CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With Chief Strategy Officer Paul DePodesta exiting the Cleveland Browns for a new role in baseball, the Orange and Brown Talk podcast crew debated his controversial legacy. Was his ‘Moneyball’ approach a failure, or was he just a convenient ‘boogeyman’ for a frustrated fanbase? The discussion centered on whether his departure signals a major shift for the Browns or if it’s simply a footnote in the ongoing saga of the Haslam era.

" I think when you look at it, when you have someone who has the title of Chief Strategy Officer and their record in their tenure is 56-99-1, something is wrong with the strategy and how can you justify continuing on along those lines when clearly it didn’t accomplish what they hoped it would accomplish?" said Browns beat reporter Mary Kay C

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