Thursday, November 20, 2008

Savage Response from Phrustrated Phil

I'm sure you've heard by now, as it is all over the news, that Phil Savage responded to a badgering fan by e-mail with a, shall we say, less than polite comment.

The website deadspin.com reported the incident yesterday, and it's been all over the radio stations.

Today, Romeo confirmed it in his press conference.

Savage's reported response to the fan, who told him he was the worst GM in the NFL among other things, was:
From: Savage, Phil
Subject: Re: Browns
To: xxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:17 AM

Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you-
Wow! Talk about being fed up with fan criticism ... it's clear from this Savage wasn't thinking clearly at the end of that win on Monday night.

According to Romeo, it's unfortunate that it happened, and said "in tough times, tough things happen."

Whether you feel Savage was justified or not in his response (you can read the original e-mail from the fan on deadspin.com), I have to ask: Wouldn't it be nice to see this kind of emotion from Romeo instead?
Posted by -Pete at 5:16 PM
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2 comments:

  1. Savage has done both Good and Bad with the Browns.
    Good - Thomas, Quinn, Rogers, Steinbach
    Bad - Romeo, Tucker, No CBs, Slow LBs
    Does the good outway the bad?
    No.
    Get Cowher now!!!!!!!
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  2. I think a lot of this boils down to coaching. My biggest problem is Def. Cord. Mel Tucker. I know he's a son of Cleveland but that only goes so far. As a former defensive backs coach you would at least expect our pass defense to be strong, which it isn't. As for the run defense consider this. The Texans are up 7-0 and have a 4th and inches. Do they take the sure 3 point field goal to go ahead 10-0? No, the Texans... that's right the TEXANS!! hold our defense in such disdain that they go for the first down. Did anyone else notice the size of the holes Texan running backs had to run through? Nuff said. On the other side of the ball, I think Quinn is our QB of the future. He needs work for sure, he consistently throws behind receivers or too low, but these are skills that can be taught. He seems to have pretty good pocket presence and he is much more mobile than DA. He and Jamal just had a bad day with 2 turnovers each. I'm not sure what is going on with Braylon, it has to be a confidence issue, and it would be nice if a COACH could help him out or find some solution. I think the Browns have the athletes to be a winning football franchise, unfortunately they don't have the coaching staff to put then in the right places to make plays or the right mentality to win games. Romeo is not a professional caliber head coach. He proves this time and time again as do his assistants. Replacing Quinn mid game? That is the sign of desperation from a man who sees the end of his coaching career coming at him like a freight train. And by replacing Quinn mid game , he has effectively just tied himself to the tracks. In the words of Elmer Fudd " good widance to bad wubbish.”
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