Peter King on Zorn Hire

I guess the crux of the matter for me is the degree to which public reaction to Fassel swayed the decision whether to hire Fassel or not. What King and La Confora are saying is that it probably had some and maybe quite a bit. If that is the case I think that is troubling. If that did not have any impact then fine, they got their guy. With the sequence of events it is difficult to think that it didn't have some impact. I certainly hope Zorn works out and probably won't ever really know much about what actually happened. That's the last thing I'll say about the coaching thing ... on to the draft.

I think the initial fan reaction did make them back off Fassel and prompted them to go back to the drawing board. But maybe it was a good thing in hindsight. It gave them more time to evaluate things, and in the end they realized they had a qualified candidate already on the staff in Zorn.

I don't care how they arrived at the decision, and in the end it will be wins and losses that either vindicates this decision or proves it to be wrong. Time will tell.

Is it possible that DS and VC just didn't like Fassel enough to give him the job?
The media is always jumping the gun trying to release the latest information. No one ever officially said that Fassel was going to get the job.
It's just as likely that DS and VC just came to the conclusion that he isn't the man to lead this team.

Hasn't everyone (Media, Fans, Etc.) been saying for years that DS should hire a coach who is young, and has come up thru the nfl ranks, and does not necessarily have a big name. This is not a big splash name, but a calculated smart decision, and we still bash…..The guy will never get a break, and I don’t think he really cares.

My impression is that the Zorn hire was more about VC not liking Fassel, or at least that was JLC's thought.

I think this is on Vinny. My guess is that GW and Fassel didn't want to bow to the guy, and Zorn, as a youngster, was just fine with it. I think DS was into Fassel, and they are apparently friends. This is make or break for Vinny: either it works, and we are happy, or he's gone, and we are happy. Look on the bright side!

Is it possible that DS and VC just didn't like Fassel enough to give him the job?
The media is always jumping the gun trying to release the latest information. No one ever officially said that Fassel was going to get the job.
It's just as likely that DS and VC just came to the conclusion that he isn't the man to lead this team.

I guess we'll really never know. Snyder and Vinny are the only ones that really know what the rationale was behind this decision making process.

People are going to believe what they want to believe. There are always two sides to a story though.

Again I didn't disagree but can you actually envision what he could have done that would have made just about everyone say "Gee that is the smart move to make?".

Hirign GW maybe but eventually we all have to ask ourselves why was this guy who is so obsessed with winning(even though he has sucked at it) so turned off by a guy who appears a shoe in for the job. Maybe, just maybe GW wasn't really the right guy for the job. Maybe it was obvious to those who actually know what is going on that it was a disaster waiting to happen.

I am just saying that nowadays most of the criticism towards DS is just criticism for the sake of criticism and usually has little to do with reality and mostly to do with bias and specualtion.

Wheteher he brought it on himself is irrelevant anyways.

Well, nearly 81% of the people on this site approve of the hiring which should be reflected on the decision making of DS and VC so that has to make you feel good ;)

I love the Zorn hiring, and if he doesn't pan out this season, Snyder will just fire him and wait for a new crop of better coaches next year. I personally think this hire will work out well, and Zorn wil become a legend here in DC!

I love the Zorn hiring, and if he doesn't pan out this season, Snyder will just fire him and wait for a new crop of better coaches next year. I personally think this hire will work out well, and Zorn wil become a legend here in DC!

What did Greg Novis have to say about it? ;)

There are plenty of markets around the US for an NFL franchise. Disrespecting your fan base is one sure way to wind up like our two Baseball teams that wound up becoming the Minnesota Twins, and the Texas Rangers respectively. The City was 33 yrs. waiting for the return of Baseball and that was only after a tug of war.

One would not think ordinarily that public opinion would in any way sway an owner's decision as to who to hire for a particular position, but in this case I feel it did. While Zorn's hire may not be popular with some, there are others who feel it was both good and right.