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Originally Posted by 30gut
bigtime +1
i've actually grown gained appreciation for both his coaching and his ability to tolerate the chaos that must have occured behind the scenes in Ashburn
Zorn had
less talent
less support from the FO
a younger less experienced coaching staff that was largerly leftover from a regime that ran a different system
Yet his passing offense was better in the 2 most important areas 3rd down and RZ and that's with Jason Campbell at QB and Levi Jones and an injured Stephon Heyer as bookend tackles)
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You know he & Spurrier both were operating w/dreadful personel on O. Both were put into ridiculously difficult positions. I'm not saying both didn't make problems as well, and both seemed unfit to lead an nfl team. But both guys could design an offense & I think could've been or can be O coordinators in the nfl.
Spurrier actually had his team 3-1 & moving the ball well w/Ramsey in 03. It didn't take long for it to fall apart, but if he'd become the Colts o coordinator would his system have failed? Despite the risk involved for the qb I think w/good personel he would score a lot.
Zorn had things going for half a season, but eventually good game planning gets figured out & if you don't have the personel to adapt you're screwed. He never should've been a head coach, but like others have said here, he's a stand up guy & he was dealt a pretty tough hand.