The Cleveland Browns got rid of head coach Kevin Stefanski on Monday morning.
Dubbed Black Monday, it's the day when dismal teams end their disappointing seasons by firing people the day after the regular season ends.
The Browns didn't go all the way, though. They're keeping GM Andrew Berry around.
It's not a move that other teams would've necessarily made. Late Sunday night, the Atlanta Falcons fired both their head coach and GM, and that was after going 8-9 and being one win away from a division title.
The Browns went 5-12, actually spoiling their chances at the top pick with surprising wins over the Steelers and Bengals in the final two weeks.
Berry is sticking around, for better or worse.
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Why didn't the Browns fire Andrew Berry?
The Browns chose not to clean house entirely and instead have Berry lead the new coaching search.
"Andrew will immediately begin our thorough process to find an outstanding new head coach and leader of our football team," owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement.
The easiest way to read this is that the Browns didn't want to throw the organization into total disarray.
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Having to hire a new GM could've delayed the ability to hire a new head coach, and it's not always easy to know how well people will work with one another in that quick process.
Having Berry in place allows the Browns to get someone that he is aligned with.
Some fans will certainly think this could've gone the other way, though. The questionable roster moves in recent years can't all be pinned on ownership. Stefanski had a brutally subpar team to coach, and the GM is at the root of many of those roster decisions.
Berry's leash likely isn't long, but he's around for now.
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