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. . . and it's PHIL SAVAGE. Ineresting . . . .

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Eagles Name Former GM Savage Draft Consultant

Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Eagles have named former NFL personnel evaluator Phil Savage as a player personnel consultant for this year’s draft.

Savage will assist new general manager Howie Roseman and director of player personnel Ryan Grigson. A native and resident of Alabama, Savage served as a color analyst for Crimson Tide Sports Network last year and will focus on evaluating draft prospects in the Southeast.

Savage, 44, spent the previous four years as senior vice president and general manager of the Cleveland Browns.

“This is a great opportunity for me to get back in the NFL,” Savage said in a statement released by the team. “I’m really excited about the role the Eagles have afforded me and I’m ready to help Howie and the rest of their scouting staff in the best way I possibly can.”

Before rejoining the Browns – he was a defensive assistant and scout for Cleveland in the early 1990s – Savage spent nine years in the Ravens’ personnel department.

“I’ve always admired the work Phil Savage has done,” Roseman said. “Phil is an excellent talent evaluator, and having an extra set of eyes for us to utilize will definitely help our scouting staff as we prepare for the draft. He’s spent time working on the 2010 draft class already, so Ryan and I thought it is was a slam dunk when the opportunity was there for us to add him to our staff.”

Savage was a quarterback for University of the South in Tennessee before becoming a graduate assistant at Alabama.

-Andy Schwartz

eh, not a big deal. he had said before he was going to mobile even without a job for his scouting and made it known his services were available. he's still a good scout so it speaks to the quality of the org that they use him as a consultant to supplement their knowledge.

Savage did some good here. - Cribbs, Joe Thomas, Jerome Harrison, Vickers, D'qwell - all Savage guys.

His biggest mistake was drafting Braylon. - Verdict not in yet about Quinn.

Good for Savage.. I wish him well...

Good for Savage...

I always liked Phil and thought he really tried to do the best job he could for the Browns.

People always talk about how Lerner messed up hiring Phil and Romeo, but my question is, is it his fault?

The patriots had just won 3 superbowls thanks in big part to their Defense, coached by Romeo, someone was going to hire him, it just happened to be us.

And I'm sure everyone Randy asked told him Phil was a great FO guy and would be a GM someday.

What was he supposed to do? Who knows who can do what until they prove it or not.

Then you have a 10-6 season and everyones singing praises and let's lock them up...oops.

I dunno, I just think Randy gets a bad rap for something he never planned on running in the first place.

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He belongs as a director of college scouting

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Agreed. He'd be great at such a post. I think we saw in Phil, the "Peter Principle" at work. Under Ozzie in Balto, he could flourish, and was in his element. As GM of a dysfunctional team (and with no Oz-type boss above him) he'd risen to his level of incompetence.

Maybe under the structure we currently have in place, he might have gotten better overall performance grades... but not with the setup he was handed.

Since Holmgren was hired, I've thought a lot about Phil and RAC... and I've wondered if either (or both, simultaneously) could have flourished with a true "Big Dawg" overseeing all. For sure, that ship has sailed... but for me, it's at least fun to speculate.

PS will probably do well in his new role, since it's tailored to his abilities. I wish him well.

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People always talk about how Lerner messed up hiring Phil and Romeo, but my question is, is it his fault?

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When people have said that we need to dump the owner (as if that's gonna happen) I have to laugh..

Look at those folks that Lerner has hired.

Collins, an exec with the League, had the credentials to be club Pres..

Savage: Worked his way up from an intern and all indications were that he was ready to step up

RAC: The man has what, 5 Superbowl rings as an assistant.. 3 as a DC.. Yeah, that looked like a solid hire..

Kokanis: maybe not the same track record as Savage but was hand picked by Mangini...

Mangini: 2 winning seasons and 1 losing season as HC of the Jets.. Also someone that Lerner had met when RAC was hired. Remember, the Browns offered Mangini the DC job here but he stayed with the Pats.

Of all of those, the biggest question mark was maybe Mangini,, but our new Pres comes in and retains him and his staff.. At the very least, that shows that Mangini has cred with Holmgren..

That is why I think that those that wanted Randy to sell are just being short sighted and emotional....

J/K

Good for Phil,

he did bring back alot of history & tradition to this franchise.

I wish him well

I know Phil Made mistakes,, but he also did some good things

Vickers
Harrison
DQ Jackson
Wright


Trading for:
Rogers

Picking up off the FA list:
Jamal Lewis

Shouldn't that balance the scales a little.. I mean if all you do is look at the mistakes people make without regard to the good things they've done, then none of us woujld stack up very well,,

Try a little balance maybe...

agreed....he did some good things. he did some bad things.

his undoing though was acting unprofessionally....the email, the Winslow incident....you just cannot do that in the PR-conscious NFL.

His undoing,if you will,was that after 4 years his team was no better than his predecessor's.

His signing DA to that ridiculous contract when everyone saw his limit, was a massive mistake. Sorry Damon, no matter way you slice, he screwed up royally.

No matter any way you look at it, moron mistake for a moron.

As a GM, let's face it, he sucks. But he must have done something right before he became a GM just to get into that position in the first place, and, perhaps in a lesser role he could be useful.