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Kokinis Could Be GM Today

January 19, 2009 by 18 Comments

All my WFNY brethren are seemingly photoshop geniuses.  I have thrown my hat into the ring with this picture on the right.  What’s up now, boys?  Try and keep up, ok?  (I used PowerPoint because I don’t know how to use PhotoShop.  I know.  Genius, right?)

Yesterday the Ravens dropped their playoff game to the Steelers and that could mean the Browns will finally have a general manager.  George Kokinis has always been the frontrunner for the job.  Well, since Scott Pioli turned the Browns down and they hired Eric Mangini, anyway.  Now that the Ravens are out of it, George Kokinis is expected to return to Cleveland today for interview number two and potentially a job offer from Randy Lerner.

All indications are that Kokinis was avoiding becoming a distraction yesterday at the AFC Championship Game.  According to Tony Grossi yesterday, GK was avoiding the press box so as to avoid becoming a distraction to the Ravens’ goal of defeating the Steelers. Imagine that. A guy as GM who might try NOT to be a distraction?

Our own Rock, for one, is going to be relieved if Kokinis signs today.  While not going so far as endorsing Kokinis this morning in our emails, Rock was happy that at least the Browns were (hopefully) going to have whatever staff they seem to desire in place today.  And wouldn’t it be just like the Cleveland Browns to get turned down in the 25th hour by the candidate they have targeted almost exclusively for a few weeks?

I, on the other hand am indifferent.  If Kokinis takes the job today and he and Mangini get to work, I will just wait and see.  Every time I get up or down for one of these types of decisions, I am seemingly wrong.  I liked the Butch Davis hire.  I thought Mike Brown should have been replaced.  I guess the only one I was ever right about was Romeo Crennel, but even he had me doubting myself when he and Derek Anderson won 10 games.  So, I will just sit back and try to analyze them after their first big measuring stick; the draft.

There’s no sense in getting crazy before they have a chance to do anything.

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  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com RockKing

    I’m indifferent to Kokinis, I’m just happy this side show is pretty much over. Plus, who was the alternative if Kokinis had turned down the Browns’ offer? At least now they have a GM who won’t be undermining the head coach on an almost daily basis, and who won’t feed false information to the coach and insinuate it was coming from the owner, even though it wasn’t.

    RAC was never going to be a good coach, he just doesn’t have what it takes. Having said that, though, he was given no chance to succeed here due to the things we are learning about Savage since he was fired. I grew to dislike Savage a great deal over the last year and a half, but I didn’t even know the half of it. The dude was a cancer, and I’m glad the Browns are rid of him.

    Now, I wish Kokinis the best. For me, it’s like Obama….he wasn’t my first choice to be president, but now that he is, I wish him nothing but the best and hope he does a great job.

  • MacNip

    Wait, he avoided the press box as to not cause a distraction? Is that a good thing? Because when the Browns owner does the same thing people go nuts.

    On another note, I completely agree with Rock

  • Pittsburgh is for Man Lovers

    Wasn’t it great to see Mo Carthon, Ralph Brown and Terrelle Smith on the AZ sideline yesterday celebrating their trip to the Super Bowl?

  • Jay

    I’ve sent three emails to Mr. Lerner requesting an interview for the GM job, but I never lived in Baltimore, or worked for Bellichek, so I guess he ruled be out by proxy. I agree with PIFML in #3. Yet another in a long list of ex-Browns in the spotlight, going to the big one.

  • MacNip

    @ Pitt – I just threw up

  • bridgecrosser

    Worst. Artwork. Ever.

    The Queen album cover rip was a step forward. This was two steps back.

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com RockKing

    Yeah, because Mo Carthon worked out REAL well here. Please.

  • mj

    While I’m disappointed in the “process” taken to find a new GM, Ernie Accorsi’s take on Kokinis was very positive and gives me hope (I’ll see if I can find the article and link it back here. He made a very good case for Kokinis as GM.) The remaining problem, unfortunately, is who Kokinis reports to.

  • MacNip

    Does anyone have any idea who would make a good team president? I can’t say I have any knowledge in this area

  • mj

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2009/01/while_kokinis_has_his_skeptics.html

    Most of you here may have already seen it, being that it’s a PD article. Grossi is expressing skepticism about a Kokinis hire, but if you skip to about halfway down you’ll find the Ernie Accorsi quotes–he makes several good points in favor of Kokinis. The thing that struck me most was Accorsi’s argument that pro personnel people are better qualified to succeed as GMs than college personnel (such as Savage) due to their focus on the pro game.

  • http://www.waitingfornextyear.com Craig

    Come on Bridgecrosser… didn’t my horrendous artwork at least give you a lil laugh? I will have to get a web tutorial on photoshop so I can improve. :-)

  • RandyOSU

    I, on the other hand am indifferent. If Kokinis takes the job today and he and Mangini get to work, I will just wait and see.

    Craig…..fair enough! (I’ll remain skeptical given how Kokinis came into play, but I’d love to be proven wrong even if it’s blind luck).

  • RandyOSU

    If this works, great.

    All I ask is that if it’s not working that people speak up-and not wait three/four years to go by.

  • mj

    RandyOSU: “If this works, great. All I ask is that if it’s not working that people speak up-and not wait three/four years to go by.”

    Hear, Hear!

    How about holding off on contract extensions until they’ve proven themselves, too.

    No need to be rewarding everyone for missing the playoffs again.

  • MacNip

    The contract extensions last year were ridiculous. I completely agree there. Couldn’t people see that the Browns barely team pathetic teams last year? You don’t reward that

  • bridgecrosser

    @ Craig – when you need hasty graphics and have no shame, you can actually use the old Microsoft Paint! Use printscreens, cropping, then copy and paste to layer. :) (not that I’ve done that before)

    But obviously a real graphics program is ideal, but not always successful. You should have put the cap on top of his Pat Riley hair, like have it floating like Sabathia would on a off-day.

  • Pittsburgh is for Man Lovers

    Mo Carthon, like David Koresh, Ted Kaczynski and L. Ron Hubbard, was just misunderstood.

  • Brick

    Craig, there’s a pretty decent (and free) photo editing software I use from here: http://paint.net/

    Doesn’t have as many of the bells and whistles as photoshop, but it’s MUCH better than MS Paint and really pretty easy to figure out.