Vambo Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33763866/cleveland-browns-say-welcomed-nfl-inquiry-tanking-claims-made-former-coach-hue-jackson CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns have spoken to an NFL investigator looking into claims by former coach Hue Jackson, who said the team intentionally lost games -- tanked -- in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Jackson, now coaching at Grambling State, was fired by Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam eight games into the 2018 season with a 3-36-1 record. In February, Jackson indicated in a series of posts on social media that the team paid him bonuses incentivizing him to lose and that he was set up to fail. Jackson later softened those claims. The Browns went 1-15 in 2016 and 0-16 in 2017. Spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed the league engaged former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White to look into Jackson's allegations. "The review is ongoing and is expected to conclude soon," McCarthy said in an email to The Associated Press. The team released a statement Monday night, saying it has worked with the league on its inquiry. "Even though Hue recanted his allegations a short time after they were made, it was important to us and to the integrity of the game to have an independent review of the allegations," team spokesman Peter Jean-Baptiste said. "We welcomed an investigation and we are confident the results will show, as we've previously stated, that these allegations are categorically false. "We have cooperated with Mary Jo White and look forward to the findings." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 Hue... Just go away... You're not helping yourself much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 hour ago, nickers said: Hue... Just go away... You're not helping yourself much Ya, that 0-16 season the Giants were second worse at 3-13, so the extra two tanking games were free gratis from Baby Huey. What a joke of a coach! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SdBacker80 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 I hate listening to Charlie Weiss on NFL radio but he destroyed Huey this morning. Said “why two years later” isn’t it actually 3/4 years later? And Weiss said he had book deals offered to him for dirt on Belichick, Parcells and Notre Dame and passed them all up. Does Hue still have a job? If he’s employed I think I’d like let him go so he can focus on all this past negative energy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 minute ago, SdBacker80 said: I hate listening to Charlie Weiss on NFL radio but he destroyed Huey this morning. Said “why two years later” isn’t it actually 3/4 years later? And Weiss said he had book deals offered to him for dirt on Belichick, Parcells and Notre Dame and passed them all up. Does Hue still have a job? If he’s employed I think I’d like let him go so he can focus on all this past negative energy. The man clearly has mental issues... Baker sadly seems headed down this road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 The Browns obviously were tanking. But I have a hard time believing they'd be dumb enough to document it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 Dear diary, Today I paid Hue $100,000 cash to really tank this week's game. Good job Hue, see you next week. Signed $#%& £€¥₩€££ ¿ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 46 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said: The Browns obviously were tanking. But I have a hard time believing they'd be dumb enough to document it. in a way they did by keeping huey as coach lmao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted April 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 7 hours ago, SdBacker80 said: I hate listening to Charlie Weiss on NFL radio but he destroyed Huey this morning. Said “why two years later” isn’t it actually 3/4 years later? And Weiss said he had book deals offered to him for dirt on Belichick, Parcells and Notre Dame and passed them all up. Does Hue still have a job? If he’s employed I think I’d like let him go so he can focus on all this past negative energy. Report: Hue Jackson has Landed a new Head Coaching job https://www.si.com/nfl/browns/news/report-hue-jackson-has-landed-a-new-head-coaching-job Former Browns’ head coach has landed a new job, this time in the college game. Brandon Little Dec 9, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Vambo said: Report: Hue Jackson has Landed a new Head Coaching job https://www.si.com/nfl/browns/news/report-hue-jackson-has-landed-a-new-head-coaching-job Former Browns’ head coach has landed a new job, this time in the college game. Brandon Little Dec 9, 2021 sucks for grambling state but then again this is old news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorka Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 Another link to the story. NFL investigating Browns for alleged tanking in 2016 and 2017, review expected to conclude soon, per report - CBSSports.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SdBacker80 Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 I am amazed that a younger Huey scored a 8-8 record one year for the Raiders. Hue Jackson is proof that an organization can overcome poor coaching and leadership at the HC spot and still be mildly successful. I don’t know why this man upsets me so much but I am so tired of these stories. I guess it is the overly self assured types that have no effing clue what they are doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, SdBacker80 said: I am amazed that a younger Huey scored a 8-8 record one year for the Raiders. Hue Jackson is proof that an organization can overcome poor coaching and leadership at the HC spot and still be mildly successful. I don’t know why this man upsets me so much but I am so tired of these stories. I guess it is the overly self assured types that have no effing clue what they are doing I could see Hue and Baker doing the "Cry Babies" podcast tour together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SdBacker80 Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, nickers said: I could see Hue and Baker doing the "Cry Babies" podcast tour together... Both are outstanding case studies of foot in mouth syndrome. How does a NFL HC - lousy or not go from a NFL HC gig to Grambling? Mike Reilly was lousy in the NFL he still became a HC at two respected D1 programs for over a decade. And Baker former #1 pick with some good and some bad tape…he’s just four years removed from being the top pick in the draft now teams are thinking about Drew Lock and Geno Smith and running it back with Darnold and others thinking Mariota is a better option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 Did Hue bring this up again, or is this all happening because what he said (and I thought backpedaled off of) months ago? Hue is an idiot, but I don't (and correct me if I'm wrong) think he's starting this talk up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted April 20, 2022 Report Share Posted April 20, 2022 12 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said: Did Hue bring this up again, or is this all happening because what he said (and I thought backpedaled off of) months ago? Hue is an idiot, but I don't (and correct me if I'm wrong) think he's starting this talk up again. same old bull 💩 story... the league just got around to announcing that they are assigning the case to nfl official Mary Jo Wright... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laiccm Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 14 hours ago, Dutch Oven said: Did Hue bring this up again, or is this all happening because what he said (and I thought backpedaled off of) months ago? Hue is an idiot, but I don't (and correct me if I'm wrong) think he's starting this talk up again. Exactly. Hue didn't say anything....bunch of these dudes are just triggered by his mere name being mentioned. Truth is.....of course the Browns were tanking but that's not unusual. The unusual is the announcement by the league because from a legal standpoint...the Browns did something that was too obvious to be ignored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 The best thing Hue ever did was jump on lake Erie The high picks were nice too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SdBacker80 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 2 hours ago, laiccm said: Exactly. Hue didn't say anything....bunch of these dudes are just triggered by his mere name being mentioned. Truth is.....of course the Browns were tanking but that's not unusual. The unusual is the announcement by the league because from a legal standpoint...the Browns did something that was too obvious to be ignored Triggered. Hardly. It takes a bigger man I guess to tell folks you weren’t good He STARTED this whole thing. What did the Browns do that was highly unusual? Start a young QB? Stockpile draft picks? Drop passes Week 17? Miss kicks? Block FGs? The coaching/leadership dysfunction was on full display when “Hard Knocks” came into the building. I’m surprised he didn’t come out an attack HBO for putting him in a negative light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 23 hours ago, Dutch Oven said: Did Hue bring this up again, or is this all happening because what he said (and I thought backpedaled off of) months ago? Nope. He opened up his flapper yet again. I'm surprised that he's still at Grambling after his recent attempted hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Orion said: Nope. He opened up his flapper yet again. I'm surprised that he's still at Grambling after his recent attempted hire. I am too.... His mouth is like a water valve that was left open.... Jesus.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 hour ago, nickers said: His mouth is like a water valve that was left open ...I think more like, on a timer....every so often it turns on. Yes Hue! The Front Office was tanking. So were you. But they were doing it on purpose! - Mr. Bubble Screen on first and goal from the 1 in OT against the Steelers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbluhm86 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Clueless Jackson went 3-36-1 when he was the Browns HC. My question is, if they were doing a tank job, then how did Greg Williams go 5-3 in the last half of the year with the same players that Hue had? And, if he was such a good coach that was being told to tank by the Browns, then why didn't any other NFL team offer him a HC job after the Browns let him go? Why is he not in the NFL anymore and is instead coaching the University of Phoenix Online team or some other fuckin' Division 2 team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 7:23 PM, syd said: sucks for grambling state but then again this is old news Surely he can make a 4-7 team into a 2-9 one overnight, right?🤡 Don't they have to tank to send bad players into the portal?😱🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted May 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 NFL concludes that Hue Jackson's tanking allegations against Browns cannot be substantiated After an independent review, there was no evidence to suggest Cleveland incentivized losing in 2016-17 https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-concludes-that-hue-jacksons-tanking-allegations-against-browns-cannot-be-substantiated/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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