[Strikeout King]

Judging by the Browns' second-half collapse followed by yesterday's head coaching news, it may have been a fair comparison.

Speaking to the media one day after firing first-year head coach Rob Chudzinski, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner were asked, poignantly, “Can you assure the fans that you don't have the three stooges running this operation?”

A local TV reporter asked the question after he had recited some of the fans' piercing reactions following Chudzinski's dismissal. He was referring to Haslam, Banner and GM Mike Lombardi, who has curiously been absent at press conferences this season, including Monday's.

It was the most blatant attack on the Browns' front office that handpicked Chudzinski last year, sold him as their guy and an intriguing young football mind, and then abandoned him after injuries decimated the Browns' year. Not to mention, one of the Browns' integral offensive pieces was traded early in the season (Trent Richardson) for draft picks, leaving a gaping hole in Cleveland's backfield. Still, the team, which declined to use all of its cap space, abandoned ship.



http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-foot...ee-stooges