so basically, they could've had Whizenhunt last year, and now have to fight two other teams for him after turning him down last year.
i will be amazed if they can pull this off.
They interviewed him twice so they like him.
I like Wisenhunt and would want him but as you've said, we have competitiion so why would he choose Cleveland?
Well lets look at the negatives before any positives working in our favor.
Detroit - they already have a QB who has shown he is more than capable of starting and playing well. Megatron, Reggie Bush, Joique Bell, that incredibel D-Line and a fan base hungry for any sort of winning.
The biggest thing that Detroit has over Cleveland is the quarterback and that is HUGE!
Tennesee - um if he likes Locker and/or Fitzpatrick as his QB to build around and I just don't see that so I think the big competition is Detroit.
Sold young core to build from
Five Pro Bowlers, all young, and TJ Ward named to All-Pro team to make a solid young core of six solid players
Draft picks
First pick is #4 and the club also has additional, 1st, 3rd, and 4th round picks.
Cap space
Browns hold the third most draft cap space of any NFL team
Club wants him
They obviously had more than a passing interest last year and are interested this year.
Additional things in our favor over other teams
- Wisenhunt hired DC Ray Horton to his coaching staff and he is already in Cleveland and under contract. A perfect situation already in place for his defensive coordinator who already has his system up-and-running.
- Wisenhunt lost out to Mike Tomlin to coach the Steelers and he also lost a Super Bowl to Pittsburgh. Those two blows had to sting and I'm sure he would love nothing more than to coach in the AFCN and prove his coaching chops.
- He was the HC in Arizona when they signed QB Brian Hoyer so he saw something in Brian and probably followed what he did last year with the Browns so he knoiws what Hoyer is capable of and would feel comfortable starting him even if/when the Browns draft a young QB who may need time to develop so having a guy like Brian Hoyer would be essential for taking the job.
- Wisenhunt has already coached in Cleveland as an assistant 14 years ago so he is familiar with the AFCN and the Cleveland area. Not a huge positive but paired goes hand-in-glove with just being familiar with the AFCN.
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Wisenhunt could be thee-guy that the club wants and if we interviewed him twice last year then he can see that the job is much more attractive now than it was last year because of WR Josh Gordon and TE Jordan Cameron developing on offense and the club already has DC Ray Horton in place and we've added players like, DE/OLB Quentin Groves and DE Desmond Bryant and DE Armonty Bryant along with the development of CB Joe Haden to Pro Bowl status and SS TJ Ward to All-Pro status.
The fact we fired Chudzinski means that the new HC knows the club can't fire him after one-year, they simply CAN'T no matter what the record is at the end of 2014.
The biggest thing to land Wisenhunt won't be money, it will be
CONTROL!
If our front office gives him more CONTROL over the final roster and input on free agency signings then Wisenhunt probably has some 'guys' of his own that he'd like the front office to sign, possibly he has a QB of his own that he likes, and obviously he'd want a big say in what direction the Browns would take going forward at the quarterback position. I think THAT is the big thing and we need to bend a bit to get Wiz and I hope we do because I really like him.