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(Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports)
The post mortems continue on the Cleveland Browns’ coaching hire. One has appeared at ESPN.com, focusing on New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who apparently was in the running all the way to the end, when Cleveland settled on Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
From the standpoint of reporter Mike Reiss, McDaniels could have been installed for his second stint as an NFL head coach — his first ended abruptly when he was fired by the Denver Broncos after 12 games of his second season in 2010, when he was 3-9 — if he had told the Browns he wanted the job.
“I believe strongly that the unfiltered truth is they badly wanted McDaniels, circled back with him after the Patriots lost in the AFC title game to see if they could lure him back into their search,” Reiss writes. “… But McDaniels, after giving it a second thought with the in-season pressure removed, ultimately told them the same thing he did shortly after his initial interview: The timing just wasn’t right for him, and it was more about that than anything else.”
And what was it about the timing that wasn’t right? Reiss cites another former Patriots staffer, Eric Mangini, as an example of someone whose timing was off. Mangini took a second shot at head coaching with the Browns a year after he was fired by the New York Jets. Two years and two 5-11 seasons later, Mangini again entered the ranks of former NFL head coaches.
And has Mangini been a serious candidate for any vacancies since then?
Maybe McDaniels went to school on Mangini’s experience and is waiting before jumping back in. Or maybe he also decided that Cleveland wasn’t the place to be doing that jumping back in
From the standpoint of reporter Mike Reiss, McDaniels could have been installed for his second stint as an NFL head coach — his first ended abruptly when he was fired by the Denver Broncos after 12 games of his second season in 2010, when he was 3-9 — if he had told the Browns he wanted the job.
“I believe strongly that the unfiltered truth is they badly wanted McDaniels, circled back with him after the Patriots lost in the AFC title game to see if they could lure him back into their search,” Reiss writes. “… But McDaniels, after giving it a second thought with the in-season pressure removed, ultimately told them the same thing he did shortly after his initial interview: The timing just wasn’t right for him, and it was more about that than anything else.”
And what was it about the timing that wasn’t right? Reiss cites another former Patriots staffer, Eric Mangini, as an example of someone whose timing was off. Mangini took a second shot at head coaching with the Browns a year after he was fired by the New York Jets. Two years and two 5-11 seasons later, Mangini again entered the ranks of former NFL head coaches.
And has Mangini been a serious candidate for any vacancies since then?
Maybe McDaniels went to school on Mangini’s experience and is waiting before jumping back in. Or maybe he also decided that Cleveland wasn’t the place to be doing that jumping back in
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