Cleveland Browns team president Mike Holmgren acknowledged he spoke with Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher during the Browns' coaching search. "I did talk to Jon. I did talk to Bill Cower," Holmgren said. "I did talk to a number of people that didn't appear in stories anywhere, but as part of the process to get to who we actually were going to interview with, it was important for me to hear from those fellas how interested they were in coaching again first of all." John Fox, who was hired by the Denver Broncos, was also part of Holmgren's initial list of candidates. Ironically, new Browns coach Pat Shurmer is represented by Holmgren's agent, Bob LaMonte. "I can honestly say when I first put Pat on the list, I did not know Bob represented Pat," Holmgren said. "Then I was talking to Bob about something else and he said, 'I've got Pat too.' I said, 'Well, that's great.'" Source: USA Today
