He said he "could care less." Freudian slip. He just said he cares about the NFL. Commence OU panic.
I mean, Harbaugh didn't miss the NFC Championship until his lame duck season. He may have gotten canned but that franchise is run similar to the Browns. He's about the only one I can think of. It hasn't worked well in the past.
I'd argue that Harbaugh was successful in his transition if you're only talking W/L record. It was his relationship wit the front office that got him run out in SF. Pete Carroll has had a pretty good run in Seattle, although he also probably learned from his first and second failed stints in the NFL before he revived his career at USC.
Beyond that you'd have to go back a ways - Jimmy Johnson from the U to Dallas, and Bill Walsh from Stanford to SF.
But the game is changing, and the NFL is borrowing so much from the college game right now that the leap might not be as daunting as it used to be. So the issue might not be so much Xs and Os as it is manging personalities. Tougher to control the players when several of them make more than you do. It could be done, but you'd want to do what Sean McVay did and bring in some experienced assistants to do a little handholding in the first year or two.
Pete Carroll?
Good points. Harbaugh's personality hurt him a lot more than his coaching. But you can also argue that his NFL playing experience probably helped his transition to being an NFL coach.
Pete Carrol also had previous NFL experience and has been coaching for forever.
I have no doubt that Campbell would be a good coach wherever he would decide to go, but selling that to a fanbase would be tough. And the track record for college coaches going to the NFL is far from stellar.
Ask @ChrisMWilliams
I heard it in podcast or radio interview. The Browns are his team. Someone else back me up here.
A) It is Campbell's dream job.
B) Campbell's resume is not that impressive yet. I'm not worried.
Not a top one if they pay like they did Jackson.I'm guessing the Browns get a current NFL assistant coach for next year. I'd be very surprised if they hired a college coach
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