The Beacon's coverage of Akron Zips Soccer is disgusting; you should be ashamed.

Who is to say that the following wasn't true:

1. Miami took advantage of a weak schedule in 08.
2. Miami wasn't as bad off as you would expect a 1-15 team to be (lost some close games).
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/schedule?team=mia&year=2007

They are 2-5 against non-Braylon teams in 2009. This is after Parcells has had a couple years to build. There's no major injuries (Pennington, c'mon, don't bring him up- he IS an injury). So what's up, where is the almighty Bill Parcels this year?

Here's my point… I'm beginning to think that people over-rate team management. They throw out all kinds of money & for what? All the 'great' coaches have had down years. Some more than others. As great as Parcells was, he only won a little over half of his games (.569).

Holmgren was .670 in Green Bay but only .541 when he was in Seattle with full control. He's better than what we have (which is nothing). He's certainly better than that bobble head doll that was GM last week (always nodding yes to Mangini). However, I'd be surprised if anyone comes in here and has success. Nobody in this town wants to wait it out and everyone second guesses everything.

Cower is about the only no-brainer out there. He worked with several front office incarnations in Pitt, and he was successful with all of them. He also seemed to have full control during his last contract, and he went to two Super Bowls during that time. So, if we want to turn the keys over to Cower (who I don't think would ever come here), fine. But other than that . . .

But comparing Holmgren to Parcells is crazy. Parcells had run the last two organizations he was in before he took over Miami, and even then he knew enough to know he couldn't be both president and coach. Holmgren has run one organization, and he failed miserably at it. Only after he lost GM power did his team begin to succeed, and even then they only succeeded short term.

I just don't know, and neither do any of you. But there are people out there who do know, and I only hope Randy consults AND listens to those people when making his next hire. He's never done it before, so I'm not sure he will now, but I hope he does. But if anyone thinks it's a good idea to just hire Holmgren or Shanahan or Gruden and turn everything over to them, that's really not much different than hiring Mangini and turning everything over to him.

Personally, however, I don't think Mangini is going anywhere. I think Lerner is delusional, and if the Browns can pick off three wins in the second half (a real possibility given the schedule), then he's coming back next season. Because the only thing I believe strongly is that Lerner does not want to have to fire Mangini. He still hopes it can work out, and he's going to use whatever glimmer of hope he can find to keep EM around.

Randy Lerner is off his rocker, people. That's the only thing we really know for certain. Anyone hoping he will suddenly make a rational decision is simply banging away against Einstein's definition of insanity.

If we could get him now, there might be moves that can be forced on Mangini — such as who plays or some modification in offensive strategy.

And to those who criticize Parcells because the Dolphins don't average 11-5 every year since he came, I would suggest that a dip like Henne was against Ohio State year after year isn't quite how he's playing as a pro and somebody had to project that … or consider Hartline with Miami versus Robiskie with the Browns.

Truly, someone who has years of experience (and a couple of Super Bowl appearances) evaluating the roster and coaches of the Browns going forward would be the absolute best we fans can expect of the owner!