{"id":79409,"date":"2024-01-11T03:20:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=79409"},"modified":"2024-01-11T03:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:20:52","slug":"former-browns-ceo-says-cleveland-nearly-nabbed-jim-harbaugh-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/former-browns-ceo-says-cleveland-nearly-nabbed-jim-harbaugh-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Browns CEO Says Cleveland Nearly Nabbed Jim Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"
While\u00a0Kevin Stefanski\u00a0has led the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0to two playoff appearances in his four seasons as head coach, one has to wonder what the team might have looked like with\u00a0Jim Harbaugh\u00a0on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
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Ten years ago, the Browns were close to bringing the Ohio native to the Forest City in a trade with the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers, according to former Browns CEO Joe Banner.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot many remember that in 2014 with the Browns we agreed to a trade with the 49ers to acquire Jim Harbaugh,\u201d\u00a0Banner, the team\u2019s top executive in 2012 and 2013, posted\u00a0on X on January 9. \u201cUnfortunately from our perspective Jim blocked the trade and look what has happened to both sides since then. Changed the next decade for both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n
Given that Stefanski has led the Browns to a 37-29 record and has a year left on his five-year contract, there appears to be little reason for the Browns to be interested in Harbaugh now that he\u2019s wrapped up a national championship-winning season with the\u00a0Michigan Wolverines.<\/p>\n
Stefanski, the first Browns coach since Marty Schottenheimer (1984-88) to have a winning record in his career, appears to be on the verge of an extension, according to USA Today\u2019s Browns Wire.<\/p>\n
\u201cStefanski is here to stay in Cleveland and is going to see a new contract on his desk. It\u2019s not a matter of if, it\u2019s a matter of when,\u201d Browns Wire\u2019s\u00a0Cory Kinnan wrote\u00a0in a December 13 story.<\/p>\n
\nNot many remember that in 2014 with the Browns we agreed to a trade with the 49ers to acquire Jim Harbaugh. Unfortunately from our perspective Jim blocked the trade and look what has happened to both sides since then. Changed the next decade for both sides.<\/p>\n
— Joe Banner (@JoeBanner13) January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n