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January 27, 2016After interviewing Detroit Lions senior personnel executive Brian Xanders and Atlanta Falcons personnel executive Lionel Vital Tuesday, among others, it seems the Cleveland Browns have found the guy to head the football side of their front office. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Browns have hired Colts pro scouting coordinator Andrew Berry as Vice President of Player Personnel.
Browns are hiring Colts pro scouting coordinator Andrew Berry as VP of Player Personnel, per sources. This is the Browns' top personnel job.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 27, 2016
As the Browns do not have a traditional general manager, Berry holds the top personnel job in Cleveland.
Per the Akron Beacon Journal‘s Nate Ulrich, “Berry will serve as the Browns’ chief talent evaluator, oversee the scouting department and construct the draft board. He will report to Sashi Brown, the team’s executive vice president of football operations who has final say on the 53-man roster.”
Brown and Chief Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta will report directly to team owner Jimmy Haslam.
Berry comes to Cleveland from Indianapolis, where he was with the Colts for seven seasons. He spent his first two years (2009-11) as a scouting assistant, but quickly moved his way up the ranks. He was promoted to a Pro Scout in 2011, and after just one season he became the Pro Scouting Coordinator in 2012, a position he held through 2015.
Berry is the latest Harvard man to join the Browns front office. Paul DePodesta attended Harvard as an undergrad, while Sashi Brown graduated from Harvard Law School. Berry graduated with both a Bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master’s in science, and did so in four years. He also played for the Crimson football team, earning three All-Ivy League selections and two All-American nods as a cornerback.
Berry is the third man to go from Indianapolis to Cleveland this offseason. Former Colts offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton was hired as the Browns’ assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach, while former Colts offensive line coach Hal Hunter now has that same role with the Browns.
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As long as he played no part in okaying the Trent Richardson trade…
Finally, some more information about Andrew Berry:
http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-name-Andrew-Berry-Vice-President-of-Player-Personnel/38e522fd-9609-4f5f-a54b-bdabf514785a
From the article:
Quote from Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Polian on Andrew Berry
“Andrew Berry is one of the brightest young men we ever had the pleasure of working with. He came to us very early in his career and very soon we realized he was on a fast track. I am not surprised the Browns hired him for this very important position. I assure you he has both the capacity and the will to do an outstanding job. The Browns have made, in my humble opinion, a great hire.”
Well, he can’t be worse than the homeless guy. Right?
Revenge of the nerds
Wow, I actually remember this guy from is playing days- he was outstanding. Definitely a “football guy” for those cloying for one. I remember thinking he’d have a shot at undrafted free agency at the time. Interesting hire, Harvard isn’t the worst place to cluster hires from.
Let me ask you this. If he went to a strong football college, how high of a draft pick do you think he would have been?
Tough to say, for instance guy may not have gotten a shot at larger programs or better conferences. Also I think Ivy League guys get a bit of a bonus when it comes to scoutin specifically because of the school choice. But yeah a definite talent, probably a better corner than Gilbert
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-disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.
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It may not belong here, but the Browns hired Hal Hunter, the offensive line coach from the Colts? Wasn’t the colts o line one of the worst in the league?
As the pro-scout… that would’ve been his job…
I LOVE that we are poaching so much brain-power and talent from a team that lucked into the greatest franchise QB to come out in five years and STILL cannot win the weakest division in football.
Truly a brain trust to rival the Janitor’s:
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They tanked that season on purpose. Completely calculated.
There was no luck involved.
I had the same reaction. Aaaaaand, Berry was Pro Scouting Coordinator!!! Did he scout and approve Trent Richardson?!
I’m hoping in the same way reports are out there examining how Farmer discarded the evaluations of his scouts (Pick K Mack, Pick Bridgewater or Carr, DON’T pick Manziel) Berry was similarly ignored about the moves the Colts have made in recent history.
think positive , boys.
He’s been involved with other lines that were successful… been around the NFL for a LONG time. It may be more fair to him to look at the players he was trying to coach there.
at least no one can claim we have a bunch of dumb-asses running our team.
I love this show. Always will. If you remember Lonnie the intern, he’s a good friend of mine. Writes for NBC’s Undateable now, which you should obviously watch. /ShamelessPlug
I would think (hope?) he had to explain that in his interviews. Let’s all hope that Ryan Grigson is an egomaniac.
Careful, that’s what the 49ers are saying about O’Neill 😉
There’s no room for positive thoughts around these parts!
Haha, I know you’re joking, but I’ll say this anyway… Jim O’Neil never held the actual job of defensive coordinator until last year. Hal Hunter was the offensive line coach for the Chargers from 2006-2012… a group that opened up some nice holes for LaDanian Tomlinson in spite of the fact that they were composed of a 2nd round pick, two 3rd round picks, a 7th round pick, and an undrafted free agent. During his tenure, the Chargers upgraded that 7th round player to a 6th round player and the undrafted player to a 4th round player, so you know… they went all in on trying to upgrade their offensive line 🙂
Well, there was one Luck involved.
Ditto.
Lonnie: Dr. Cox, would you help me with a centeral line.
Dr. Cox: Fine, Lonnie. But hand to God, if you so much as look at me for the next month I will mummify your head in surgical tape.
Lonnie: Thank you Dr. Cox!
[looks away]
Lonnie: Is he gone? No? Hello?
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maybe berry was the only guy sayin’ : “man , don’t trade for T-Rich , he won’t even be in the league in 3 more years … mark my words” & then he got trumped by the boss.
i think i was “cloy” when it came to defending ray farmer … ewww , what was i thinking ?
Ryan Grigson might be the worst GM now that Farmer is gone. THsi guy must be glad to escape Grigson’s reign of terror.
Ryan Grigson is an awful awful GM.
Sappy. Like those Cloy Matthews Jr. soup commercials.
Well, he wouldn’t have likely been the one pulling the trigger… He could have argued against for all we know.. However we don’t know.
Which version?
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Lonnie, shirt!
Seriously, that show is incredible.
Troy version for sure!
I think “clamoring” is the appropriate substitution here.