AMC Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 link, including Mortensen....http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2275447 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABengalsFan09 Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Would be a grave mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Wow. That's bizarre. What kind of "philosophical differences" could they have, the Browns have the most cap space coming up next year. They're in great shape capwise for FA, have some potentially good players like The F***ing Soldier coming back, and will have another draft to stockpile young talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Yea it looks like they are.Browns fans are going nuts over it ...STRIKE: DO NOT GO TO GAMEPROTEST ON SUNDAY!LETS TELL LERNER HOW WE REALLY FEEL!We Need To Petition The NFL For Fan OwnershipBrowns fans in Cleveland-- it's time we organize. Let's throw bottles and whatever else we can on the field in the first quarter. Force the refs to call the game early. Let the NFL know how pissed we are.change the Browns name and colors...this isn't the Browns...there a bunch of pu**ies out there running around and letting themselves get fisted right up the ass on every down...this isn't the browns of old...its the bengals of the 90's and we're going to be labeled as that...the bungals of the 2000's...what a joke this team is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whur CHad At? Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 this is incredibly, I acutally like Savage...terrible move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Bengals_Fan Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Yea it looks like they are.Browns fans are going nuts over it ...Browns fans in Cleveland-- it's time we organize. Let's throw bottles and whatever else we can on the field in the first quarter. Force the refs to call the game early. Let the NFL know how pissed we are.What? Cleveland fans throwing things on the field to suggest their displeasure? Never!I wonder if this behavior manifests itself in other facets of a Clevelander's life. If his wife burns dinner, does he throw beer bottles into the kitchen? If traffic's bad, do they throw bottles at the car in front of them? I'm not sure what it is with Cleveland and throwing things, but this does seem to be natural for them.Remember, "YOU DON'T LIVE IN CLEVELAND! YOU LIVE IN CINCINNATI!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 from cleveland.com (the plain dealer website...)Back to our regularly scheduled programmingJust before 8 o'clock this evening, the Browns finally responded to rumors all afternoon that GM Phil Savage was about to be fired.The team issued this statement on its website.In response to rumors that were widely circulated today, the Cleveland Browns wish to reiterate that Phil Savage is and will continue to be our senior vice president and general manager. "Although it is our policy not to respond to rumors, in fairness to our fans, we felt it necessary to dispel them," Browns president and chief executive officer John Collins said. "It was unfortunate and very unfair to the organization and especially to our fans, but we are happy to put this behind us and focus on our game this Sunday and the busy offseason ahead.“Together, we are going to continue to do whatever is necessary to reestablish the Browns as one of the premiere franchises in all of sports.” So, that's that, right? Maybe not. In his ever changing, er, evolving story, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports in a plan being tossed around by the Browns "Savage would run the football personnel department, while an additional executive would be hired to manage the salary cap. Both would report to Collins." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Wow, sounds serious. Savage has seemed to do well enough, and is popular among Browns fans. This doesn't make much sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 for 1st year of rebuilding him and romeo impressed me it would be shame if they fired him but it looks like their not my only move i diden't like by them is taking frye mybe they can get rivers from SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjakq27 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 The report on TV today was that Savage and Collins have some serious differences that have caused alot of trouble this year.Also the Browns messed up when they passed on Ben R. and took Kellen "Buffalo Soldier" Winslow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who? Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thank god Savage isn't going anywhere.. I'm really happy about that. If John Collins somehow made Savage leave.. I would go insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 The report on TV today was that Savage and Collins have some serious differences that have caused alot of trouble this year.Also the Browns messed up when they passed on Ben R. and took Kellen "Buffalo Soldier" Winslow.Diden't savage just come on this year or was it the one before?PS,big ben woulden't be doing as good as he is if he was a brown... no top 5 defense + no run game = bad for ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripes Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Diden't savage just come on this year or was it the one before? It was his first season. That's what was so surprising about it. It looks like this won't be going down, so you have to wonder why Chris Mortensen said it would. Stupid ESPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Posted January 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Seems like some outlets are saying there is a "buy-out" of Savage's contract still in the works and it is a mutual decision...But that avage will still be shown the door.I'll try and link it...Think it's Czernecki at NFL.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Collins resigned today, per the Browns official site and numerous news reports. Seems he bit off far more than he could chew taking on Savage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Collins resigned today, per the Browns official site and numerous news reports. Seems he bit off far more than he could chew taking on Savage.Heard Crennel stood up for Savage and like you said Collins got his in the deal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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