If you don’t remember who Jed Hughes of Korn Ferry is, check out our article on him from January 2016. He is an executive head hunter who helped lead to the hiring of Hue Jackson as the Cleveland Browns’ head coach.
This is a case where I don’t really think we can go back in time and blame Hughes for zeroing in on Jackson for the Browns, because it was seen as a big-time hire by the franchise at the time. Sometimes, things just don’t work out. Team owner Jimmy Haslam has used Korn Ferry for Flying Pilot J searches before too, so he continued using that familiarity when the team conducted its GM search during the 2017 season.