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In looking at his most recent time as an OC in college (2011-2012 at Oklahoma State), they were the number 2 pass offense in 2011 and number 7 in 2012. Number 3 total offense in 2011 and number 4 total offense in 2012. They were the number 2 scoring offense in 2011 (48.7 per game) and number 3 in 2012 (45.7 per game).
It will be interesting to see how much Kirby allows him to implement here. I'm cautiously optimistic.
I'm kinda shocked that Kirby is replacing Coley as playcaller if true. I thought a Co OC at most. I'm going to have to take a step back from what I've thought about his stubbornness.
I'm hoping kirby has learned a little bit of humility from guys like Saban and Coach O. Bringing in guys on that side of the ball and letting them do their thing. I think this past year was a gut punch for him. Why would he bring in a guy like Monken and not let him have control over the Offence. That's the question I ask myself. I believe this is the year Kirby becomes a true CEO and let's the guys he put in place do their job. HBTFD.
Yeah, you have to think that a guy with Monken's background didn't take a job to be put in handcuffs and told what to do.
This could be a game changing hire!
And the really great aspect to this is that being from the Browns, Nick Chubb can provide the 211 on Monken. Yeah, 211 - for disaster assistance. 😏
“People can say, well, Coach Smart wants to play ‘Man ball’...Coach Smart wants to win.”
I think this hire proves the second half of that quote, and what @Cclark91 said, above.
Looking forward to what Monken brings!
My guy is telling me Coley may be out, what are you hearing?
Kirby told Monken hey come in offense is yours. He told coley this guy will prolly perform well win us a ship and u can learn and get better from coaching with him and when he’s gone hopefully in two years ( I say that cause it would mean we win a ship and the nfl came calling for a head coaching job/OC job) u can be the OC again.
According to Schlabach he will take over as OC and play calling duties.
Is that you Adam Shiff??
This is one of those “it sounded better in my head” moments.
I do feel like the Todd Monken hire will be a 1-2 year rental, but that’s fine because guys like him are a dime a dozen. The bigger point is that Kirby has finally accepted the fact that we need to join the modern offenses and recruit QBs that can make things happen when the play brakes down. His off-season moves have been second to none in that regard.
I think this is a great hire. It certainly looks as good on paper as the Brian Schottenheimer hire did at the time. Hopefully Monken will be OC and QB coach. I’m still worried if Coley is still coaching QBs.
Yes, you and many others. Kirby is anything but stubborn and is relentlessly trying to do whatever it takes to improve our program. As fans you can't ask for more.
Schotty is an awful OC to this day in the pros...
Where are all of the tight end aficionados to blast this hire? Monken’s TEs only caught 6 passes in 2011, and 36 in 2012. Clearly, this hire is already doomed to fail, right? /s
@corai3. The Cleveland Browns had the 22nd ranked scoring offense in the NFL in 2019. Everyone here seems pretty happy with the hire.
For comparison purposes, don’t you think If we hired the OC whose team produced the 6th most points in the NFC and 9th in the NFL, we would be doing backflips of joy? Probably, except not in this instance since his name would be Brian Schottenheimer.
Nobody disputes the Dawgs offense struggled in 2015, but it is uninformed and very biased to say he is a bad OC. That team had a new QB, lost Chubb to injury, and returned a WR corps that returned a whopping 18 total receptions from the previous year. Pretty stacked deck working against Schotty.
Monkon didn't call the plays for the Browns. Freddie Kitchens did.
The Seahawks offense doesn't even utilize its best player, Russell Wilson, the way they should. They are too busy feeding terrible running backs. If you aren't utilizing your best players then idk what to do with that.
Monken didn't call plays at Cleveland. More relevant to look at his time at Tampa Bay.