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Scouting department overhaul begins
With a new front office in place and the head coach secure (for now), heads have started to roll at the lower levels.
New GM Tom Heckert cleaned house with four firings in the personnel department Thursday, according to this Associated Press report:
Heckert dismissed the pro personnel group, spokesman Neal Gulkis said. The department was headed by senior director Steve Sabo, who had been with the Browns since 1998. Keith O’Quinn, Jim Jauch and James Kirkland were also let go.
Sabo was responsible for scouting NFL teams and assisted with advance game scouting. Pro personnel director O’Quinn spent one year with the Browns after coming over from the Dallas Cowboys. Jauch, associate director of college and pro personnel, spent six seasons in Cleveland, and assistant director Kirkland joined the Browns in 2004.
Heckert, Philadelphia’s former GM, is expected to bring in his own people to oversee pro personnel and scouting.
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