Shurmur took control of the team. During the
off-season McCoy worked with Brett Favre. Now Chud has Weeden working
with Weinke. SMH, I wonder where Chud's thought process is coming from?
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