Mike Holmgren and Eric Mangini: The Duel in Cleveland Begins

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Published: December 25, 2009

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... NFL coaches and their assistants to start losing their jobs.

The silver lining on some of these holiday firings are guaranteed contracts that allow the unfortunate coaches to sit at home and collect a paycheck for an additional few years. In most cases, that’s plenty of time to hook on somewhere else.

In the coming days, new Browns head of football operations Mike Holmgren will be sitting down with head coach Eric Mangini. Given what happened to former general manager George Kokinis, it’s not that big of a reach to say Mangini also could find himself looking for an attorney in the New Year.

Firing anyone in the NFL “for cause” and refusing to pay the remainder of their contract is a big deal. Raiders owner Al Davis is the only owner who does it with regularity, and the quality of coaches he’s now able to attract has diminished significantly, which is why most teams rarely do it.

The Browns did it to Kokinis after the Bears game this year, and t...

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