Odds are Herm still employed after today...

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Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan

Heck, even hiring Bill Belichick was unpopular at the time. That worked out okay.

So few people remember this. Belichick was at near-Herm levels of derision when he left the Browns. It softened somewhat after he had success with the Jets - but still the opinion of most fans and media was "great coordinator, terrible head coach". It was repeated ad nauseum as so much NFL conventional wisdom is.

When you read about Belichick the thing you find is that he didn't really change much from Cleveland to New York - it's just that the personnel got better.