MIKE HOLMGREN RUMORS

Green Bay Packers Flashback Sunday: And the Rest is History

Things did not start out well for Mike Holmgren in Green Bay. Hired as the new Head Coach by General Manager Ron Wolf on January 11, 1992, Holmgren brought to Green Bay a resume that was as impressive as there was in the NFL at the time. A former QB coach and offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, Holmgren was instrumental in the coaching of Joe Montana and Steve Young...
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10 days ago  |  Discuss

Jim Brown says Mike Holmgren never respected him

Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown is happy to  now be working with his former team as a special advisor to owner Jimmy Haslam. Brown claims that former Browns president Mike Holmgren didn’t respect him. “(Holmgren) didn’t fire me. He just decided I was getting paid too much. And he didn’t need me to do anything but maybe a little dancing,” Brown said on NFL...
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18 days ago  |  1 Comment

Jim Brown: Mike Holmgren didn’t respect me

The Cleveland Browns announced earlier this week that legendary running back Jim Brown is returning to the team as a special advisor. During an interview with “NFL Total Access” on Friday, Brown referenced “respect” multiple times as the leading factor in his decision to join the Browns again. In particular, Brown spoke about how former team [...]
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18 days ago  |  Discuss

Mike Holmgren Wants To Return To Coaching Is Anyone Listening?

The Former President of the Cleveland Browns the man many think robbed Randy Learner of 40 million dollars wants to return to coaching in the NFL. Holgren must be trying to get the bad taste out of his mouth that he got from being fired by Jimmy Haslam III once he finished the deal to buy the Cleveland Browns.  It is almost humorous the man who said he would not return to the sidelines...
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January 01, 2013  |  Discuss

Mike Holmgren: My work aided in sale of team

I came in wanting to change this, and make it successful, give the fans something they deserve. My thinking is, that you’ll see that in the next couple of years — that’s my feeling. I don’t think about legacy too much. In any job I’ve ever had, I’ve rolled up my sleeves and tried to do the best job I could do, be honest about it, and operate from a mutual respect and...
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November 26, 2012  |  Discuss

Tony Grossi Attacks Holmgren Again

On Tuesday, Tony Grossi claimed Browns President Mike Holmgren “did the absolute minimum” while he was in charge in Cleveland. Today, Grossi is back on the attack- “Here’s a suggestion for a smart thing to happen: Immediately revoke Holmgren’s office, his lunch ticket and his parking space. His unforgivingly condescending farewell press conference, at which he blatantly...
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October 26, 2012  |  Discuss

Browns Mike Holmgren To Address The Media 1P.M. Today Hopefully To Fire Pat Shurmur & Correct His Wrong

He has been silent way to long, now Mike Holmgren feels the need to address the media and will do so at 1P.M. Est. today. Browns fans can only hope it is to fire the useless head coach he mistakenly hired because he was an old family friend. Yes Sir, Holmgren miss-used his power as the Browns president and got the Cleveland Browns a terrible head coach. Shurmur is Mike Holmgren...
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October 23, 2012  |  Discuss

Mike Holmgren should keep his job with the Browns

Everyone Cleveland Browns fan is willing to fire Mike Holmgren and everyone on the Browns coaching staff now, but the progress the Browns will make in 2012 should save his job. I know the Browns are literally defeated this season at 0-4, but the pieces to the puzzle are being filled right in front of our eyes. Firstly under Mike Holmgren in his first draft in 2010, he drafted cornerback...
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October 05, 2012  |  2 Comments

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Holmgren Has Browns at “The Verge of Winning;” Haslam Passionately Pumps (SUPER BOWL PREVIEW)

Who are we playing? Like it matters. You know it was a big weekend when a front page story in the PD about how lucky we are to have Jimmy Haslam as the new Browns owner that uses a lobbyist employed by Haslam himself as its primary source gets relegated to the second page here. But first things first, per Mary Kay Cabot: Haslam, 58, spent much of the 2 1/2-hour practice standing...
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August 06, 2012  |  Discuss

Holmgren on 2012: The Year of the “Pretty Good Jump”

The Bull and Fox did a good job with their interview of Mike Holmgren on 92.3 yesterday afternoon and most of the headlines today are the same as the one here, since Holmgren said that he, “expect[s the Browns] to take a pretty good jump this next season.” No word yet on whether the folks at NFL.com have adjusted their prognosis for 2012 in the wake of this statement, but everybody...
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May 09, 2012  |  Discuss
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