Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Thoughts on Holmgren's press conference

After watching Mike Holmgren's press conference and introduction as the Cleveland Browns President of Football Operations yesterday, I came away impressed. 
  • He seems to speak straight forward and will not beat around the bush about the team, its direction, and where he thinks it should be going.  I think the honesty and clarity he portrayed is much needed as an NFL executive and for a fan based starved for a winner.  He is going to keep things as transparent as possible I believe.
  •  He seems to understand the relationship between the head of football operations/GM and the head coach.  He knows they need to be 100% on the same page or problems will arise.  It seemed like throughout the years the Browns have been back, that no matter what regime was in place, there were always disagreements between what personel moves should be done (especially in the draft) and who should be playing (ala Jerome Harrison)
  • He seemed to come across as a guy that is going to work extremely hard, expects the same thing out of himself as he does his staff, and will be extremely helpful as someone to go to for the coaches for advice in how to handle specific situations, because he knows what is its like to coach a bad team, a Super Bowl caliber team, along with some of the greatest players to play in the NFL.

I will be interested to see what unfolds the next few weeks for Holmgren's coaching staff and other personel people.  And really be interested to see how he tackles the draft in April.  Hopefully its done well.  Go Browns!

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