BREAKING NEWS: Multiple Sources Confirm Jim Zorn Named Head Coach

Well...all I got to say is good luck Zorn, you've just walked into one of the biggest lightning rod positions in the NFL...hope your ready for it...

Wow.

So after perhaps the most thorough head coaching hiring process in recent memory Snyder chooses a guy they didn't even intend to interview for head coach. Not saying that it won't work out with Zorn--but can anyone feel confident in the Snyder/Cerrato decision making process?

If it was about a systematic interview process--where names are whittled down to an eventual pick--fine I buy it. Even an eleventh hour candidate added to the list, who wows them, might have us thinking that the approach was valid. But to hire Zorn as the OC and then two weeks later name him HC is bizarre at best. At worst, it is indicative of some sort of last minute snafu with the remaining candidates that management did not forsee. Of course the spin will be that ultimately Snyder thought long and hard and Zorn just stuck in his memory as the best interview (whether for HC, OC, or position coach). Then they sat down with Zorn again and he impressed them even more.

I hope it works out with Zorn. I hope this management team knows something we don't. But instead of feeling confident with this hire--I'm left feeling a bit confused. I guess that's where we Skins' fans are left now with Snyder and Cerrato in charge. Confusion instead of confidence...

Didn't really see this coming, but I think it's a good hire. At least we now have a sense of direction, and the speculation can end. Good hire, happy for Zorn.

The new coach of the Washington Redskins:

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Hey.. I have many doubts, but I am drinking the kool-aid.... I'm gonna give him a chance, listen to his press conerence... get pumped about some fresh perpective...

my question is... has any HC been hired from QB coach without ever being OC first? Anyone know of an example?

Andy Reid

and wasn't he under Holmgren?

Matter of fact, they were talking on ESPNEWS about how Holmgrens QB coaches all become HC eventually...

Go ahead Bill Lazor!! ha ha

Hey.. I have many doubts, but I am drinking the kool-aid.... I'm gonna give him a chance, listen to his press conerence... get pumped about some fresh perpective...

my question is... has any HC been hired from QB coach without ever being OC first? Anyone know of an example?
Andy Reid I think and he has worked out pretty well...

Andy Reid

I mentioned that earlier. Same coaching tree, same situation. He was the QB coach in GB when Philly snagged him.

GREAT Press Release... everyone read... love what Zorn is saying already...

JIM ZORN NAMED HEAD COACH (http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=34379)

"I've always dreamed of being a head coach with a franchise rich in tradition like the Redskins," Zorn said. "As a player who had to fight Redskins teams at RFK as well as at our home field, I know about the history of this franchise as well as the passion of its fans. I won't let you down."

"I know about the history and great fans of the Redskins. I played against the Redskins. I played against our two newest Hall of Famers, Art Monk and Darrell Green," Zorn said. "Like all Redskins fans, I am a long-time admirer of Joe Gibbs.

"Thanks to him, today's Redskins have a solid foundation that will serve us well. I expect great things of our team, and hold myself accountable for providing the leadership to make us successful."

Well, at least it was not Fossil.