Vinny Cerrato promoted to Executive Vice President

OK lets now get high priced free agents. lets get chad johnson and larry fitzgerald. as well as fat albert

What do you expect Gibbs to say?
That he sucks? and that Snyder is an arrogant immature jerk?
C'mon....they are just fighting their guts out at Redskins park to get it right....

I know what I'd do if I were the Skins owner....promote my unqualified buddy to run everything and hire some outsider to come in and change everything for my team that has finally stabilized and has become a playoff team...

For all of you that think Gibbs has rubbed off on Snyder...this is the thread for you....WOW promoting Cerrato? Cerrato?
What other owner would do that....you got it.....ZERO.

Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted....anyone could eventually make a good decision by laws of average, such as hiring Gibbs....but the first move he makes after he leave is promoting CERRATO?
WOW....what an idiot!

Get ready for some crappy football again.
UGH!
Well from what was said it seems that Gibbs was there when this decision was made and had his backing. You can try to ignore that and just keep thinking that Gibbs is just sitting around at Redskins park doing nothing.

Not back, just visiting during Superbowl week(s). Thanks for the welcome.
Welcome......visitor. Nice to have you visiting

Welcome......visitor. Nice to have you visiting

Thanks.. I sure hope this whole coaching mess ends soon. I wish I could trust Dan Snyder to do the BEST thing for the Redskins, but I don't trust him at all...

From JLC's blog:

"The Redskins contingent in Mobile is up in arms. Players and coaches are distraught over the poorly worded press release regarding Cerrato's promotion and Jim Fassel's emergence as a candidate with multiple interviews. They are taking a lot of grief from other team''s people down there and, according to some league sources, the word "laughingstock" is being thrown around in regards to how the team is operating."

Like I said before, this whole process is very amateurish. Aside from teetering on the brink of being the "laughingstock" of the league again, coaches are in Mobile supposedly looking at talent but worried about their jobs. Makes you think their focus won't be affected at all.

People want to give Snyder some slack because he made money in the corporate world. Fine. But this goes to show that just because someone makes money in mergers and acquisitions does not mean they are expert managers of people.

Thanks.. I sure hope this whole coaching mess ends soon. I wish I could trust Dan Snyder to do the BEST thing for the Redskins, but I don't trust him at all...

I am reserving my future "strokes" and "comeaparts" until we see how this rolls out. Until then, I will continue the Hand Wringing........

I'm just saying let's not assume he's the defacto GM.

Matty
Is this your way of creating wiggle room and an excuse for Vinny if the team does not do well in the next 3 to 5 years? 'Well Vinny was not the GM, he was only VP."
The way it reads to me, Vinny and Snyder are in charge and will make all of the final decisions on all coach hirings/firings and player pesonnel decisions. Sounds like GM to me.

From JLC's blog:

"The Redskins contingent in Mobile is up in arms. Players and coaches are distraught over the poorly worded press release regarding Cerrato's promotion and Jim Fassel's emergence as a candidate with multiple interviews. They are taking a lot of grief from other team''s people down there and, according to some league sources, the word "laughingstock" is being thrown around in regards to how the team is operating."

Like I said before, this whole process is very amateurish. Aside from teetering on the brink of being the "laughingstock" of the league again, coaches are in Mobile supposedly looking at talent but worried about their jobs. Makes you think their focus won't be affected at all.

People want to give Snyder some slack because he made money in the corporate world. Fine. But this goes to show that just because someone makes money in mergers and acquisitions does not mean they are expert managers of people.

Great post.
I do not believe Danny has the skills to run the day to player personnell and coaching selection process for billion dollar NFL football team. He is not a football man.

Matty
Is this your way of creating wiggle room and an excuse for Vinny if the team does not do well in the next 3 to 5 years? 'Well Vinny was not the GM, he was only VP."
The way it reads to me, Vinny and Snyder are in charge and will make all of the final decisions on all coach hirings/firings and player pesonnel decisions. Sounds like GM to me.

Not necessarily though, look at it like this

Snyder=Huizenga
Cerrato=Parcells
???=Ireland

There's still room for someone else, should they decide to go that route

Not necessarily though, look at it like this

Snyder=Huizenga
Cerrato=Parcells
???=Ireland

There's still room for someone else, should they decide to go that route

I do not think Snyder and Cerrato have the humility to bring in a qualified GM. They want it.