Don’t fire Jim Zorn just yet
October 18th, 2009 at 11:20 pm by Chris Reckling under Sports
Fire Jim Zorn. It’s gonna happen. But when is the best time to make a big change? The week before a nationally televised home game against NFC East rival Philadelphia, I think not. How about giving the Deadskins one last shot with Zorn leading the charge. Once they have been totally humiliated in front of the nation, show JZ the door.
It’s not that I don’t like Zorn. I just feel the poor guy is in way over his head. This debacle in DC is not his fault. Owner Daniel Snyder hired Zorn as offensive coordinator before handing him the keys to the kingdom. Zorn made the jump from quarterbacks coach in Seattle to leading the Washington Redskins. Can you say, “fish out of water?” Well the experiment didn’t work, in fact it blew of up Snyder’s face. Yes trying to find the next Joe Gibbs is no easy task and and Zorn is no Joe Gibbs.
Here’s some advice to Snyder. Once your team reaches the bye week, make a change at the top. Replace Zorn with an interim head coach from inside the organization. Give cornerback’s coach Jerry Gray a shot at leading the team into the second half of the season.
After each Redskins loss this season, Zorn was quick to take responsibility for the loss. He blamed himself for bad play calling. So tonight the Redskins relieved Zorn of his play calling duties. Will it make any difference next week against the Eagles? Not a chance. The Redskins have so many problems in so many areas that it won’t matter what play is called. Relieving Zorn of play calling is like handing the worlds greatest chef a dead trout and asking him to make it taste good.
Yes the Redskins stink. They are going to stink no matter who calls the plays.
Giving Zorn the pink slip will happen soon enough. Just not before the Eagles come to town. Come to think of it, there’s been a lot of pink in football games this season. Zorn can’t say he didn’t see it coming.
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O’yea of little faith! I have been a Redskin fan longer than you have been in this world.. Do not think they are down for the count? Thay have been called “the come back kids” and have put up a good fight. Even if they end up down at the end of the season, they are still MY REDSKINS.
I say fire Dan Snyder! He’s great at making money but even more gifted at killing one of the most storied franchises in sports! The front office of the ‘Skins is a reflection of Snyder, an unrealistic approach to team needs that has hurt them deeply. I love their fight and that they don’t quit. But they deserve better in the way of FO and owner support! I know that’s not anything that every other fan doesn’t already know, but I say it anyways!
Show the REDSKIN’s game on Sunday. Chris, it seems like there is no way to contact the WAVY10 or FOX43 personalities anymore, so I’m sending this in the only way possible. Who ever took over in management there, is running WAVY and FOX43 into the ground. I’ve sent comments to LINTV, maybe that will help. But if there is no way to contact those at WAVY, that says that WAVY does not want to hear from it’s viewers, another bad decision.
Snyder is the one that should be “fired”. 7 different coaches since he bought the team in ‘99(?). What football knowledge does he truly have? Let Allen take over the football operations & let Snyder do what he does best-spend money.