In the past two days, the NFL has been dominated by a lot of negative news, with former Miami Dolphins head coach Blake Flores suing the NFL, saying he had encountered discrimination in the interview for the manager and accusing former owner Dolphins owner Steven Rose of deliberately messing up the loss to win a higher draft pick. A day later, former Cleveland Browns coach Hugh Jackson joined the band, revealing in an interview that Brown boss Jimmy Haslem had asked him to do the same thing.
Jackson said the team had a "four-year plan" at the time that encouraged a large number of losses in the first two years, then hoarded a large number of high-pick picks, and then began to produce results after the third year. This led to a poor record of only 1 win and 31 losses in total in the 2016-2017 season. "I don't understand the plan because he's not going to win until after 3 years, so I can say it now, but I still can't understand it." Jackson said he had told Haslem he was not interested in swinging prize money and preferred to use the money to improve the team.
"I remember saying very frankly to Haslem 'I'm not interested in bonuses' because I never knew it was a bonus. I would prefer to use that money to bring in more players for the team because I think we didn't have enough talent at that time. "I knew what a good team should look like, how to play, and we didn't have many talented players on that team at that time. And I know that if you lose a lot of games, no manager will go all out. ”
It's unclear whether what Jackson said was true, but it's true that because of the two seasons of swinging, Brown won two consecutive years of signings, and they selected crosser Miles Garrett and quarterback Baker Mayfield in the 2017 and 2018 drafts, which are now the backbone players of the team's offensive and defensive ends.
Jackson, meanwhile, said he would be willing to join Flores' class action lawsuit if necessary. "No matter what happens, I'm not afraid to stand behind Brian because I know what we've been through and I don't want anyone to go through these things later."
(Aibao)