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"we don't just wake up in late
the first week of february,
football resource almost on a
year around basis,"
YEARS, THE SENIOR BOWL HAS A NEW
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR.
APPOINTED IN MAY TO LEAD THE
COLLEGE
ALL-STAR FOOTBALL CLASSIC.
SAVAGE POSSESSES AN IMPRESSIVE
RESUME WITH COACHING AND
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN BOTH
THE COLLEGE AND PROFESSIONAL
RANKS.
SAVAGE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH
OUR ERIC REYNOLDS, TO TALK ABOUT
HOW
ATTENDING THE SENIOR BOWL AS A
YOUNGSTER -- AND HIS CAREER
EXPERIENCE -- HAVE PREPARED HIM
FOR THIS JOB.
HERE'S "THE INTERVIEW."
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39.17.27 - "i've had more fun
had in a long time because its
just, what i
players, i get to talk about
them and then get a chance to
pull all that
together here at the senior bowl
its an incredible opportunity."
BOWL, PHIL SAVAGE IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE SHOWCASE COLLEGE ALL-STAR
GAME.
HE'S ALSO THE COLOR MAN FOR
ALABAMA FOOTBALL ON THEIR RADIO
NETWORK. THE MOBILE NATIVE'S
WAS INFLUENCED BY SEVERAL
COACHES, THE FIRST ONE SPOTTED
HIM PLAYING
CATCH WITH HIS DAD. 33.51.29 -
"the youth football coach was
and told his wife hey i think i
just found my quarterback,"
".... and so that started this
goucher was his name, he was my
coach for 6 years and that got
me started,"
SAVAGE WENT ON TO PLAY
QUARTERBACK AT MURPHY HIGH
SCHOOL AND AT
SUWANEE COLLEGE. HE WAS ALSO A
PRETTY GOOD
SAVAGE HEADED TO ALABAMA TO GET
A
MASTERS DEGREE AND COACH
FOOTBALL.
THE CAPSTONE IS WHERE SAVAGE
STARTED BUILDING HIS RESUME.
34.34.05 - "bill curry," "....
to see someone go thru what he
figured out that this was
serious business," 34.51.05 - "a
from a football standpoint i
learned more about the game from
him than anyone else, he took me
35.03.08 - "from there i ended
up at cleveland with bill
belichick and nick saban was the
defensive coordinator," 35.03.08
football from some of the
brightest minds in the game,"
-
HIS "FOOTBALL DOCTORATE"... GOT
SCOUT. HE QUICKLY ROSE THROUGH
THE RANKS WITH THE CLEVELAND
BROWNS AND THE BALTIMORE RAVENS.
36.46.17 - "i never started off
in coaching to end up as a
general manager," 37.26.23 - "i
through the ranks i mean i'd
gotten to that gm position at
rare,"
-
THE BROWNS HAD THEIR BEST RECORD
IN 13-SEASONS IN 2007.
AS G-M, THE TEAM ONLY WON
4-GAMES, AND THE
OWNERS MADE CHANGES. 37.26.23 -
"that was the first time that i
had ever been fired from a job,"
need you anymore, its hard, its
especially when you've had
success through most of your
SAVAGE'S FAITH AND FAMILY
SUPPORT HELPED HIM PRESS ON TO
THE NEXT
OPPORTUNITY. 38.02.09 - "i'm at
a red elephant club meeting for
and it dawned on me i'm like you
alabama, but i think i could
check off 9 or 10 of the boxes
38.33.25 - "next fall for
be the color man for crimson
tide radio network,"
HE GOT THE JOB AND SAVAGE IS NOW
IN HIS 4TH SEASON WITH BAMA
FOOTBALL.
24.33.22 - "the senior bowl
it seemed interesting," 30.51.15
-
"i've been coming to this game
mean i can remember tugging on
the
ewbank," "....to have that
perspective of being a child and
looking
at the senior bowl through a
point of being a general
manager,"
advantage to have been in the
league for 20 years and have a
good idea of what it takes to
players standpoint, but then
also what are gm's
25.06.21 - "it was too good of
a combination to pass up the
opportunity,"
THE SENIOR BOWL'S.. SAVAGE
IS TO BUILD ON THE TRADITION AND
MAKE IT A GREAT EVENT FOR
32.38.07 - "wrigley field or
fenway park or the rose bowl or
places like that, there's a
tradition
"the senior bowl has been this
32.38.07 - "you can capitalize
on that but you still have to
take care of the customers and
you've
got to take care of the players
on the field," 26.37.27 - "i
potential with this game," "
....the way the nfl draft has
exploded, the coverage of the
29.52.15 - "people love the
draft they love to hear about
these players and their
might be utilized in the pros,"
26.57.13 - "we're trying to
align ourselves with the
football
season to expose the game," "
....we're trying to create a
presence for ourselves in the
local
community year around with some
of the off season events," "
....to keep ourselves in the
just wake up in late january
then go back to sleep the first
week of
february, we're a viable
football resource almost on a
year around basis," 26.57.13 -
"there's
something here for everybody
whether they're football fan or
draft fan or not," 30.51.15
- "it can be a great event for
everybody."
SENIOR BOWL FANS MAY ONE DAY SEE
JUNIORS ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE
GAME, IF
THEY MEET SAVAGE'S LIST OF
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. BAMA'S
DONT'A HIGHTOWER, AND HEISMAN
GRIFFIN THE THIRD, WOULD HAVE
QUALIFIED TO PLAY IN THE 2012
GAME.
SAVAGE IS ALSO BUSY LOOKING FOR
A TITLE SPONSOR FOR THE 2013
SENIOR BOWL
GAME, WHICH IS SET FOR JANUARY
26, 2013.
COMING UP, ONE OF NASCAR'S MOST
POPULAR DRIVERS WON'T BE
COMPETING
FOR A WHILE. WE'LL TELL YOU
WHY.
AND MORE DISGRACE BEFALLS LANCE
ARMSTRONG, AFTER AN ANTI-DOPING