Bernie on Triv's Show

Bernie was on Triv's show yesterday during drive time. I know not everyone likes Trivasanno but in this case he asked Bernie questions that I don't think anyone else has ever asked, and he got straight answers. In particular, Bernie gave his side on why he didn't wind up with an official role with the Browns in 1999: it was Carmen's show, and Carmen was not the type of guy who wanted to share the power or the spotlight. Bernie also somewhat dissed the whole Jimmy Johnson coaching tree which has produced a lot of high profile assistans who didn't make it as head coaches. And as for his current role with the Browns> For now, just a consultant but Bernie said he "feels like he is back" and maybe something more official will come of it. Cool.

I'm not crazy necessarily about Bernie being a GM or anything like that, at least without filling some other roles first, but overall it was really nice to hear the guy talk straight about the Browns. He obviously was not a big fan of Butch Davis even from day one and didn't try and hide it. He was upfront about Policy without being impolite. He came out and said he thought the Browns needed to solidify the quarterback position longterm during this offseason, most likely through the draft. He didn't talk around stuff too much. The Browns could probably use a little more of that.