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:

So, in the end, is Kokinis being “fired” (or, is just “no longer working with the organization”) for being a wuss who wouldn’t stand up to his friend? And possibly for “trading secrets”? My first reaction to that last point is: what secrets? What could he possibly tell other teams that would be ground-breaking? It’s not like other teams need help to pound the Browns into the turf each weekend.

At any rate, it sounds like a great experience all around. Could this lack of assertion on the part of Kokinis be one of the “doubts” that Lerner supposes to have had about him in training camp? Most importantly, what does this mean for the future of the front office? Lerner has given no indication of wanting to remove Mangini from the equation anytime soon: “I still believe in Eric, and we’re trying to give him the resources he needs to be successful. We all knew the situation we were in when Eric took over.”

King mentions the names of two men: Ernie Accorsi, and Mike Holmgren. We’ve talked about the former already, and the latter seems like an odd fit to me. Holmgren only had playoff success in Green Bay while working with Ron Wolf, and only had it in Seattle after being forced to give up the GM duties and returned to being solely a coach. Doesn’t sound like the ideal GM candidate to me. The only thing there is that Holmgren definitely has the personality experience to stand up to Mangini, and has the (coaching) resume to back up his words.