Xero Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Davis resigns as Browns' head coach Story Tools: Print Email Jay Glazer / FOXSports.com Posted: 4 minutes ago The speculation is finally over in Cleveland for Butch Davis. FOXSports.com has learned that Davis has resigned as head coach and head of football operations for the Browns today, just one week after the team announced he would not be fired this season. The Browns are adamant that they have not fired Davis but this is completely his decision. Nearly two months ago the team decided to at the very least strip the Browns' top dog of his general manager duties — the two have since hired a head hunter to help owner Randy Lehrner and President John Collins do preliminary leg work on potential GM replacements. The decision that Davis would be out as head coach after the year came soon after and nearly came to a head last Sunday night. However, no change was ultimately made — until today. Davis and team brass met late last night and came to the agreement it was time to move on to pursue a college job. Lehrner will meet with players today and then with the coaches before deciding upon the interim head coach. Defensive coordinator Dave Campo and offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie are both considered since they have already served in such a capacity once before. Davis' resignation marks the final piece for removing the last remnant of the previous regime, a regime that never brought the Browns back to the prominence they had prior to moving to Baltimore. Lehrner and Collins now have a clear pallet from which to work from in reversing the Browns' fortunes. The duo will look to hire a GM and a strong personnel department, something they've lacked since the Browns returned to Cleveland. They also plan to let the GM hire the next head coach. The Browns job may be the most enticing for a GM candidate in all of football. They have a young owner who is willing to spend and is the opposite of Dan Snyder, Al Davis and the like and never meddles in the football aspect of the business. They have a president in Collins whose expertise is business and marketing and also has no aspirations to be a "football" guy. Thus, whoever moves to Cleveland to run the football side of the business will have no interference from top brass. In addition, the city itself is a very attractive selling point to any GM candidate and coach. It's a pure football city with extremely passionate fans. While some cities are more baseball or NCAA basketball cities, Cleveland is all about its NFL team. Davis' relationship with his players and the fans have grown increasingly tense in recent weeks. Prior to last Sunday's loss, fans were seen outside the stadium sporting t-shirts asking for his firing. Players are also said to have lost trust in their head man. Considering the tradition of one of the great football towns in the country, his relationship with both facets were deemed unacceptable by management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 He stopped the inevitable by a couple weeks...not a big surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 agreed. he was on his way out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurcieOne Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 I like the guy personally.... sad to see him f*** up in OH-IO Maybe he takes the Flordia job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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