The Defensive Coordinator Thread

[Be_Easy_25]

Jim Schwartz available?

[vtraider]

And Rob Leonard it is

[BoKnows81]

[JRaider17]

Hope they truly thought he was the best option and didn't do it just to help the Crosby relationship.

[Marzan]

We’ve talked him up for years. Let’s see if he can be the coach we think he can be. To be honest none of the candidates we’d been linked to felt like a home run so this is probably for best

[Hellbound]

This new guy Covington that they're interviewing is not a first timer. His one year as a DC was not a good one statistically for the team defense that he was coaching. If we don't get Schwartz or somebody with more experience then we might end up with Covington.

We got our dc but Schwartz was never a realistic option as he would've had to be released from his contract & Cleveland simply wasn't going to do that

[Trainnvain]

I bet Cleveland releases him now that all DC positions are filled, that’s the type of petty crap crappy organizations do.

[chucker]

I bet Cleveland releases him now that all DC positions are filled, that’s the type of petty crap crappy organizations do.

Or they don't release him, ever. His contract will just toll for another season and he'll still be under contract next year too. If they released him now then he could latch on with a team as a "senior defensive assistant". Maybe with a team in the AFC North.

[Trainnvain]

Could be but I would think the NFL would step in if it got to that point, it would not be a good look for the league to tacitly condone holding a coach hostage.

[chucker]

Could be but I would think the NFL would step in if it got to that point, it would not be a good look for the league to tacitly condone holding a coach hostage.

I don't think the league would step in. Schwartz is under contract as DC and the Browns wanted him to stay and be their DC and get paid millions to do it. It's not cool and he might not be happy with that option, but it's not really a hostage situation.

[DanKD]

Browns are well within their right to just hold him. Future coaches are also in their right to say no thank you to taking jobs with them.

Theres actually no upside to the browns not just letting him out of contract. We let Graham out of contract and coaches do take note.

[chucker]

Browns are well within their right to just hold him. Future coaches are also in their right to say no thank you to taking jobs with them.

Theres actually no upside to the browns not just letting him out of contract. We let Graham out of contract and coaches do take note.

I understand keeping a guy under contract so you prevent him from leaving for a division rival, but you should let him move otherwise. The Browns will feel some pain over this. That will pale in comparison to the pain of the Watson signing and of making Sanders their face of the franchise.

[Dr Death]

Browns are well within their right to just hold him. Future coaches are also in their right to say no thank you to taking jobs with them.

Theres actually no upside to the browns not just letting him out of contract. We let Graham out of contract and coaches do take note.

I'm very familiar with the Browns and their ownership. Other than not looking like a f[raiders_icon]cking clown, like our owner..... there aint much difference. The Browns franchise is more f[raiders_icon]cked up than the Raiders'. It doesn't seem possible, but trust me on this.

[Reno Hightower]

I'm very familiar with the Browns and their ownership. Other than not looking like a f[raiders_icon]cking clown, like our owner..... there aint much difference. The Browns franchise is more f[raiders_icon]cked up than the Raiders'. It doesn't seem possible, but trust me on this.

Schottenheimer placed a curse on them on his way out the door. Marty never placed a curse on us. He just kicked the living shit out of us for a decade. Sadly, Sheduer Sander's heroics will not overcome this. Mark my words they will hire Coach Prime and be in every news cycle every f[raiders_icon]cking week, but the results will stay the same. The Browns are basically f[raiders_icon]cked, pretty much forever.

We are about to embark on a new era.

[KillerRaider30]

You hire Rob Leonard if you believe he’s the best man for the job. What Maxx thinks cannot be a factor in your decision.

The Raiders blocked his interviews with other teams for the past 2 years so they must like him. Someone did.