John Palermo new D-Line coach.

He was the Canes line coach as recently as 2006, could be a sign that we're after Calais Campbell?

I think college coaches should get into the NFL via position coach openings, but it's not like Palermos is really trying to break into the NFL is he?

I have to believe this move means we are drafting someone that he worked with before. Just would not make sense otherwise. Although he seemed to have worked with some future NFL players.


Anyone know what "strong ties to Vinny" meant? Did they work together somewhere?

I'm not sure about this guy. Sounds like Blache was on board with it though.

Maybe we'll be the first team in history to give it a go without a head coach. http://www.thewarpath.net/images/icons/icon11.gif

Here is a good history on this guy. Sounds like he's well respected in the college ranks; perhaps that will translate into the pros. If nothing else he'll probably be a great asset evaluating defensive talent entering the draft.

Player Bio: John Palermo :: Football (http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/palermo_john00.html)

Palermo is an old colleague of Cerrato's from Notre Dame:


The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (http://video1.washingtontimes.com/redskins/)
An NFL source said that John Palermo, who coached at Notre Dame in 1988-89 when Redskins executive vice president Vinny Cerrato was the recruiting coordinator, will be hired as Washington's defensive line coach, filling the void created by Greg Blache's promotion to defensive coordinator last month.

Palermo, now at the University of Miami, has coached in bowls in 17 of his 27 seasons. He coached Big Ten Defensive Players of the Year Erasmus James and Wendell Bryant at Wisconsin and Lombardi Trophy winner Chris Zorich, later a Redskin, at Notre Dame. Palmero was head coach at Austin Peay in 1990.

It looks like to me Cerrato has Danny's ear and that's not good for us, Snyder knows very little about football and takes his cues from a moron in Cerrato, who for the life of me I can't figure out how this guy stays in the league? Other than his presence allows Danny to play GM without actually ticking everyone off with crowning himself with the GM title.

Palermo is an old colleague of Cerrato's from Notre Dame:


The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (http://video1.washingtontimes.com/redskins/)
An NFL source said that John Palermo, who coached at Notre Dame in 1988-89 when Redskins executive vice president Vinny Cerrato was the recruiting coordinator, will be hired as Washington's defensive line coach, filling the void created by Greg Blache's promotion to defensive coordinator last month.

Palermo, now at the University of Miami, has coached in bowls in 17 of his 27 seasons. He coached Big Ten Defensive Players of the Year Erasmus James and Wendell Bryant at Wisconsin and Lombardi Trophy winner Chris Zorich, later a Redskin, at Notre Dame. Palmero was head coach at Austin Peay in 1990.

Says good things about our obvious connections with the U. Maybe Cassius will be coming over in a few months.