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Regarding the likely yet to be finished Savage/Collins power struggle saga in Cleveland, at least one report suggests that Romeo's preference to see Savage remain in the GM position helped defuse the situation, at least temporarilly
You can read the whole report for yourself, but here's some highlights:
You can read the whole report for yourself, but here's some highlights:
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm said:So what really happened here? One league source tells us that once Lerner heard the news -- and once coach Romeo Crennel made his preference known that he wants Savage to stay -- the boss man clunked together the heads of Collins and Savage and told them to kiss and make up.
....one of the theories making the rounds as of late Friday/early Saturday is that Collins and Savage have indeed reached rock bottom in their relationship, and that Savage (through agent Neil Cornrich) attempted to provoke a termination, which would then have enabled Savage and Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz (another Cornrich client and a close friend of Savage) to partner up in a new city for 2006.
If true, it appears that Savage and Cornrich might have played their hand too early. Still, the status quo is unacceptable; Savage and Collins don't like each other, and they can't work together moving forward. So perhaps the statement that Savage won't be fired represents an effort by the team to force Savage to leave. The hiring of Keenan, we're told, constitutes a breach of Savage's contract, which arguably would permit him to walk away without consequence.
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