Ron Wolf denies talking role with Browns ownerPosted by Zac Jackson on December 28, 2015, 10:45 PM EST
Hall of Fame executive Ron Wolf has spoken with Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, but Wolf told Jason Wilde of ESPN that he and Haslam did not discuss any type of official role for Wolf.
The Browns are 3-12 headed into their season finale, bringing speculation that Haslam will clean house, again, as early as next week. Longtime Browns reporter Tony Grossi has said on ESPN 850 in Cleveland that he’s been told Haslam will hire Wolf in some type of a consultant role.
Asked by Wilde what he thought of potentially serving in a consultant role, Wolf said, “I’m open to almost anything.”
Wolf’s son, Eliot, is the Packers’ director of player personnel and is thought to be a general manager candidate when the hiring cycle begins next week. Ron Wolf told Wilde that he would not be part of hiring his son.
“That is an entirely different situation,” Ron Wolf said. “He’d have to do that himself.”
Ron Wolf was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer. Wilde’s story notes that five former Ron Wolf understudies — Ted Thompson, Reggie McKenzie, John Schneider, John Dorsey and Scot McCloughan — are currently general managers.
