Amid rumors and reports that former Browns G.M. Ernie Accorsi will be returning to the team as General Manager or in some other capacity, Accorsi tells Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain Dealer that it won't be happening.
Accorsi says that he is "happily retired" and not talking to owner Randy Lerner about taking a role with the team.
"I am not taking any G.M. job anywhere. Period," Accorsi said. "I am not
taking any full-time job. I serve the league office as a consultant. I
have consulted in various areas with four NFL clubs the past two years."
Grossi also reports that, despite Accorsi's gushings about Kokinis, Accorsi's top recommendation for the G.M. job in January was Dave Gettleman of the Giants. Lerner instead went with Kokinis, who was the preferred choice of coach Eric Mangini.
So now, presumably, the top candidate to replace Kokinis should be Gettleman. Unless Mangini has set his sights on detroying one of his other friendships.
Assuming he has any left.
Accorsi denies that he's taking a role with the Browns
Posted by Mike Florio on November 3, 2009 10:37 AM ET
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Sounds like a smart guy. Rumor has it he's also NOT taking jobs with the Bucs, Chiefs, Lions, Rams, Raiders, Redskins and New York Sentinels.
BTW...I dont know if anyone has brought this up but, none of this changes the fact that Mangini is a pathetic fat ass. (Do I feel guilty about name calling? No, not really.)
If you really want to fix things, Lerner, you'll call Josh Cribbs into your office and fix his f-cking contract. If you get the players back on your side by showing some goodwill you wont have to schedule meetings with disgruntled fans because the players will actually play like they want to be apart of a winning atmosphere. Instead they play like they've been incarcerated because they were wrongly convicted of rape.
There is so much lying and disinformation going on here that it almost sickens a person.
I didn't think there was a franchise out there worse than the Raiders for drama, but Cleveland is taking the prize.
According to the news on 110.7 WMMS, they aer saying Accorsi is being brought in as a consultant to groom Bernie Kosar to be the eventual GM of the Browns.
Can you blame him?
I didn't think there was a franchise out there worse than the Raiders for drama, but Cleveland is taking the prize.
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That's because of Ratgini. If they get rid of him things could be cleaned up in a reasonable amount of time by someone competent.