Found November 07, 2012 on Cleveland Sports 360: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Pat Shurmur
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns
Pat Shumur says I’ve just got to keep driving the team and fighting to get victories and that’s my little world.” I wonder if the guy is feeling the heat yet? Shurmur no longer has his buddy Mike Holmgren to answer to, he has to answer to Joe Banner and Jimmy Haslam, The Browns who are 2-7 haven’t done a lot of winning this season, they should be able to pick up another win against the Kansas City Chiefs. Then the Browns will be 3-7. If they don’t win against the Chiefs because of coaching mistakes then it is time to open the door and throw Shumur out. There is no way Jimmy Haslam can be happy with his head coach after what he saw this past Sunday, there were times when the Cleveland Browns couldn’t get the plays on the field in time. When Shumur is asked about his talks with Haslam, he responds that those are private conversions.  The Browns have got to get better at doing the little things. The team needs a solid head coach that can get things done. The Bye week is here and some g...
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