So, basically, he never really had much of a chance to even prove his case before the lawyer Commissioner Roger Goodell appointed to handle the arbitration. Second, Jackson’s effort to basically clear his name via a legal claim (he sought compensation for breach of contract, fraud, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the Browns, along with punitive damages) was derailed in the league’s arbitration process because he had signed a release of all claims in order to get his buyout. That distinction alone could be used as proof that winning simply wasn’t a consideration for Cleveland in the first two years of Jackson’s tenure.Īn unnamed coaching agent told SI.com after reviewing the incentive package, “If I got that sent to me, the first thing I’d think was ‘Holy shit, this is, like, a tank bonus.” For the first two years, there was no incentive tied to winning any number of games. Incentives were earned in 20 if the team was in the top half of the league in youngest players, via a metric called “snap-weighted age.”īy 2018, one of the factors on the incentive package became winning at least 10 games. And it definitely shows that winning was not prioritized - or rewarded - in 2016 or 2017.įor example, incentives were earned in 2016 if the team ranked in the bottom quarter of cash spent, and if at least 15 percent of the available cap space was carried over. However, the article includes the incentive formula under the 4-year plan. The “4-year plan” was detailed in a booklet that SI.com was unable to obtain.
The incentives were documented in a “4-year plan,” which had different specific factors for each season from 2016 through 2019. This is an effort to streamline and synthesize the broader points.įirst, the Browns used a detailed system of incentives for Jackson and members of the personnel department. Gary Gramling and Conor Orr of SI.com have written a lengthy article that delves into Jackson’s effort to take action against the Browns, a legal odyssey apparently motivated by Jackson’s desire to remove the cloud that a 3-36-1 record in Cleveland has put over his career. But someone (maybe Jackson) is talking a blue streak to SI.com regarding allegations he initially made in a failed arbitration claim filed in the league’s in-house secret rigged kangaroo court.
Former Browns coach Hue Jackson ultimately refused to cooperate with the investigation triggered by his public comments in reaction to former Dolphins coach Brian Flores’s claim that he was offered $100,000 per loss in 2019.
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