Savage: Don't put all blame on Crennel
Cleveland Browns01/11/2007 7:50 AM AP reports Browns GM Phil Savage refuses to make HC Romeo Crennel the scapegoat. Despite a second losing season and Cleveland's failure to beat a team in its division, Savage said one person shouldn't bear the responsibility for everything that went wrong with the team in 2006. "There's no way I can look in the mirror and say all of this is Romeo Crennel's fault," Savage said Wednesday. "It's just not fair to him." Savage blamed injuries, a difficult schedule and the lack of a core group of winning players as the main reasons for the Browns' 4-12 record in his second season in charge. Savage, speaking during a season-ending news conference, reaffirmed that Crennel has the support of his players and that to make a change at head coach would set the franchise back. "I had a number of players come up to me during the latter stage of the year saying, 'We believe in Romeo,'" Savage said. Read more