A Sirius NFL Radio Analogy Of Browns Coach Eric Mangini's "Process"

Cleveland Browns Head Coach Eric Mangini loves to talk to the media about his "process" regarding the rebuilding of the organization.

One thing that Mangini always leaves out are the intimate details of his "process," which leaves all Browns fans questioning what the "process" really is.

On Thursday morning's broadcast of "The Opening Drive" on SiriusXM NFL Radio, a discussion occurred about the Browns, including an excellent analogy of Mangini's "process."

They compared the Browns to an old house and Mangini to a contractor who has been hired to completely overhaul and redesign the house.

First the contractor will meet with the home owner (which in this case would be owner Randy Lerner) and discuss the plans of the redesign (the actual rebuild of the team).

Specific examples were given, like what walls may come down (players to get rid off), the changing of the color scheme (the culture of the team), if any internal plumbing needs to be completely replaced (any bad seed players that really need to go), and the overall look of the outside of the home (the team identity).

The shows hosts then brought up the question of whether or not Mangini should be fired right now. They both agreed that firing Mangini now would be like firing the contractor when he is in the middle of the redesign, which would mean a replacement contractor would have to take what was left of the carnage from the previous contractor and start anew.

This is why Lerner will not fire Mangini at midseason: He does not want to bring someone in to clean up the pieces after his home was completely dismantled.

Unfortunately, with every reconstruction project, once it gets to the halfway point there are signs that everything is starting to come together and the house is starting to take its new shape.

That is not what is seen with the Browns right now.

There is no improvement and the team seems to get worse as the season progresses.

Lerner has said that the reason he hired Mangini so quickly was due to his attention to details, his disciplinarian approach, and his full plan (aka the "process") to rebuild the team from the foundation up.

Sadly, Lerner obviously didn't get the memo from Mangini that says the "process" will take a full season of disgusting and down-right horrible football.

Now that it's the bye week and the start of the second half of the season, Mangini needs to pull out at least three to four wins to save his job and prove that the "process" is starting to show positive signs and growth.

(Article also posted on Dawg Scooper.)