Mike Holmgren, Cleveland Browns Set Up to Fail

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Published: December 23, 2009

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... gifts a few days early.

For me, it's like unwrapping a rock-hard lump of coal.

Browns owner Randy Lerner finally landed a high-profile coach, but in doing so, he has opened himself up to a world of controversy.

To put it simply, Mike Holmgren knows very little about the Cleveland Browns.

Prior to the hire, Holmgren had no meaningful connections to any players or coaches in the organization.

Holmgren has been put in charge of overseeing Cleveland's entire football operation: a role which requires a complete understanding of all things Brown and Orange.

It is highly unlikely the 61-year-old coach coming out of retirement will seamlessly absorb everything there is to know about the new organization.

It is even more unlikely that he'll do so for a franchise as mishandled as the Cleveland Browns.

Case-in-point, consider Holmgren's title: president of football operations. Holmgren replaces Mike Keenan in that role, a man who had...

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