Because the owner wants to make sure the new coach knows who is really in charge. The GM didn’t hire the last coach, did he?
Look how well THAT worked out.
the short answer to your question is no...
Cleveland is a sheetshow...last time they had two morons calling the shots, joe banner and mike lombardi and NO ONE wanted the Browns coaching job in 2014..it got so bad candidates the Browns considered for HC refused to even interview for the position...finally they were able to rope in Pettine, who wasn’t even on their short list from the get go, then two weeks later, after lombardi and banner were fired, they promoted Farmer from within...