Cerrato on Zorn

Cerrato really IS STUPID!
I thought he just lacked skills to run an NFL Front Office, but the reality is he is showing the same lack of common sense people skills that Dan Snyder lacks, for example the City Paper lawsuit. The ability to turn the other cheek and keep your mouth shut escapes them. It is really easy to do...but your huge ego and lack of common sense wont let you keep your mouth shut.

Why do people still talk to Vinny? Seriously...


IDK, if it wasn't for him speaking about Redskins than Redskin fans wouldn't care what he is saying and he would have an audience/following of zero. Lets abolish using his name and never have to relive that cross eyed ****. I know it will take years to undo his ****ups but we have to start somewhere/time.

makes u wonder how little DS actually knows about football fml

People question Bruce's hiring...........Pfft

This is a great discussion thread here. And reading some of the points from everyone has got me thinking here again.

I have to kind of be Devil's Advocate here, but I know i will get great responses from you guys, i always do.

I get the feeling that Vinny was being very honest about the Zorn situation. They hired him out of desperation from losing the other head coach candidates (Fassell, G. Williams), and felt that they had a good chance to win with the roster they had.

Thinking back to how bad the offense was back then does make me think Vinny is telling the truth. When Sherm arrived, the offense was night and day different, and it confirmed most of our suspicions that Jim Zorn was a horrible play caller. We know for sure Zorn had the chance to relenquish playcalling duties at least 3 weeks before Sherm got here, so what if?? What if Zorn could have swalloed his ego, took the help from Sherm sooner, and the team could have finished at 8-8??

Vinny hit the nail right on the head with Zorn being horrible with the media. Bashing the players on TV was not the right thing to do. It sounds to me like Dan Snyder gave Jim Zorn his fair share of chances to make things work. Cerrato sounds honest when he says they knew Jim was over his head and they were trying to get him help so that they could make things work.

I'm not defending Vinny, he still doomed this franchise, but hearing him say this, and remembering my own memories of "The Zorn Era" kind of makes me think that Cerrato was at least being honest when discribed our helpless former coach. It sounds like they knew mid-season that he wasn't gonna make it, and tried everything they could to get it to work with Zorn as the captain, but in the end, maybe Zorn's own ego/philosophy got in the way...just food for thought,.

Snake, I agree with much of what you say. But, and maybe it was that I didn't hear it, but my biggest gripe with Cerrato's interview was that he didn't take ownership of the situation. He didn't say I made the decision to go with Zorn. I decided to surround myself with people I perceived would not be a threat to my authority (i.e. Fassel) and it's not on me. He wasn't ready to be a head coach and it was my responsibility as the man in charge to make sure he was.

Does Vinny ever own up to any of his mistakes??

Matty:

He cannot own up to mistakes that in his own mind he did not make.

"Self-delusional" is kinda the way I would describe Vinny Boombatz...

It's just hilarious that we're supposed to believe Zorn's downfall was his ego. He was doomed from the start here with Vinny hovering over his every move. There's a reason why Vinny didn't trust Zorn from the start... he knew he was in over his head.

Just F off already, Vinny.

Why do people still talk to Vinny? Seriously...

Exactly, Vinny should be getting the Steve Bartmen treatment in DC.

I also want to add, that the biggest mistake from the Redskins (second to hiring Vinny) was hiring a offensive and defensive coordinator BEFORE a head coach. No coach in their right mind would ever step foot into a situation like that. They are the ones that hire the offensive/defensive coordinators and to have them already picked?...lol

Who did they expect would want the job? It's exactly why their only resort was Zorn. The ****ing idiots Vinny and Danny. They remind me so much of Dumb and Dumber. They belong together.

That Zorn fiasco was a Vinny F-up because they were set to hire fassel until they recieved alot of negative feedback from the fans that caused them to turn away from Jim and scramble.

I think Greg would have been an excellent hire because he had the team leadership behind him and I believe he learned more about what it takes to be a great headcoach from Gibbs.

You don't work with someone that close without having part of their personallity rub off on you.