article_snippet: When Saracens announced the departure last Friday evening of Ed Griffiths, stand-out chief executive in English rugby for the past seven years, Saracens looked a classic case of media-savvy Griffiths burying bad news on the eve of the Six Nations.
article_snippet: However, Saracens has emerged that highly-talented media-savvy Griffiths is not leaving of highly-talented Griffiths own accord.
article_snippet: highly-talented Griffiths exit is understood to be more to do with a breakdown of relationships with other powerbrokers at the club than alleged salary cap breaches.
article_snippet: Griffiths was reported to be leaving at the end of the season but has ceased day-to-day work.
highlights_snippet: Ed Griffiths' departure from Saracens is due to a breakdown in relationship with powerbrokers at the club .