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[Benton]

(12-07-2017, 07:46 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Well to be fair, I think people are cutting Hue some slack on that 1-27 record because the Browns made it clear this is a long term rebuild. I don't think they're meant to be winning. In fact, I think they're tanking ala a MLB or NBA team.

His stint with the Browns has taken SOME luster off him IMO, but I'm not going to trash him for 1-27 because I realize what they're doing. Heck, that's why they're bringing him back again.

(12-07-2017, 07:57 PM)Jakeypoo Wrote: The Browns have been trying to tank the past two years not sure you can put that 1-27 record all on Hue.

I dunno. Records like that are demoralizing, and it gets hard to overcome. Even if you turn it around, it stills lingers whenever you drop a couple games, like 'oh crap, is it this again?' So if the Browns as a team are doing that as a strategy, it seems like a pretty bad one as far as getting players to play hard for you.

Different, but I interviewed a high school basketball coach one time whose team hadn't won in 37 straight games. What was the one thing they needed to change (scheduling, strategy, kids coming out, etc)? His answer was "attitude." After the first half-winless season, those kids forgot what it was like to win. Then they went a whole season without a win. Then half another before the coach got rid of the varsity kids and started playing his eighth graders and a couple freshman. They finally got a win because it wasn't in their heads.

If the Browns' strategy is to become the best by setting records for being the worst, they aren't going to attract a lot of decent players. And the players they have are going to remember the bumps along the way.

Besides, I'd disagree in that they're making moves to try and win, they're just doing all the wrong things. A QB looks good, they play him. A QB throws an interception, they dump him and grab the next guy. They're still making plays. Hell, they only lost by three points to the Colts, Steelers, Jets, and Titans this season. They're trying, they just don't know how to win.

Hue may be a fine coordinator, but he's been awful as a HC. He's continued the same Browns trend of "start every player at quarterback and see who sticks" that hans't worked. i'm pretty happy the Browns are keeping him on the roll next year in the far, far remote chance that Marvin is no longer helming the Bengals (which I think he will be).