Daily Dawg Tags: Todd Haley told Cleveland Browns don’t do Hard Knocks
By Dan Justik
The Daily Dawg Tags brings you all the Cleveland Browns news you need to know, including Todd Haley telling Jimmy Haslam to not do Hard Knocks.
The Cleveland Browns’ decision to hire Todd Haley as offensive coordinator last offseason was met with mixed reviews. Although he could help turn around the offense, it seemed like a guarantee he would butt heads with Hue Jackson.
Haley had been a successful coordinator with the Steelers while Jackson was coming off leading a winless 2017 campaign, so it was just a matter of when instead of if Haley and Jackson would have issues.
And thanks to the Browns appearing on Hard Knocks last August, the world got to see Haley call out Jackson for how he had the team practice during training camp. The discussion became the story of the entire season of Hard Knocks.
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In today’s featured article, Haley explained that he was not a fan of the Browns being on Hard Knocks, and shared those feelings with Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.
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"“We’re trying to make a drastic change here and turn things around, and this is the wrong thing to happen. I told the Browns owner, ‘Jimmy (Haslam), this is a mistake. Don’t do it.’ The No. 1 thing in camp is getting the team ready to be able to compete."
Although the purpose of Hard Knocks was to show how the Browns were attempting to turn the franchise around, the story quickly became that Jackson was not properly preparing the Browns. And as Haley pointed out, members of the team were thinking about the cameras, including Jackson, which could have ultimately hindered their training camp.
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