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Browns fire coach Freddie Kitchens after 1 season, 6-10 finish
ESPN ^ | December 29, 2019 | Jake Trotter

Posted on 12/30/2019 4:31:54 AM PST by C19fan

Even after a dispiriting loss to the lowly Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens spoke like he'd have a job to come to on Monday. Turned out, he would not.

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Did not even last to what is now dubbed Black Monday.
1 posted on 12/30/2019 4:31:54 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Fat Freddie.


2 posted on 12/30/2019 4:32:53 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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To: MuttTheHoople

He let himself go so badly I forget he was a QB at ‘Bama. I thought he played like OL.


3 posted on 12/30/2019 4:34:50 AM PST by C19fan
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6-10 is a “Championship” record for the Browns.


4 posted on 12/30/2019 4:36:50 AM PST by albie
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He got the Fat Freddie nickname while still playing. He’s actually thinned up a bit since then. My guess is that Nick Saban will bring him back to Tuscaloosa as an “advisor”.


5 posted on 12/30/2019 4:38:30 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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Lions head coach Matt Patricia:

2018: 6-10

2019: 3-12-1

The Lions have been rebuilding for 50 years......LOL!

6 posted on 12/30/2019 4:42:44 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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that team is a disaster, they have a bunch of “look at me” players who didn’t mix, especially OBJ and the QB....they need an experienced coach who won’t tolerate the BS


7 posted on 12/30/2019 4:50:41 AM PST by srmanuel
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When you change coaches and players over and over with the same results,where’s the problem?


8 posted on 12/30/2019 4:55:47 AM PST by SanchoP (Yippy,the next generation search engine.)
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To: C19fan

Bring back Hue Jackson. LOL [j/k]


9 posted on 12/30/2019 4:56:41 AM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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Terrible hire. Made no sense at the time and I think they realized by mid October. The club gave him a chance to show progress during the season, but,outside of a win over Baltimore, they underperformed all season.


10 posted on 12/30/2019 5:05:20 AM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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Dallas Cowboys need the same thing. They got the talent to go to the Super Bowl, but their players are charmin-soft. Problem is, the minute a tough coach gets in their grill, they’ll go whining to that inbred Arkansas hillbilly and totally undercut the coach’s authority.


11 posted on 12/30/2019 5:05:33 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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Knowing the Brown’s luck he will go on to coach a Super Bowl dynasty somewhere else.


12 posted on 12/30/2019 5:14:39 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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Why? 6-10 is decent for the Browns


13 posted on 12/30/2019 5:25:46 AM PST by RonnG (')
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bump


14 posted on 12/30/2019 5:25:48 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: C19fan

Freddies dead


15 posted on 12/30/2019 5:31:02 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: C19fan

Freddies dead


16 posted on 12/30/2019 5:31:02 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: albie

LOL

Bernie Kosar was their last star :)


17 posted on 12/30/2019 5:34:58 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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The problem was immediately discernible when he wasted the preseason. Never played the first string together enough to get their timing down in game conditions. That’s why OBJ and Mayfield never clicked on the field. He also never established his authority with the players, hence record penalties and discipline problems. By the Arizona game it was obvious the team had quit on him.

The 6-10 finish is exactly what local commentator Trivisonno predicted, based simply on “rookie head coach, second year quarterback.”

18 posted on 12/30/2019 5:35:34 AM PST by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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I thought the Browns at the end of last year should have hired then interim coach Greg Williams for the HC job. Oh well... and OBJ is still an immature diva. They need a Tom Coughlin type.


19 posted on 12/30/2019 5:41:30 AM PST by tflabo (Prince of Peace, Lion of Righteousness)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Again a mediocre season. This guy’s been given more than enough chance.

I agree with you.

The only coach I know that at least APPEARED soft but was a winner was Pete Carroll.

Well, the black coach of the colts back some years was a winner and he seemed pretty mellow.

But who knows what goes on during practice?


20 posted on 12/30/2019 5:42:06 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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