NFL Franchise Notes: Browns Cut At Least 15 Jobs Due To Economy

LOST AT SEA: In Oakland, Monte Poole writes from the "one-man process of interviewing coaching prospects to the inordinate level of energy used to spin those interviews to the plodding pace of the process itself, it appears the Raiders will maintain their status as one of the most ineffectual franchises in sports, largely because owner Al Davis is so unfailingly loyal to a general manager clearly past his prime. A GM named, um, Al Davis." Davis "sticks to the same old plan, each time believing it will produce a better result." Poole: "Is that not a definition of insanity?" (OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 1/22).

PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS: In St. Louis, Jeff Gordon reported Rams co-Owner Chip Rosenbloom has "regained credibility with Rams fans," who "applauded the franchise's head-coaching hire" of Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. Rosenbloom took over control of the team in January '08 following the death of his mother, late Rams Owner Georgia Frontiere, and his first year "couldn't have gone much worse." But Rosenbloom "heads into Year 2 with a new management team." Nobody "knows how much longer his group will own the team -- but people do know that Chip is trying to run the franchise the right way" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 1/20).

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