
11-13-2008, 06:25 AM
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Crennel: 'I am not a quitter'
Embattled coach says team has not given up on him, either
Thursday, November 13, 2008
By STEVE DOERSCHUK
STEVE.DOERSCHUK@CANTONREP.COM
BEREA Four years ago this month, Romeo Crennel's road to Cleveland was cleared when Butch Davis quit after a 58-48 loss at Cincinnati.
Odds are Crennel will survive at least until a Dec. 21 game against the Bengals, but now it is him driving that orange bus along that rocky road.
He is head coach of the NFL's team of the decade in terms of weirdness.
As crazy as the latest irony might seem, it is the expansion-era norm.
Half the storyline heading into Monday night's game at Buffalo is whether players are quitting. Half is the glow on Brady Quinn's face, with his run just starting.
In the wake of a players-only meeting Monday, Crennel led a Wednesday morning session to air his views about the "quitting" issue, stirred by media interviews with running back Jamal Lewis and special teams captain Joshua Cribbs.
"Guys did not quit," Crennel said. "Guys did not play as smart as they needed to, but ..."
Crennel is disturbed by the public perception any of his players have quit.
"I think players respect me as a coach and play for me as a coach," he said. "That's why when that word quit comes up, you take it personally. It's a reflection on me.
"If you say the team quit, that's saying I quit. I am not a quitter."
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