After Browns president John Collins took a run at running G.M. Phil Savage out of town, Browns president John Collins soon wasn’t Browns president.

The job has now been filled by Mike Keenan (of whom we’ve never heard unless he also coaches hockey).

Presumably to avoid the same problems that resulted in friction between Collins and Savage, Savage won’t report to Keenan.  Instead, Savage will run the football operation and Keenan will run the non-football aspects of the business.

“Mike is deserving of this appointment,” Savage said.  “He has worked extremely hard in strengthening the Browns business operations and has been a valuable resource in dealing with the league office.  We have an excellent working relationship and both of us, along with Romeo [Crennel], are committed to helping this organization reach its full potential and win as many games as possible in the future.”

It all sounds good unless and until the on-field product falls apart and the head of the non-football operation begins to make facially innocuous comments to owner Randy Lerner about the struggles in the wins/losses department.  Of course, that has never happened in any NFL city.