Cleveland Browns: Will Hue’s positive attitude result in wins?

New Cleveland Browns Head Coach Hue Jackson has changed the culture in Cleveland before the team has even played a game in 2016.

Hue Jackson has seemed like a savior since being signed as the team’s newest head coach earlier this year.

He came to town after the team limped to a 3-13 finish under Mike Pettine, who never stood a chance of coaching the Cleveland Browns in 2016.

The Browns were at the bottom of the NFL and needed someone to come in and make the players believe that they were capable of being great, and he has done just that.

The Browns have not had a winning season since 2007, but Jackson has been able to come in and get the players excited for what is expected to be a rebuilding year for the franchise.

The purge of veteran players, coupled with selecting 14 players in the 2016 NFL Draft, has made it clear the Browns are looking to start over, but that does not mean the players on the team are not going to give it their all every game this season.

But will all this positive energy result in a winning season for the Browns in 2016? Probably not.

This is a team that is several years away from having a chance to compete for a playoff berth, and considering the team started over once again, the expectations of success should be low this year.

The benefit of Jackson’s positive attitude is that the players should believe they can be great, as opposed to times in the past when the coaches seemed to be doing anything but inspiring the players. Think of the Pat Shurmur model of coaching.

While the expectations for fans and the front office will be low this season, the players should go out expecting to win each game on the schedule. If that belief is not there, that player does not deserve to be on the field, which goes for any player in the NFL or any sport.

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That mindset is needed no matter the talent on the team, and will help with the foundation that is being constructed by Jackson and the front office.

The positive attitude of Jackson may help this team pull off an extra win or two in 2016, but will show up more in the years to come. If the team can get five or six wins this season, Jackson can use that as an example of an improvement from 2015, encouraging the players to work that much harder to reach eight or nine wins in 2017.

This sounds like something that should not have to be explicitly stated to professional athletes, but the Browns have been so bad since 1999 that the franchise must go back to basics to get the team out of the NFL’s basement.