Displaced Cleveland Fan

Former Cleveland Browns head coach and Western Kentucky University alumni Romeo Crennel was honored last week, being inducted into WKU’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni as part of the school’s homecoming weekend activities.

In the Homecoming game, the Hilltoppers lost to Troy, 40-20. The loss puts the team at 0-9 for the season and winless in their last 17 games - the longest losing streak in the country. On Monday, head coach David Elson was fired. He will remain with the team through their final 3 games.

So now WKU begins the search for a new head coach. My first thought: What about Romeo Crennel?

Sure, he didn’t have a lot of success as head coach with the Browns. But that was the NFL. With this job, he could go back to a college program where he’s probably better suited. He would be at his alma mater. And he would surely improve the Hilltopper football team while improving his head coaching skills at the same time.

Turns out my first thought wasn’t that far-fetched. WKU Athletic Director Wood Selig told WBKO in an interview that Crennel was approached about the possiblity of coaching for his alma mater.

“Romeo was our first call,” said Selig. “We owed it to ourselves, owed it to our fan base, owed it to WKU to touch base with Romeo. We did that yesterday and he indicated he wasn’t interested in being a candidate but was willing to help in any way possible.

“He’ll play a very vital role in the process.”

Who knows what that other role in the process might be. But it looks like Romeo Crennel is not interested in coaching at WKU. Too bad. Could have been a good fit.

-dcf

Friday, November 6th, former Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel will be inducted into Western Kentucky University’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He joins over 70 Hilltopper alums, including Duncan Hines and golfer Kenny Perry. The induction is part of WKU’s homecoming weekend schedule of events.
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I was out for a few hours this afternoon and this evening. I left right after this game started. When I got home and saw the score, I thought to myself, “it’s probably good that I wasn’t home following this game.”

Last week the Browns lost to the Vikings by 14 points. The Vikings are a good team on both sides of the ball. On the other side, you have the Broncos beating the Cincinnati Bengals last week on a fluke play in the final seconds. This game should have been close. It wasn’t.
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Eric Mangini, recently fired from his head coaching job with the New York Jets, will be pacing the sideline for the Browns next year.
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After a surprising 2007 season in which the Browns finished 10-6 and narrowly missed the playoffs, many were expecting the team to build off of that. Some were predicting that Cleveland would be a serious threat in the playoffs. Even Browns fans had reason to be (cautiously) optimistic.

But a combination of poor coaching, poor front office management, poor on-field performance, and injuries resulted in an abysmal 2008 season.
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This season can not end soon enough.

I think the best course of action right now is for the Browns to forfeit their remaining 3 games, blow everything up, and just start over. There is nothing good that can come out of the last 3 games. Not after today.
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Meet your new starting quarterback, Browns fans.

I guess we shouldn’t be surprised at anything this year. Derek Anderson, despite playing badly, started the first 8 games of the season. Then Romeo Crennel finally gives Brady Quinn the starting job. Quinn starts 3 games before having his season ended by a broken finger. Back comes Anderson. Then this week, in a game that should not have been this close, he has a chance to lead a game winning drive in the final 2 minutes. But he goes down. Welcome Ken Dorsey.
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