DC Sean McDermott

[LinvilleGorge]

I know all these guys have egos and think they can win wherever regardless of the surrounding circumstances, but taking that Cleveland job is just a major career setback waiting to happen.  Hell, they fired Bill Belichick for god's sake.

[zacka77ack]

Why would ANYONE who has a measure of success in their current role want to work for the Browns?  They've shown years of disloyalty.  Years of impatience. And years of ineptitude. It's taking a step back, not a step forward.

[CRA]

I think the Shula approach of telling people to wait....looks better if you are a potential future employer.

Now the Browns are a bad organization so they wouldn't care....

but McD should be in Charlotte IMO.  I get Ron is a nice guy but there is something to be said for getting your own business finished first.  Impossible for McD to have his entire focus on Carolina doing interviews.  You have to be making calls and go into the interview with a potential staff in place.   Lot of ground work for him to do to "sell" it to a franchise.   

[tondi]

It would seem like a better long term strategy to interview for a job where you actually have a chance to succeed.  He may get to be the HC in Cleveland but in a year or two hes probably fired and then he may never get another chance to be a HC.  OR he could go to a better situation and either succeed or at least do well enough that somebody else may take a chance on him afterwards.  The only reason to go to Cleveland is a quick money grab and if thats what hes all about then good riddance. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

I hope he doesn't take that job. Not because of him leaving but because of him going there. If he leaves, let it be a semi decent team. He'll I'd say if he could get the Titans job, go for it. at least there he'd have a QB to build a decent team. Their defense has pieces and they already have a Franchise QB. 

[LinvilleGorge]

I'm sure anyone with any inside knowledge of that organization would tell you to RUN, not walk away from that job.  He worked with Chud before, he should give him a call and pick his brain.  He could talk to DA too.

[Bartin]

According to Voth, the interview has to take place in Charlotte. Possible he is wrong about that or that Ron gave permission to be in Cleveland.

http://blackandbluereview.com/panthers-assistants-potential-interviews/

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3.) Coaches on teams with bye weeks can only have one interview with each interested team next week, and that meeting has to be held in the city of the assistant's home team.

Also, for those saying he should stay the hell away from that job, it's entirely possible he is using it as a practice interview so that he has a better shot at a more lucrative job like Philly where he would almost certainly be a candidate.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Hate to see anyone with real football talent and a promising future end up in Cleveland.

Organization has a long history of bad decisions that make it hard for even a well seasoned coach to succeed.

Sounds like the Browns are hiring a bunch of football outsiders to run their organization this time, including the Moneyball guy and another fella from the Mets.

Can't make this poo up.  It is so crazy it just might work!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/05/browns-hire-former-mlb-gm-paul-depodesta/

 

[CLTPanther]

He's probably doing like any other professional would do who hasn't interviewed in a while.. you interview first with a job you don't really care if you get or not to get some interviewing practice.. and then you go on to interview for jobs you actually want once you have your interviewing confidence

[csx]

21 minutes ago, jamos14 said:

Rivera and McDermott both stated how important it is to wait for the RIGHT FIT HC job. No way he thinks Cleveland is that job, right?

 

 

Where did either say it was the right fit? It's an interview.

[Ricky Spanish]

I mean, I trust Ron and Wilks to handle defensive crap just as much as McDermott. 

If he goes to interview then I'm not phased and I don't think the team will be too. We are crazy rich with defensive coaching talent. 

[Chaos]

Do gingers count towards the Rooney rule?  Not to burst his bubble or anything.

[Mage]

You guys have to realize that being a head coach in the NFL is, to the majority of these guys, the dream.  It's an extremely lucrative job that who knows how many opportunities you will have again, especially in a league that loves retreads.

It isn't like McDermott spends his entire day strictly on trying to make a gameplan.  Him doing this interview isn't going to hurt anything and we don't even know our opponent yet.  It's not a big deal and I think it's rather ridiculous to expect someone to turn down an opportunity to be a head coach.

[jamos14]

2 minutes ago, csx said:

Where did either say it was the right fit? It's an interview.

That may be true but if you aren't interested, but would you waste TONS of hours (prep time, travel, interview time) to interview for a job you don't want?