Chief X_Phackter
02-09-2008, 10:57 PM
Oh screw it! If nobody is going to jump 100% on the Zorn bandwagon, then I will! I'm all in. He's got my support, 100%! What were we saying about the syllable thing? Huh? Joe Gibbs? Jim Zorn? Put this in writing today, February 9, 2008. I, Skinsguy, hereby swear that Jim Zorn will be the next great head coach of the Washington Redskins. Put in a sig, I don't care! I'm excited and ready for next season!
Whew...glad someone did. I'm reserving my opinion until about game 10 next year.
SmootSmack
02-09-2008, 10:57 PM
well, I think it's better than Fassel, but a QB coach should never jump to HC. This is something that I am very shocked to hear, and curious as to why.
It's happened before though
SmootSmack
02-09-2008, 10:59 PM
One of my coworkers jokingly told me last week he got a tip that Zorn was going to be our head coach...I guess he wasn't joking
But he would tell me like 15 names a day. Every name under the sun
Dirtbag59
02-09-2008, 11:05 PM
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are you kidding me?redskins hired jim zorn as their coach?what a joke!ha ha! you guys are going down the tubes next season!loosers.....
Lol, a Raider fan making fun of our coach. Thats funny, didn't your team hire a college position coach to lead your team?
DynamiteRave
02-09-2008, 11:09 PM
Lol, a Raider fan making fun of our coach. Thats funny, didn't your team hire a college position coach to lead your team?
Well that's a serious case of the pot calling the kettle black
jsarno
02-09-2008, 11:10 PM
Given the Jon Gruden, Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci list of QB coaches under Holmgren to succeed in the NFL, I'm fine with the hire. The way it went down stinks of an unstable front office though. But I do think we could potentially have a good HC. The Holmgren tree is strong.
I see your point, but you're a little off on the comparison.
Gruden was an OC of the Eagles under Rhodes before getting a HC position.
Reid was QB coach AND Asst. Head Coach before getting the HC position.
Mariucci was a QB coach for the Packers, but left to be the HC of the Cal Bears before getting hired as the HC of the 49ers.
Zorn was OC for Utah St., but never anything higher than QB coach in professional football, and never even a HC for any college team. So it's not really fair to compare those 3 coaches to Zorn, they took a completely different path and had more experience in a more important position with their respective teams.
I'm not saying Zorn will do poorly, but to compare him to others that coached with a higher rank is not a fair comparison.
DieHardSkinsFan777
02-09-2008, 11:11 PM
I'm glad the search is finally over. Kind of strange how the whole process went down, but thats almost to be expected. Now the team can move forward, now the real work begins for the organization. Hopefully Zorn will be successful.
jsarno
02-09-2008, 11:11 PM
Andy Reid may disagree with you on that.
Not true...he was asst. head coach before he got the HC position.
jsarno
02-09-2008, 11:13 PM
It's happened before though
I'm racking my brain trying to come up with any HC that was never any higher than QB coach at the professional level, and never any higher than OC on the college level. If you have some, I'd love to hear who they are, cause this seems almost unprecidented.
SC Skins Fan
02-09-2008, 11:13 PM
Lol, a Raider fan making fun of our coach. Thats funny, didn't your team hire a college position coach to lead your team?
And aren't they trying to fire said former college position coach? And weren't the Raiders 4-12 last year? The year after they went 2-14? The year after going 4-12? Give me a break. The Raiders have won 10 games in the past three years, the Skins have won 24 in the same period and made the playoffs twice. Give me a break.