The Browns have agreed to hire former Jets coach Eric Mangini. From ESPN:
Mangini, fired last week by the Jets, agreed to a four-year deal, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com’s Michael Smith on Wednesday.
Mangini will be introduced at a Thursday news conference at the team’s headquarters in Berea, Ohio, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because Mangini’s contract has not been finalized.
As a result, our Chiefs are likely the sole survivor when it comes to the Pioli sweepstakes. From Red Zone:
With Cleveland reportedly deciding on former Jets coach Eric Mangini to replace Romeo Crennel, that makes it far less likely that New England personnel man Scott Pioli will end up as the Browns’ general manager.
Pioli reportedly wants to hire his own people and, if nothing else, make his own decision on the direction of the team that hires him. There are few bigger directional shifts than a coaching change, and the Cleveland job probably just lost much of its luster for a man who appears eager to make his own name and establish a team’s future.
The latest report (from 610, via Arrowhead Pride) is that Scott Pioli and the Chiefs are currently haggling over two things: money and control. Hopefully, they are just negotiating amounts, and this will be a done deal sooner than later. As always, stay tuned…
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the suspense is killing me!
It is rather rough. But Clark is handling his biz the right way.
i believe!!!!
read the comments on that Red Zone posts
What Are The Chances Of Us Landing Pioli And If We Do, Do You Think He Would Re-unite With Romeo Crennel As Our New Defensive Coordinator? That Would Make My Day!!!
Wow, just red the Red Zone. This might get crazy here real quick. Pioli and Shannahan?
Holy Batmobile Batman!
I highly doubt that Shanny would be interested in KC because of his relationship with the Broncos owner. That’s the suspicious part to me.
You mean the owner that fired his ass?
But the point to be made is that Pioli doesn’t seem to be taking any more interviews with anyother teams. Maybe there is a deal being worked out.
We can all hope!
YES they shut up fast
the owner that fired him…then bawled his eyes out and they exchanged ‘i love yous’ and sang cum-bah-yah.
Oh Im sure they are BFF’s
Shanny WOULD come here BUT I am under the impression that unless there is a PERFECT situation then he is sitting out the year and just relaxing (also taking computer classes, he said haha)
PFT is reporting that these rumors are ‘premature at best’. Take this all with a grain of salt. I would like to hear about a few more folks interviewing for this job before we announce the hire.
This is great news and we are going about it the right way. Good work Clark.
I’ll take Shanny in a second. We need to throw Denver a curve although I heard P Bowlen said anybody but the Chiefs…however, I don’t think he can control Shanahan since he fired him.
I hope we don’t screw this up.
Ask yourself this:
Have the Chiefs lined up anymore interviews with other GMs?????
I have not heard of any others…
Hmmmm…. Maybe we do have our man?
I don’t know about any of you…but I could learn to like Shanny the rat in the stroke of the pen on the dotted line. I heard that Pioli is bringing his offensive coardinator as his coach wherever he goes. Bottom line…Edwards is gone. Now, what do we do about our quarterback situation?
I honestly don’t get all you Shannafans. Take away Elway, and he’s just another also ran.
If Pioli does bring in McDaniels as HC, I wonder if Chan Gailey might get to stay on as OC? Considering the Pats longstanding affection with the spread, and the degree to which Gailey was able to implement it here, I could see that particular scenario being a nice “continuity” element.
Another guy I’d kind of like to see get cherry-picked off the Pats staff is asst strength & conditioning coach Don Davis – seeing as how he’s a homey and all (Olathe), he might be easily persuaded into a homecoming.
DD:
Like so many coaches, the more power Shannahan got, the less effective his team was. What has he won without Elway??? Nothing. Let him go to Dallas.
Nice scoop on Davis, Double D. I see you are doing your homework as always
Clark needs to make something happen soon. As much as I don’t want Herm coaching the team, he doesn’t deserve to be kept in limbo like this.
kcdan:
You are right. Also, the new GM needs time to assemble a staff and prep for the draft. We have the senior bowl, combines, etc. I am hoping a decision is reached before the Super Bowl.