Cleveland Browns and Pat Shurmur: Inheriting a NFL Head Coach.

October 2, 2011   ·   Barbara Bruno   ·   Jump to comments


If you are a rabid Cleveland Browns’ fan, you probably know the following bare facts about your new Head Coach:
Born 1965, married to Jennifer (college sweetheart, thank you very much), four children.
He is not the son of Fritz Shurmur. The longtime Green Bay icon was his uncle.
Pat was an offensive lineman! He played both guard and linebacker as a freshman and then started at Center for the next three seasons at Michigan State. Wow. Now that goes to show you what amazing athletes professional linemen are: they are twice his size and probably quicker than Pat ever was.
Shurmur is the sixth new Browns’ Head Coach since 1999. The last truly successful coach was Schottenheimer. Pat was in college when Marty left Cleveland. Yeah, it’s been a while.
Pat gets a lot of credit for turning around the Rams’ offense in 2010. The squad improved in every major offensive category. Um, perhaps I underestimate Mr. Shurmur’s coaching bri...

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