George Kokins left Baltimore to become the GM of the Browns. After a very short stint there, he’s back in the Ravens personnel department.
George Kokinis Re-Joins Ravens After Stint In Cleveland
George Kokinis has come full circle.
From 2003-2008, he was the Ravens pro personnel director. He left after the 2008 season to become the GM of the Browns.
Read Article >Why Was George Kokinis Fired?
A Cleveland sports blog, Waiting For Next Year, probes deeper into this messy situation with the Browns, and asks some good questions:
Read Article >Don Banks: Kokinis Lost Power Struggle With Mangini
Eric Mangini might not be a good football coach. He might not be a particularly pleasant gentleman. But he can win an intra-organizational power struggle with the best of ’em. George Kokinis was actually his close friend before the two began working for the Browns. Not so much anymore:
Read Article >Browns Owner Randy Lerner Denies Firing GM
Browns Randy Lerner wants to make one thing clear: He didn’t fire apparently deposed GM George Kokinis. Um, sort of:
What happens to GMs when they’re not fired but are “no longer active” with an organization? Do they randomly show up on The Island, like in “Lost”? Is George Kokinis going to try to detonate an atom bomb to go back in time and prevent the Smoke Monster (i.e. Eric Mangini) from ever being hired? And what about Brady Quinn? Will he ever re-unite with that polar bear?
Read Article >Mangini Says He Will Have Input On Hiring New GM
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports that Browns head coach Eric Mangini will reportedly have say over who the team hires as its new general manager.
Mangini told reporters that the team may wait until the offseason to fill the vacancy. According to the Plain-Dealer:
Read Article >Team Confirms That Kokinis No Longer Working For Browns
Here’s the statement released from the Browns to the media late last night regarding the rumored dismissal of GM George Kokinis:
Read Article >Browns GM Was Fired Monday, According To Local Report
We know now what that “something” was up at Browns HQ today: Kokinis was fired by owner Randy Lerner and escorted from the Browns’ grounds (heh) at approximately noon ET, according to a local news outlet.
Lerner is apparently partial to new coach Eric Mangini, which explains why Kokinis is taking the fall instead of the Mangenius. Regardless, the only thing more hopeless than firing a coach midseason is firing a GM; it’ll take at least a year to undo this damage.
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