Conn Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 New Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, whose takeover of the team was officially approved Tuesday, will name Joe Banner the team's CEO/president and current president Mike Holmgren will depart the organization within 24 hours, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder.Haslem has a news conference scheduled for noon and will announce the Banner move, the sources said. It is unknown if Holmgren's status will be addressed at the news conference. Haslem will close his deal to buy the Browns with Randy Lerner on Oct. 25 but these changes will take place before then. Holmgren, the former head coach of the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, joined the Browns on Jan. 5, 2010. The 64-year-old Holmgren officially had the title of team president. He was instrumental in the hiring of current Browns head coach Pat Shurmur. Haslam bought the team from Lerner for $1 billion, and the owners voted 32-0 Tuesday to approve the deal. Haslam, who built his fortune with Pilot Flying J truck stops, has been a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but divested that stock to buy the Browns. Haslam and Lerner agreed to the sale in August just as training camp was opening. Haslam has said his mission is to bring winning football back to Cleveland; the Browns have made the playoffs once since returning to the NFL in 1999. Information from ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder and The Associated Press was used in this report. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8511711/mike-holmgren-cleveland-browns-sale-official-sources-say Schefter: October 16, 2012Browns president Mike Holmgren will retire at the end of this season and former Eagles president Joe Banner is being named the Browns new CEO effective immediately, according to league sources. New Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is expected to make the announcement today http://www.whosay.com/AdamSchefter/content/418393?wsref=tw&code=zOF4nSm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukes and Skins Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Good move for the Browns. Banner is the guy they need for that job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morneblade Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Browns fans should be celibrating everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 It honestly felt like Holmgren was there for like 5 minutes... Anyways, he will be remembered for the mishandling of the RGIII situation, though the Browns look like they will be alright. I guess this means a coaching change is coming as well? If so, things could get interesting. I wonder what this means for Holmgren, in terms of his next move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morneblade Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Edit: double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Makes you wonder if that's where Reid will end up next year....although I think the dude needs to take some time off. Besides the fact that he's a ****ty coach, he needs to be with his family for a while once he's fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Holmgren is a good coach but an absolute disaster as a president/gm. He should just retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Matt Barkley, QB, University of Southern California. i can see it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Matt Barkley, QB, University of Southern California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Matt Barkley, QB, University of Southern California. i can see it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Matt Barkley, QB, University of Southern California. What a stupid set of decisions the Browns have made. Could have had Griffin OR Tannehill...OR Wilson, frankly. I still think the T. Richardson pick was stupid in this era. He's a talented guy but there are running backs every year who can put stuff together. By the time the team is GOOD, T Richardson will be on the far edge of his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I still think the T. Richardson pick was stupid in this era. He's a talented guy but there are running backs every year who can put stuff together, by the time the team is GOOD, T Richardson will be on the far edge of his prime. Not to mention Richardson is getting totally outperformed by some 6th rounder named Alfred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryGreenMonk Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Matt Barkley, QB, University of Southern California. just for the record... I have watched a lot of Barkley tape, I think he will fail miserably in the NFL. He is the older school type of QB you will need to sit for 3 years for him to have a chance, which obviously won't happen, so he will fail badly. He does not have the speed, size and athletiscism of the Netwon, Luck and RGIII's of the world. He's more like Kevin Kolb than he is those guys.. and it takes those types years to develop He wont be a Jarmcus Russel fail, he will be a Heath Schuler fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailToTheRedskins14 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Ouch. Was I the only one that didn't see that coming? Browns fans were all about Holmgrem, too. They took the RG3 thing kinda personal and I saw some dissing of our franchise. Have fun in the dark abyss of nothing in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Matt Barkley, QB, University of Southern California. I'd hate that because now the Cowboys won't have to sell out for Geno Smith. They'll just take him with their natural number 2 overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 That's how you know it's all about the money. He divested his share of the Pittsburgh Steelers to own the Browns. Obviously he wasn't a true Steelers Fan, and can't have hated the Browns that much as a part owner of the Steelers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Is this effective immediately or at the end of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 It honestly felt like Holmgren was there for like 5 minutes...Anyways, he will be remembered for the mishandling of the RGIII situation, though the Browns look like they will be alright. I guess this means a coaching change is coming as well? If so, things could get interesting. I wonder what this means for Holmgren, in terms of his next move. Andy Reid to the Browns when he gets fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Oh wait, yeah I did. Not this soon, but when you're 1-5 after going out and spending a bunch of picks on players in the process of trying to rebuild a team and those players don't perform, well, you're gonna get tossed sooner or later. Seriously, they should have stuck with Colt McCoy and drafted Julio Jones. Then this year they could have not panicked and taken Trent Richardson. With the #1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns select Brett Favre, QB, Wrangler University. Fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 That's how you know it's all about the money. He divested his share of the Pittsburgh Steelers to own the Browns. Obviously he wasn't a true Steelers Fan, and can't have hated the Browns that much as a part owner of the Steelers. Did you think that Khan was a lifelong Jaguars fan? It usually is about money. It's rare to have a situation like we have with Snyder...and that's about the money as well as his very real fandom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabby Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 nfl.com said he would exit at the end of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 And now Brandon Weedon is a lock to go down as the dumbest 1st round pick in HISTORY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 And now Brandon Weedon is a lock to go down as the dumbest 1st round pick in HISTORY Yep lol... But, what will happen to him after the '13 draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Yep lol...But, what will happen to him after the '13 draft? Start collecting social security and fade off into the sunset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 What a stupid set of decisions the Browns have made.Could have had Griffin OR Tannehill...OR Wilson, frankly. I still think the T. Richardson pick was stupid in this era. He's a talented guy but there are running backs every year who can put stuff together. By the time the team is GOOD, T Richardson will be on the far edge of his prime. Compounded by the fact they traded for him I said this same thing when it happened. Dumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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