Cleveland Plain Dealer

Late Monday night, the Browns denied Kokinis was escorted. We didn't know Kokinis. But Eric Mangini doesn't have that excuse.

In Randy Lerner's convoluted search to rebuild the Browns organization after the firing of Romeo Crennel and Phil Savage, the hiring of the head coach came first with the GM so familiar to Mangini in tow.

Remember why this was said to be not just an acceptable way to go organization building, but could be an arrangement that paid real dividends?