An Additional Embarrassing Figure in Franchise History

These days, Bill Belichick is mostly known as the genius coach who turned the Patriots into one of the NFL's elite franchises. But back in 1993 as the head coach of the Browns, Belichick was most often referred to as either "the guy who cut Bernie Kosar" or  some string of unprintable names resulting from that move. 

There was no one more beloved than Kosar in Cleveland at the time, and Belichick embarrassed himself, the team, and Kosar by unceremoniously kicking him to the curb, citing Kosar's "diminishing skills". 

Browns fans were outraged and horrified. Belichick just scowled and thrust Vinny Testaverde at Browns fans as though he was doing them a favor. Poor Testaverde never caught a break from Browns fans after that, as Belichick's move made him the poster boy for Bernie's departure. 

The move might have been forgiven (at least a little) had Belichick's brilliant plan worked out, but the Browns never really improved much under the Belichick/Testaverde regime. And to pour salt on the wound, Belichick eventually even ended up subjecting the Cleveland faithful to Todd Philcox.