In this episode of the Red Light Sports Ramble, Evan and Troy introduce a new sub episode called “The Red Light Rant” where Evan is ‘Running Red Lights’ and Troy is ‘Buring Rubber at the Red LIght’. You may have guessed right, the Saturday episode is meant for the boys to rant about a topic that happened in sports the past week that “Irks them”, “Lights their fuse” or “Grinds their Gears”.
This episode discusses the firing of Rob Chudzinski formally with the Cleveland Browns. When you look at the NFL and the teams that are successful year in and year out, what is one thing that they have in common? Stability in the Head Coaching position. Granted, if the coach has been given ample time to turn a franchise around and continues to lose and his teams are not improving then it is time for a change. However, in Rob Chudzinski’s case, he was given one year with some pieces, but the key piece was missing, the quarterback. When Brian Hoyer was healthy, Chudzinski had found a quarterback that could help him stabilize the offense. When Hoyer was injured and they went back to Brandon Weeden and Jason Campbell the team suffered offensively. Also, they traded away a former 1st round pick, Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts. This turned out to be a good trade since Richardson has underperformed in Indianapolis. With the rash of quarterback injuries, the Cleveland Browns signed Alex Tanney from the Cowboys practice squad. Chudzinski being a great offensive mind could have helped groom this young quarterback to fit into his system, but the GM and owner pulled the trigger after one season on Rob Chudzinski.
They boys also ranted about fans who want their coaches fired when the team is struggling. Primarily, Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. The team started 0-4 and everyone wanted him fired, or at least Todd Haley or Dick Lebeau to be relieved of their duties. Well as time went on the Pittsburgh Steelers almost snuck into the playoffs after their horrid start.
Listen to what Evan and Troy think about both of topics on the “The Red Light Rant”