Mangini Hires Distant Cousin to Coach
Eric Mangini announced two hires to his coaching staff on Monday but neither was for a competent offensive coordinator, seemingly his most pressing need. Instead, the Browns coach tweaked his defensive staff and created two new positions. He hired a former NFL player for one position and a distant cousin for the other. The former player is Tre Gordon, named to the newly created post of pass-rush specialist. The cousin (twice removed) is Eric Ilzallajah – who will serve as the team’s first poor tackling coach. “Eric has never played organized football in his life. In fact, he’s lived most of his life in a grass hut in some third-world country I can’t even pronounce. But he’s a distant cousin of mine on my dad’s side and I don’t want to see him go hungry,” Mangini said from his office in Berea. “He may not have any coaching experience, but he has the intangibles I’m looking for – like doing everything I say without question.”
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