There is virtually nothing I can add to Steve Largent's
take on the Redskins' woes:
The formula that the Redskin owner and the Redskin general
manager have for producing a winner on the field is not a
winning formula, meaning that they can't make all the decisions
on the coaches and on the personnel and then hire some guy off
the street to be the head coach and win with what they put on
the field, because it doesn't work. And that has been proven
for 10 years in a row. ... So the failure of the Redskins is
not about Jim Zorn. The failure of the Redskins starts above
him, above his level.
As for the Redskins' new offensive consultant handling the play
calling, Largent says this: "To think that you can bring a guy in
from a retirement center, who is pulling out ping-pong balls in
the Bingo games -- and literally, that's what he was doing in
Detroit -- bring him down here for two weeks and say, 'You are
going to call the plays for the next game against the
Philadelphia Eagles, a division opponent, on Monday Night
Football,' and think that that's going to be successful, that's a
joke. That is really a joke."
This what happens when you don't understand that you are not
supposed to be putting together a fantasy football team but a
real one.
I'm SO starting the Eagles defense this week in my fantasy
league...
S.L. Toddard| 10.22.09 @ 1:05PM
BRADY! BRADY! BRADY! BRADY!
nova man| 10.22.09 @ 1:13PM
Rush, please make Dan Snyder an offer
DC| 10.22.09 @ 3:43PM
SLToddard: Typical of a northeastern leftist jackass, an inane
and irrelevant comment. How exactly is Brady going to help the
Snyderskins? Or do you just like the way he looks on magazine
covers and can't help but blurt it out?
Reality: no QB is safe behind the Skins' woeful O-line, and no QB
is nervous facing down an overpaid and overrated D-line. Snyder
has done a fine job making money (for which I do not begrudge
him), but a pathetic job putting a decent football product on the
field. Eventually (not soon enough) the formerly loyal Redskin
nation will cease subsidizing failure. And when the rate of cash
flow subsides, so will little Danny's interest in keeping the
team. Only then will there be the necessary sale, housecleaning,
and reason to hope the franchise will recover.
astorian| 10.22.09 @ 4:04PM
I won't try to pretend that JimZorn has done a great job as
Redskins' head coach, but let's remember that he's NOT doing the
job he was hired to do! He was hired to be the offensive
coordinator, and then bumped up to the head coaching spot without
ever getting a chance to show what he could do as offensive
coordinator.
He may have been in over his head, but that's not his fault! He
was pushed into a job he didn't seek and may not have been ready
for.
Real American| 10.22.09 @ 12:51PM
I'm SO starting the Eagles defense this week in my fantasy league...
S.L. Toddard| 10.22.09 @ 1:05PM
BRADY! BRADY! BRADY! BRADY!
nova man| 10.22.09 @ 1:13PM
Rush, please make Dan Snyder an offer
DC| 10.22.09 @ 3:43PM
SLToddard: Typical of a northeastern leftist jackass, an inane and irrelevant comment. How exactly is Brady going to help the Snyderskins? Or do you just like the way he looks on magazine covers and can't help but blurt it out?
Reality: no QB is safe behind the Skins' woeful O-line, and no QB is nervous facing down an overpaid and overrated D-line. Snyder has done a fine job making money (for which I do not begrudge him), but a pathetic job putting a decent football product on the field. Eventually (not soon enough) the formerly loyal Redskin nation will cease subsidizing failure. And when the rate of cash flow subsides, so will little Danny's interest in keeping the team. Only then will there be the necessary sale, housecleaning, and reason to hope the franchise will recover.
astorian| 10.22.09 @ 4:04PM
I won't try to pretend that JimZorn has done a great job as Redskins' head coach, but let's remember that he's NOT doing the job he was hired to do! He was hired to be the offensive coordinator, and then bumped up to the head coaching spot without ever getting a chance to show what he could do as offensive coordinator.
He may have been in over his head, but that's not his fault! He was pushed into a job he didn't seek and may not have been ready for.