Browns ownership expects big improvement in Kevin Stefanskis first year as coach

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The perpetually rebuilding and retooling have completed another coaching search and are wrapping up Jordan Oesterle Jersey a general manager search anticipating a breakthrough season in 2020.Conversations with several figures who were closely involved in the team's latest coaching search revealed a franchise that very much believes it can be highly competitive next season despite yet another disappointing campaign that ended with coach Freddie Kitchens being fired after one season on the job and general manager John Dorsey let go after two years.Cleveland's i sues with handling big personalities and establishing guidelines and discipline have long been ongoing; they have trusted 38-year old rookie head coach Kevin Johnny Mckenzie Jersey Stefanski with that task moving forward, continuing Jimmy Haslam's trend of hiring inexperienced head coaches. But there is every expectation that will change quickly.Browns ownership made it clear to candidates throughout the lengthy interviewing proce s that they believe they have a roster talented enough to do big things in 2020, despite all of the i Tuukka Rask Jersey sues of locker room culture that have dogged them for years."They think they are really close, seriously," said one person who has intimate knowledge of the search. "They think they are right on the cusp of greatne s. I really couldn't believe it."Another source with direct knowledge of the search said he believed that ownership was "delusional" in terms of the team's actual standing and the breadth of the task at hand, and the repeated inability to stick with a front office structure that has had a modicum of succe s.The Browns went into the 2019 season viewed by many as primed for a breakthrough after perpetual struggles Kevin Shattenkirk Jersey since re-entering the league as an expansion team, but did not come close to reaching that level, again finishing below .500. Their best player, , was suspended for the second half of the season for smashing quarterback in the head with his helmet. Quarterback regre sed drastically and continued to make comments about teammates and even the team's medical staff that caused problems. , Jr. did not make a major impact, and his off-field and post-game behavior was another dramatic subplot to their lost season.There was an influx of talent during Dorsey's brief regime, but the Browns have yet to Jaxon Nelson Jersey see that skill click as a unit, and winning chemistry has long been elusive.