Mike Holmgren will be out as the Browns' president at the end of this season, and former Philadelphia Eagles president Joe Banner is in as Cleveland's CEO. Holmgren will stay with the Browns for the rest of the season and then retire, new Browns owner Jimmy Haslam confirmed during his press conference at the NFL owners' meeting Tuesday. "I’ll be honest. I had never met Mike until Aug. 2," Haslam said shortly after winning unanimous approval from other owners to take over the Browns. "On Thursday night, Aug. 2, my dad, my wife and I had dinner with Mike. It was supposed to be an hour dinner and it was three hours, and we found we had two things in common: family and football. "We talked for a long time and had a great visit. Since then we have spent hours and hours together. He has been kind enough to answer hundreds and hundreds of questions. "Mike has decided that with us coming in and taking a more active role -- Mike has decided at the end of the year to leave the Cleveland Browns and retire. Mike will work very closely with us over the next three, four months to ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible. "To assist with that transition, we are going to bring in Joe Banner. He will be the CEO of the team, effective Oct. 25. Joe and Mike will work together over the next three, three and a half months in a seamless fashion to bring a winner to the Cleveland Browns." Holmgren, 64, is in the third year of a five-year contract that pays him about $8 million a year. Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
i'm hoping this new ownership/management group finally gets a winner in cleveland. i'd love to see the browns win a super bowl. their fans deserve it.
