While coaches spend months—and in some cases, years—jockeying behind the scenes to position themselves for an opportunity at a head coaching job in the NFL, it’s not until we have an actual opening that those ambitions come to light.
Well, we now have an opening.
The Browns fired head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley on Monday, jump-starting the market months before what promises to be a hiring cycle unlike anything we’ve ever seen.
Why? Teams are casting a wider net. Everyone is looking for a system that can match the relative age and maturity of an increasingly youthful roster.