There are some reports out there that Ron Wolf, the former Green Bay Packers general manager who earned his way into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a contributor in August, will be hired as a consultant to the Browns as they try to determine what to do about their general manager and head coaching positions.

If it happens, then it would actually be Wolf’s second stint in Cleveland.

And if he stays on the job more than a couple of weeks, then it would be longer than the first time.

Wolf was hired by then Browns President Carmen Policy in the early 2000s to serve as a help – an aide, a mentor, a guide, a right-hand man, a counsel, a consultant, a quasi-GM, a sounding board, a teacher, another voice, the voice of reason, a contestant on “The Voice” or whatever you want to describe it – to head coach Butch Davis, who was, in essence, acting as his own general manager. From the moment it was announced, Davis didn’t hide the fact that he disliked it. No, change that. He absolutely hated it. He detested it. It made him sick to his stomach.

Much like the egotistical pair of current Browns GM Ray Farmer and head coach Mike Pettine have been insubordinate for refusing to listen to owner Jimmy Haslam’s demand to get along with one another, Davis was insubordinate in failing to check his ego at the door and follow the orders of his immediate boss, Policy, to listen to Wolf’s proven wisdom.

Just as George Kokonis had nothing to do when he was hired as GM by Browns head coach Eric Mangini in 2009, Wolf had nothing to do when he came to Cleveland because Davis wanted nothing to do with him. Humiliated by being treated with such disregard by Davis, Wolf resigned shortly thereafter. He didn’t deserve that, and he wasn’t about to stand for it.

Good for him. Bad for the Browns. Getting the “expertise” of Davis instead of that of the iconic Wolf, was not a fair trade.

That Terminal Tower-sized ego, along with his misfires at the top of the NFL Draft and, very simply, his inability to tell the truth with even the simplest issues, eventually got Davis into trouble and caused him to resign/get fired with five games left in the 2004 season.

But what if Davis had worked with Wolf, combining his own coaching ability with Wolf’s ability in running a team and making personnel decisions? Would that have worked? Would the Browns have become winners?

We’ll never know, but it’s certainly something to ponder, especially now with these rumors about Wolf and the Browns’ inability to become successful in this expansion era.

Based on his earlier experience in Cleveland, if he is hired and Farmer and/or Pettine are still around, look for Wolf to make it his first priority to meet with them, ask some hard questions as to why they refused to get along and whether they could play nice if retained, and then decide what to do with them. There’s no way he’s going to allow any type of ego issues or dysfunction to exist on his watch. He knows from personal experience how disruptive and counter-productive to winning those things are.