Found January 01, 2013 on Cleveland Sports 360: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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There are no better fans in the NFL than the Cleveland Browns fans. They are some of the most emotional fans in the world. Now, with the Cleveland Browns looking for a new head coach that can lead the team into the play-offs and possibly further the fans are casting more votes for Jon Gruden over everyone else in the Cleveland Sports 360 poll.   The fans must have an emotional tie to Gruden from watching him as an NFL analyst for ESPN. They fail to realize that Jon Gruden is not the most successful football coach that ever walked on the face of the earth. The Cleveland Browns have one time to get this new hire right, should they waste a pick on Jon Gruden? Looking back on Jon Gruden’s head coaching career, one thing that sticks out that some fans may use as a reason to vote for him is the fact he won one Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back in 2002. Don’t forget people, the team sucked the following year and when Gruden took them to the Super Bowl and won, he just inherited...
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