Crennel Accepts Offer

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Crennel accepts offer from Browns
By Pat McManamon, Editor
February 6, 2005


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It appears the Browns finally have their new head coach.

The Browns offered the job to New England defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel shortly after Super Bowl XXXIX and he accepted.

Negotiations between the Browns and Crennel's agent, Joe Linta, were to begin Monday at the team's Berea, Ohio, facility.

The Browns hope to announce Crennel's hiring on Tuesday or Wednesday, and then let him start building a staff.

Crennel earned the offer with an impressive interview with Browns owner Randy Lerner, team president John Collins, and general manager Phil Savage on Jan. 7.

"I put my best foot forward," Crennel said on Super Bowl Media Day on Tuesday. "If their impression was that I floored them, then that's great."

Crennel's message?

"That I'm a capable individual and I can handle the job," he said.

Crennel would replace Butch Davis, who resigned in November. Crennel has been the Patriots' defensive coordinator since 2001 and has played a key role in New England appearing in three of the last four Super Bowl titles.

He worked for the Browns as defensive coordinator in 2000, and previously worked as special teams and defensive line coach for Bill Parcells in New York and New England. The Giants twice won Super Bowls with Crennel as an assistant coach.

Crennel said he brings "a certain amount of NFL winning experience" to a team.

"I've coached special teams, defensive line, been a coordinator and been successful at all those positions," he said. "Being able to deal with players - I can deal with people, the media and the whole bit. I think you will see that I can handle myself, handle players and handle the team."

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Carthon named offensive coordinator
By Pat McManamon, Editor
February 13, 2005


The Browns made the expected official on Sunday when they announced that Maurice Carthon would join the team as offensive coordinator.

The team also announced that former Jets strength coach John Lott would do the same job in Cleveland; Lott replaces Buddy Morris, who was let go last week.

Carthon last worked in Dallas, where he was Bill Parcells' offensive coordinator. Carthon is part of the Parcells tree. He played for Parcells in New York when Browns coach Romeo Crennel was an assistant, and has stayed with Parcells for a good part of his 11 years as an assistant coach. Carthon and Crennel spent six years on the same coaching staff - three with New England starting in 1994, three with the Jets starting in 1997.

"I've worked with Maurice (Carthon) for 13 years, both when he was a player and a coach and I have seen how he conducts himself and leads on the field, in the meeting rooms, and in game situations,” Crennel said in a statement released by the team. “He has a tremendous work ethic. Maurice and I share the same philosophy on how our offense will run and I know he will be a great asset to the Cleveland Browns."

"I played for Coach Crennel and first got into coaching with him and I am fortunate that he has shown me the ropes along the way,” Carthon said through the team. “I have always admired him and the way in which players gravitate towards him. We have always been on the same page, from an offensive philosophy standpoint, and I am ecstatic to once again have the opportunity to work with him."

Lott joins the Browns from the Jets, where he was the team's strength coach the last eight years. He started with the Jets in 1997 and worked with Crennel for three years.

Lott stresses speed and Olympic movements, and he has trained several Olympicans, including gold medalists Carl Lewis, Leroy Burrell and Mike Marsh. His athletes have set six world records and won 12 Olympic medals. Lott said he would never ask a player to do something he would not do with them.

“I have admired John's (Lott) work since we were together with the New York Jets,” Crennel said in a statement. “He has the uncanny ability to get the most out of his players. The results are stronger, faster players who endure on the field for a longer period of time.

"He has an interactive approach, often doing drills with his players, to help build a stronger camaraderie both on the field and in the weight room."

The hirings are Crennel's first as he builds his staff.