BEREA: Former Browns coach Mike Pettine packed belongings into his pick-up truck Monday morning outside team headquarters with the franchise on the verge of interviewing candidates to replace him.
As players cleaned out their lockers, some were upset by his departure.
“Coach Pett says it’s pass or fail. We didn’t win enough games for him,” left guard Joel Bitonio said. “It’s not just on the coach. It’s on the players. We didn’t perform well enough. I think the whole thing kind of just wasn’t quite good enough and that’s what happens in the NFL. You’ve got to win.