Over the coming months, Savićević exerted continuous pressure within the FA ranks for Kosanović to be fired, even going so far as to semi-officially boycott the under-21 team by refusing to allow Montenegrin players to turn up for Kosanović's callups. Savićević's bullish behaviour strained the internal relations within the Serbia-Montenegro FA organization to a maximum. In late 2004, in an effort to ease the tense standoff, Serbia-Montenegro FA president Dragan Stojković (Savićević's close personal friend and longtime teammate during playing days) reportedly asked Kosanović to resign, which he vehemently refused. As a result of the episode each member of the FA's expert council delegated from Serbia resigned in protest – Dušan Savić, Jovica Škoro, Milovan Đorić, and Miroslav Tanjga – with Savić stating he wants no part in this "dirty political game" while criticizing Savićević and Montenegrin FA for interfering in under-21 head coach's job.