Current Events > The Cleveland Browns are going to interview Condoleezza Rice for Head Coach job.

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http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25310452/cleveland-browns-want-interview-condoleezza-rice-head-coaching-job

Browns general manager John Dorsey said last week that he was open to hiring a woman as Cleveland's next head coach, and there is one prominent name on the team's wish list to interview.

The Browns would like to interview former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for their head-coaching job, a league source tells ESPN.

If the Browns follow through on it, Rice would become the first woman ever to interview for an NFL head-coaching job.

Cleveland's interest in interviewing Rice comes at a time when women recently have moved into decision-making roles in men's professional sports. The Spurs hired Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, the Buffalo Bills hired Kathryn Smith as a quality control assistant, the Raiders hired Kelsey Martinez to their strength staff, and the 49ers hired Katie Sowers as an offensive assistant.

A potential interview hardly means the Browns will hire Rice, but they are interested in talking to her about the job and seeing what she could bring to the position and the organization.

"She's an amazing person," one Browns source told ESPN.

The interview process could even lead to Rice becoming more involved in the organization in an official capacity or as a consultant.

As much as the Browns admire Rice -- she attends some of their games and was spotted on the field with owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam before Cleveland's game in Oakland on Sept. 30 -- she admires them.

Rice, 64, is a lifelong Browns fan, a love she got from watching Cleveland's games with her father at their home in Birmingham, Alabama. Rice has been featured in a Browns jersey in NFL ads, and there has been speculation that she even could become commissioner of the NFL.

Rice has become more involved in sports, specifically on the collegiate level, since serving as secretary of state under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2009. She was one of the inaugural members of the College Football Playoff selection committee, where she worked from 2013 to 2016.

Rice also recently chaired a commission on college basketball that recommended major changes to the sport this year, including an end to the one-and-done rule.

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Uh

What
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>cleveland browns
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Do the Browns realize that there's a big knowledge gap between an avid fan and even a poor coach? I realize Condi Rice is pretty smart, but does she have an intimate knowledge of schemes and football strategy?

That's an odd choice

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Do the Browns realize that there's a big knowledge gap between an avid fan and even a poor coach? I realize Condi Rice is pretty smart, but does she have an intimate knowledge of schemes and football strategy?

Not just that. The grind too
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This can't possibly be serious. What a laughing stock of an organization.
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ElatedVenusaur posted...

Do the Browns realize that there's a big knowledge gap between an avid fan and even a poor coach? I realize Condi Rice is pretty smart, but does she have an intimate knowledge of schemes and football strategy?

I don't think they realize much of anything.
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ElatedVenusaur posted...

Do the Browns realize that there's a big knowledge gap between an avid fan and even a poor coach?

Only the briefest of looks over the last few years would tell you they don't.
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MonkeyBones23 posted...

This can't possibly be serious. What a laughing stock of an organization.

I thought so too until I realized Adam Schefter wrote the article. He is so reliable you can pretty much take what he says as fact
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Uhh, an NFL head coach is more than just a figurehead. It isn't politics, you need to be an expert in your field of knowledge.

This would be the most Browns thing to ever do
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And watch them go undefeated next year. <_<
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Please let this happen
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voldothegr8 posted...

This would be the most Browns thing to ever do

I would eat my shoe if it happens. Or at least attempt to do so
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we're getting one step closer to a real life racial draft XD
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If she even goes 1-15 that is a vast improvement over what they had before.
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SauI_Goodman posted...

If she even goes 1-15 that is a vast improvement over what they had before.

Not really no
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So some of the rumblings I'm hearing is that this is less about her being a coach and more about getting her exposure to the coach interview process as she is someone the owners might want to take over as commissioner. Still super weird.
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What does she know about being a football coach?
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I came into this topic not expecting what I got.

How very Browns of them. I'm glad I finally jumped off that train a couple of years ago. They've shit on my loyalty too many times.
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Gheb posted...

So some of the rumblings I'm hearing is that this is less about her being a coach and more about getting her exposure to the coach interview process as she is someone the owners might want to take over as commissioner. Still super weird.

she'd be a great commish.

no one can do worse than goodell
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Sounds great, they should do it so we can all continue to laugh at the Browns.
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What she gonna do, nuke the other teams?
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Even by Browns standards that's dumb
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There's no way she'll get hired as a coach but I kinda like the idea of her being commissioner.
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