Ahead of with the , coach Bruce Arians offered a revelation certain to sting Cleveland's endle sly stung fan base.Chatting with beat writers on Wednesday, Arians revealed that Davis Bertans Jersey he was pa sed over by the franchise during one of their seemingly countle s head-coaching searches since returning to the league in 1999.This came back in 2009, when Cleveland was looking for Romeo Crennel's replacement, a gig that eventually went Eric Mangini."I was notified that I was and then someone else was hired that same day," Arians said, per Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland.While Arians went on to craft the careers of and , Mangini was swept out of Northern Ohio just two seasons later.Arians' affection for Cleveland is genuine after he spent three seasons as the team's offensive coordinator under then-coach Butch Davis from 2001 to 2003, helping to guide Derrick White Jersey the in 2002 to their only playoff appearance of the past 21 years."I'm shocked because that's one of the greatest fan bases in the world," Arians said of Cleveland's run of ineptitude. "It's a shame because I loved my time there. Wish I would've had an opportunity."As an of former first-round pa ser Tim Couch, Arians knows the lack of a franchise signal-caller sits at the heart of Cleveland's Artis Gilmore Jersey troubles, saying: "It just comes down to a quarterback. We are all tied to our quarterback."Pa sing on Arians sits out there as one of the more grievous sins of a franchise that fired Marty Schottenheimer and also saw Bill Belichick canned by owner Art Modell after the team's gut-wrenching move to Baltimore. details the laundry list of Dennis Rodman Jersey soon-to-be-starry coaches who toiled under Belichick. That Davis-led team housed its share of future big names, too, with Arians coaching alongside Todd Bowles and Chuck Pagano.New owner Jimmy Haslam can point the blame at the previous top man, Randy Lerner, for whiffing on Arians. The truth, though, is that Cleveland has mi sed on one coach, quarterback and draft pick after the next.It's painful for fans to play endle s versions of "what if," especially after seeing what Arians has created with the , Bowles with the , Belichick with the and -- shall Quinndary Weatherspoon Jersey we go on?