20
Oct
2009
Mike Shanahan knows better than to coach the Redskins
Even Shanahan can't help you now, Danny Boy
NFL Fanhouse is reporting that Napoleonic Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has contacted former Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan about possibly replacing current HC Jim Zorn. Fortunately for him, Shanahan knows better than to take command over a sinking ship in mid-season, and turned the job down:
“Shanahan told the franchise there was little he could do in the middle of the season for them and that changing coaches during the season in the NFL rarely works,” a Redskins management source told FanHouse. “Several people that Dan Snyder trusts have suggested, if he makes a move, he should turn it over to secondary coach Jerry Gray. That could still happen.
Finally, someone who is actually making common sense! Someone who realizes you can’t just make wholesale changes to a team in mid-season and expect results. Once again, Snyder thinks he’s playing Fantasy Football, and that he can just switch out coaches & players like they’re batteries, with no regard to team chemistry or consistency.
I for one hope Dan Snyder stays in Washington for a long, long time. As long as he’s there, it’s pretty much a guarantee that the Redskins won’t be a factor in the NFC East. And I’m totally cool with that.
13
Oct
2009
John Riggins Rips into Redskins, calls Jim Zorn a high school coach
John Riggins is hoping to instill some of that fire that brought Washington their last Super Bowl. 18 years ago.
Things aren’t going so great in Washington these days with the 2-3 Redskins. After another loss to a previously a winless team (the Panthers), the calls for head coach Jim Zorn to be replaced have started growing louder & louder around the Beltway.
You can add Hall of Fame Redskins RB John Riggins to the list of critics who are none-too-pleased with the state of the franchise. Riggo just posted this video to his Twitter account – apparently fresh from chopping wood – in which he pulls no punches in calling out GM Vinny Cerrato and Zorn as the main problems with the ‘Skins. In fact, he goes so far as to suggest that Zorn would be a better fit coaching at the high school level:
“Jim, you are not a head football coach in the NFL. High school? Definitely. You can coach my son in high school any time. Ankle biters for sure.
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You’re out of your league Jim. No offense to you, but I don’t think you’re gonna grow into this job. I just don’t think that you’re cut from that right bolt of cloth … But I wish you luck, and you are gone.”
Ouch. Check out the entire rant below, and prepare for the groundswell of support among DC-area sports radio callers around a “Riggins for Head Coach” campaign.
