Browns' GM Phil Savage Responds To Email Hecklers Swiftly, But Not Very Politely (UPDATE) [Duan!] (flag)

deadspin.com — As a person who gets tons of nasty email, I know it's tough to always show restraint and resist the urge to stick up for yourself. This practice is frowned upon, and not healthy, because, well, those emails could potentially come back to bite you in the ass. Plus, as a "professional" you're ...

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Morning Link Dump - Scarlett, Shaq, Claude Lemieux, Hitler, Rugby Fight
TheScore.com Blog — ... Rumours out there today, via Deadspin, that Cleveland Browns GM Phil Savage may have responded to a nasty email that criticized the team with a witty: "Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you-". Nice! ...

AFC North Headline Of The Day...
One For The Other Thumb — ... Ok, yes. Using a Deadspin post is kind of like having someone else do the work for you. But with a headline like this, how could I resist? ...

Is Phil Savage Losing It?
WaitingForNextYear — ... Despite all of the news and rumors circulating around the Phil Savage e-mail incident, I was purposely waiting to touch on it until it was confirmed.  Well…it has ...

Phil Savage is [redacted] sorry, OK?
Randball — Looking for a sign of end days/new media? The AP moved a story about Cleveland Browns’ GM Phil Savage apologizing for a profane e-mail sent to a fan. The AP credited Deadspin . ESPN picked up the story. Locusts at 11. Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage has apologized to a fan whom he sent a profane e-mail to following Monday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills. Savage used an expletive in his response to the fan, who criticized the GM in several e-mail exchanges.“It happened after the game,” Savage in an e-mail to The Associated Press. “There had been previous ...

Phil Savage cops to sending rude (yet perfectly justified) e-mail
Shutdown Corner — I was waiting to comment on Deadspin's story about Browns general manager Phil Savage shooting off a "[fudge] you" e-mail to rude and abusive fan, because it seemed slightly far-fetched. My guess what that someone was straight up trying to make him look bad, or that someone else sent the e-mail, but I was wrong. ...

The Week In Quotes: November 21, 2008
Football Outsiders — ... ) FREAKING SAVAGES "Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you-" -Browns general manager Phil Savage , with a witty email response to a critical Browns fan. ( Deadspin.com ) DAMN HE'S TRENDY "I think 100 percent of everybody in the league knows now. So I'm kind of a trend-setter." -Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb , educating the masses. ( ...

The Roundup: ACC Football, It’s Craptastic
The Big Lead — ... (Mushnick) Coming soon to Outside the Lines: Buffalo rejecting the 1958 Tangerine Bowl. (Buffalo News via Fang’s Bites) Norman Chad skewers Larry “Next Town” Brown. (Couch Slouch) Guys who made the last out in the World Series. (One More Dying Quail) Angelina Jolie, purchasers of positive news coverage? (NY Times) NFL GMs probably shouldn’t be dropping curse words in emails to fans. (Deadspin) The LA Times has sold nearly $700,000 worth of Obama ...

Bill Cowher Leaving CBS To Coach The Browns?
SPORTSbyBROOKS — Cleveland Browns GM Phil Savage is having himself quite a week, and his profane email outburst may be the least of his worries. If coach Romeo Crennel is shown the door after this season, there’s a good chance Savage will follow him if Crennel’s replacement is who it’s rumored to be: ...

NFL Picks: Week 12
Comcast SportsNet New England » Wicked Good Sports — ... During last Monday’s game against the Bills, Browns GM Phil Savage received an angry email from a fan, and naturally, responded with "Go root for Buffalo— f@#* you." ...

I Sure Hope Our Real Soldiers Are Less Injury Prone Than Kellen Winslow
Tirico Suave — ... and isn’t technically out for the year just yet. However, if you were running a shitty football team that had exactly one talented skill player on it’s roster (no, no, no, I see you there, Braylon but you were almost Dave Terrell-type shitty this season), and said player suffers an injury, are you going to rush him back solely so pasty, angry jagoffs that reside in their mom’s basement have a chance of winning their fake football leagues? Right. Actually, who knows, after seeing this article , it’s clear that common sense isn’t available in abundance at Browns HQ. In fact, ...

Phil Savage Is a Mean Guy, But At Least He Exists
WhoDeyRevolution — ... This is pretty old news on this here interwebs, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth a look.  Cleveland Browns General Manager Phil Savage sure doesn't take too kindly to a little constructive criticism.  A frustrated Browns fan decided to email him during the Browns MNF game against the Bills a few weeks ago.  Here is a transcript of said email, via Deadspin: ...

John Rolfe: Flying fingers and fleeced fans
SI.com - Extra Mustard — ... to adoring partisans in St. Louis, and Browns GM Phil Savage expressing his appreciation of pointed criticism in a letter to an admirer. Exchanges of pleasantries between athletes and fans in all sports have been with us ever since the primordial apes invented lawn darts, but these three recent incidents have one thing in common: they involved teams that are rather malodorous and, heaven knows, fans do not suffer stinkers gladly, not in the best of times and certainly not when they have to cough up handsome coin to suffer them when money is tighter than spandex on CC ...