Team president has gone out of his way to squelch any talk of a return to coaching.
Mike Holmgren Not only was Mike Holmgren hired to lead the Cleveland Browns out of the wasteland, but also many figured it was only a matter of time before Holmgren would leave the front office, fire coach Eric Mangini, and return to coaching and lead the Browns to glory.
There was that same thought after last season, and that same thought will linger going into this fall. But Yahoo.com reporter Les Carpenter writes that the thought of that bothers Holmgren.
So many times in his time with the Seahawks he felt he was fending off some kind of assault from the men above him on the organizational ladder, who were believed to be plotting to have him removed. It is not the kind of atmosphere he wants to create in Cleveland.
As a result, Holmgren tries to squelch any longings he might have to coach again, beating them down – if not for the sake of his own stomach, which did not handle defeats well at the end in Seattle – then for Mangini’s sake. He owes his coach the comfort that the boss does not desire his job.
Carpenter writes that Mangini comes off as if he believes Holmgren on his side. Mangini says:
“Even though you didn’t share the experiences on the same team, a lot of times there’s carry-over between the type of experiences you have.”