Thursday, January 8, 2009

Eagles GM withdraws Name From Browns Search

Eagles GM Tom Heckert was going to interview for the Browns GM opening on Friday, but he withdrew his name after Eric Mangini was hired. I don't think Heckert has anything against Mangini, he's just not interested in taking a position where he isn't allowed to hire his own head coach.

I don't know why Heckert would even consider leaving a perennial contender like Philly for a perennial pretender like Cleveland (unless the paycheck is substantially larger). The fact that the head coach is already in place may make finding a GM more difficult, since the primary responsibility of a brand-new GM should theoretically be amassing a trusted coaching staff. Someone is certainly going to take the job, but it's most likely not going to be someone from Cleveland's short list.

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