Former Browns coach Marty Schottenheimer has no interest in a role as a consultant to owner Randy Lerner if Lerner were to contact him, Schottenheimer said Tuesday on SIRIUS NFL radio.
"I don’t even see that kind of a role for me," Schottenheimer told host Alex Marvez. "I’m not familiar enough with what they have in terms of their front office. Let somebody else do that. It’s really a very unusual circumstance and it’s going to take some dramatic measures in my mind to be able to get the thing headed in the right direction."
Schottenheimer said the Browns were lacking talent and underperforming, but said a lack of continuity has to be hurting the team.
"The bottom line for them right now is they don’t have a real good football team," Schottenheimer said. "They’re not playing even to the level that the talent is expressed and it’s going to be a very, very difficult circumstance. The important thing in my view is very simply this: You cannot lose your football team. And dashing around doing all these things that are on the periphery don’t serve any useful purpose at this point in time.
"You want to resolve issues like this? Let the thing play out, gather information as you go. We recognize the decision for them from the standpoint of a playoff berth is virtually impossible for them to achieve. You need to leave some sense of stability at least through this season because players who are signed to long-term contracts are thinking, ‘What in the world is going on here?’ You worry about the reaction of your players and, believe me, let’s not make any mistake about this: That feeling that a player has about his organization is an integral part of their ability to perform at the highest level."
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Marty refuses to be a consultant? To me, this means he is an honorable man who is more interested in success than he is in money.
Give him the reigns. Give him the clout. Consultant? No. GM or other position? Yes!
It would be nice to see the Browns in the playoffs year after year again, even if they don't win a Super Bowl.
Don't it always seem to go… you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone…
Marty doesn't need this in at this point in his life. He correctly realizes that little can be done in the short term with a team filled with expansion class players no matter who is calling the shots.
AS A LONG TIME BROWNS FAN 50 YEARS,I NEVER
THOUGHT I WOULD EVER SEE THINGS GET THIS
BAD FOR THE BROWNS. MARTY AND BERNIE
WOULD LIKELY MAKE BIG DIFFERANCE
TO THE CLUB AND FANS.I AM SURPRISED
THAT THIS HASNT HAPPEN YET.
Can we stop the deification of Schottenheimer? Other than as a coach I don't see how he helps the Browns at this point. He was a good coach – never a general manager or team president. Move on.
art please please please come back
Why do we keep digging up the same names? Cower isnt interested in Cleveland,Marty isnt interested in Cleveland cant we think outside the box,even Mangini is an attenpt to bring a Bellichick type back.
And you know the players keep reading about their not having any talent from the NFL
Elite isn't doing their moral any good either.
Most of these guys are young, telling them they have no talent isn't going to help .