[The Goat]

This is the worst side of CP IMO (i think most of us on the board see it about the same). That said, I don't find any of this troublesome. Zorn, from everything i've seen and heard from him, doesn't take or give anything on a personal level. I guess he may be showing one side in public and another in the locker room and one-on-one, but I more or less doubt it. And because Zorn doesn't take this shit personal than CP will come out looking the fool as he should. The test then really comes back on Portis: is there too much ego to get beyond his own guffaws, in which case he starts looking to go somewhere else? Or does he take a step back? Really hard to say.

As to the laying of blame on offensive production I hope Campbell isn't pointing fingers and isolating himself in the locker room (and I really doubt it anyway). Zorn is right about the shoddy execution. Sure he can't satisfy the fans and just say "The line sucks donkey balls and by the way our receivers drop a lot of passes and run in circles part of the time." No, Zorn has to leave it general w/ comments about production. He's right. If we executed well we'd be moving the ball and scoring. This group on offense has absolutely no right to whine about scheme. For years it has executed poorly for long stretches and on big games, regardless of coach and scheme. Again, I think Zorn has what it takes to rise above the BS, not sure if he has what it takes to lead. It's a very fine line IMO between tough love - calling the guys out on execution - and becoming a bad guy. As the zen master says... we'll see.