I have heard from a very reliable source with a deep connection to BB and Mangini that BB and Weis were the ones who had a conflict and if Weis did not get the ND job, BB was not bringing him back.
I've heard nothing credible about BB/Crenell strife.
That would explain Charlie hanging out at camp over the last several seasons...
As I menitoned above this is definitely not true.
According to your unnamed source...
This is all speculative
No, much of it is fact. Parcell's was brutal to Weis in NY while Bill befriended him and they traded insights as well as sharing a common bond (being brutalized by Parcells). Did he know both of them needed to go? Absolutely, but he didn't resent that. In fact he welcomed it as he had hungry youngsters waiting in the wings and chafing at the bit whom he didn't want to lose. He was more concerned about losing them because their paths to advance were blocked than he was losing RAC and Charlie. Holley addressed that in Patriot Reign.
Please provide a link. I have not only never heard this but have never heard it suggested.
It was something I recall hearing rather than reading which leads me to believe it was via Holley when he started out at WEEI. And it meshes with what Halberstam recalled Bill saying. That he wasn't concerned about losing coordinators as long as he still had Ernie. There was a quote from RAC himself describing his duties here and his take on their relationship back in 2007 when Cleveland was coming to play a game here. RAC doesn't envision Bill as a mentor, rather as a colleague. That's RAC's ego talking. RAC says he did it all here, installing the game plan, deciding on the players and making the calls. You will note he didn't mention formulating game plans, becuase that was a collaberative effort at best and often based on what Bill and Ernie gleaned from hours of opponent film review and recollection of what certain coaches tendancies were over years and uncovering tells and keys (Ernie's specialty).
This is speculating at how the coaches interacted with the players, then further speculating about how that made each other feel, and then specualting that the result of these levels of speculation caused a rift.
You should preceed with "I'm guessing but maybe.."
Players have stated that RAC was like a father figure. Here when he left and in KC just today... Bill described RAC as a motivator and communicator before he brought his Browns team here in 2007.
How are you measuring the loyalty? You seem to have a result in mind and you are throwing out things and making up the interpersonal relationship surrounding them. There isn't a shred of fact anywhere in sight.
RAC offered to stay on as Mangini's DC in Cleveland. Mangini declined because he had Rob Ryan lined up. Belichick and Pioli don't return Eric's phone calls to this day. Bill probably could have used a system veteran DC a couple of years ago when Pees departed. Instead RAC jumped at the chance to run this defense apart from BB in KC.
Again, all speculation, and guessing about the personalities, attitudes and relationships that you have no knoowledge of.