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I'm going to call it right now. The next time we are looking fo a head coach the leading candidate will be...Jim Fassel :)

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;419972]I'm going to call it right now. The next time we are looking fo a head coach the leading candidate will be...Jim Fassel :)[/QUOTE]

and I call Cowher

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;419972]I'm going to call it right now. The next time we are looking fo a head coach the leading candidate will be...Jim Fassel :)[/QUOTE]

What?!?!? No coach under DS has ever left/been fired before his contract was up. Zorn is here for 5 years at least! ;)

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[quote=Stuck in TX;419974]and I call Cowher[/quote]

DAMMIT! Beat me to it.

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I call Gibbs 1.0.....Coy Gibbs 1.0

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[QUOTE=redwagonskins;419975]What?!?!? No coach under DS has ever left/been fired before his contract was up. Zorn is here for 5 years at least! ;)[/QUOTE]

LOL. Anyone think Shottenheimer would have eventually gotten us to a SB?

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Jim Zorn was smart, heady player and tremendous competitor. He never gave up on plays and was one of the best scramblers ever. I think it's smart for the Skins to grab one of the best young coaches in the league . . .

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Oh screw it! If nobody is going to jump 100% on the Zorn bandwagon, then I will! I'm all in. He's got my support, 100%! What were we saying about the syllable thing? Huh? Joe Gibbs? Jim Zorn? Put this in writing today, February 9, 2008. I, Skinsguy, hereby swear that Jim Zorn will be the next great head coach of the Washington Redskins. Put in a sig, I don't care! I'm excited and ready for next season!

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Okay, just listened to Mort's report on it.

Last time a QB coach went to HC, Andy Reid.

Other former Holmgren QB coaches who are now head coaches? Gruden

couple of good names. Hopefully the pedigree holds.

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[quote=Stuck in TX;419966]oooooooh me so Zorny!!!![/quote]

Your best post to date ;)


I'm not sure what to think. Is it often that someone gets a double promotion in the same offseason? I'm glad it wasn't fassel, but has someone come from being just a positional coach, to a HC with another team with much success?

I wonder what prompted this...



I'll be optimistic about this, just curious.

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[QUOTE=skinsguy;419981]Oh screw it! If nobody is going to jump 100% on the Zorn bandwagon, then I will! I'm all in. He's got my support, 100%! What were we saying about the syllable thing? Huh? Joe Gibbs? Jim Zorn? Put this in writing today, February 9, 2008. I, Skinsguy, hereby swear that Jim Zorn will be the next great head coach of the Washington Redskins. Put in a sig, I don't care! I'm excited and ready for next season![/QUOTE]

see the other thread. I called it first lemme see if I can find it....:tongue

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I haven't been this excited since "Mannequin 2" hit theaters.

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[quote=SmootSmack;419972]I'm going to call it right now. The next time we are looking fo a head coach the leading candidate will be...Jim Fassel :)[/quote]

The next time we are looking FO a new head coach, we'll have a new owner......and all the drinks are on me. lol :food-smil

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[quote=skinsguy;419981]Oh screw it! If nobody is going to jump 100% on the Zorn bandwagon, then I will! I'm all in. He's got my support, 100%! What were we saying about the syllable thing? Huh? Joe Gibbs? Jim Zorn? Put this in writing today, February 9, 2008. I, Skinsguy, hereby swear that Jim Zorn will be the next great head coach of the Washington Redskins. Put in a sig, I don't care! I'm excited and ready for next season![/quote]

Wow. That's something good to hear for a change. I guess I might just have to go ahead and jump with you.

All aboard the Zorn Express....no,....
Zorn-Mobile....no, no,.....
bah, cant think.....

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I dont know anything about Zorn so I can't hate him. At least all those haters crying "Retread" can keep their trap shut now. ;)

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As much as I have trashed Danny Boy in this forum and to people around me every chance I get, I have to admit that this was the best decision he could have made in my opinion.

He took a chance on a new, talented assistant coach who seems to have a great background and a lot of promise. Maybe Zorn will be Gibbs 2.0.

Now Danny Boy can get back to doing what he does best: play with the salary cap, estrange our own free agents, and go sign other team's free agents for too much money.

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[QUOTE=skinsguy;419981]Oh screw it! If nobody is going to jump 100% on the Zorn bandwagon, then I will! I'm all in. He's got my support, 100%! What were we saying about the syllable thing? Huh? Joe Gibbs? Jim Zorn? Put this in writing today, February 9, 2008. I, Skinsguy, hereby swear that Jim Zorn will be the next great head coach of the Washington Redskins. Put in a sig, I don't care! I'm excited and ready for next season![/QUOTE]



[QUOTE=Stuck in TX;419892] I trust this hire and if he takes us to a superbowl then I will have followed him all the way from the begining. Its gonna be okay. Hail to the Burgandy and Gold!!!![/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.redskinswarpath.com/locker-room/22465-breaking-news-multiple-sources-confirm-jim-7.html[/url]


I win:food-smil

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I'm just happy that Fassel isn't the coach. Goooooo Zorn. This guy must be pretty impressive. I wonder what the Seahawks board has to say about all this! I gotta check.

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it cracks me up how everyone is like "at least it wasn't Fassel." Its almost as if we could have hired a warm jar of mayonnaise and people would have said "welp...at least its not Fassel"

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[quote=AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace;419997]it cracks me up how everyone is like "at least it wasn't Fassel." Its almost as if we could have hired a warm jar of mayonnaise and people would have said "welp...at least its not Fassel"[/quote]

I would not have said that. Fassel is way better than Mayonnaise.

...It would've had to have been honey mustard. Then I'd be glad.

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no i do not approve of this. i like it better than a defensive coach though. he hasnt even been a coordinator for an nfl game yet! now hes coach? cant say i approve. i will be behind him though...

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[quote=DynamiteRave;419999]I would not have said that. Fassel is way better than Mayonnaise.

...It would've had to have been honey mustard. Then I'd be glad.[/quote]

Arby's honey mustard...now there's a winning coach

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[quote=SmootSmack;419822]I'm comfortably numb

Seriously though, I have mixed feelings too. It's a gamble I'm not sure I would have taken. This is going to require patience which I don't know how much Snyder has and I know Redskins fans have very, very little[/quote]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one feeling uncomfortable with this hiring. I'm surprised that so many people are unconditionally stoked. I'll withhold judgment in case Snyder is trolling the site checking out public opinion :) (I seriously don't think any message boards, including this venerable site, had anything to do with the hiring process - I just can't allow myself to believe that).

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Ironically enough, I heard the news on the sports ticker in Madden 08 after finishing a game as the skins. I wasn't sure if it was real or just some Madden commentary glitch...

I'm excited about this, I think this is exactly what the skins need - a first time head coach with positive feedback from the league. I wasn't looking forward to someone that had been fired from somewhere else (Gregg Williams included).

This combined with a new Director of player personnel (which hasn't gotten that much press here for some reason) leads me to believe that although we may have a rough first couple seasons, the long term outlook is bright.

My only problem with it is losing G. Williams and Al Saunders. Gregg was probably gone after not getting the nod, but keeping Al Saunders could have been huge for us. Hopefully the new OC will be someone with considerable experience to take some of the workload off of Zorn.

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Given the Jon Gruden, Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci list of QB coaches under Holmgren to succeed in the NFL, I'm fine with the hire. The way it went down stinks of an unstable front office though. But I do think we could potentially have a good HC. The Holmgren tree is strong.

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also hes not that young i keep reading "good young coach". hes 54 55 in may and a first time head coach. mike tomlin is young (35). mike mccarthy is young (44). not zorn.

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[quote=GMScud;420007]Given the Jon Gruden, Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci list of QB coaches under Holmgren to succeed in the NFL, I'm fine with the hire. The way it went down stinks of an unstable front office though. But I do think we could potentially have a good HC. The Holmgren tree is strong.[/quote]

True. I checked out [url=http://www.seahawkshuddle.com]Seahawks Huddle - Home of the 12th Man :: Home[/url] and they wish Zorn well and think he'll do a decent job as a HC. They seem amazed that we even got him as a HC since they think our organization is "a mess".

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[QUOTE=SC Skins Fan;420004]I'm glad to see I'm not the only one feeling uncomfortable with this hiring. I'm surprised that so many people are unconditionally stoked. I'll withhold judgment in case Snyder is trolling the site checking out public opinion :) (I seriously don't think any message boards, including this venerable site, had anything to do with the hiring process - I just can't allow myself to believe that).[/QUOTE]


I will tell you something that I tell people down here in slack-jaw yee haw land everyday... do not fear what you see as different or new. The "ain't broke don't fix it" doesnt apply here so we are just going to have to accept it no matter how uncomfortable it may be at first... whoa this sounds like a whole different thing... but i sware i am talking about coaches. :doh:

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well, I think it's better than Fassel, but a QB coach should never jump to HC. This is something that I am very shocked to hear, and curious as to why.

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[QUOTE=jsarno;420017]well, I think it's better than Fassel, but [b]a QB coach should never jump to HC. [/b] This is something that I am very shocked to hear, and curious as to why.[/QUOTE]

Andy Reid may disagree with you on that.

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[quote=skinsguy;419981]Oh screw it! If nobody is going to jump 100% on the Zorn bandwagon, then I will! I'm all in. He's got my support, 100%! What were we saying about the syllable thing? Huh? Joe Gibbs? Jim Zorn? Put this in writing today, February 9, 2008. I, Skinsguy, hereby swear that Jim Zorn will be the next great head coach of the Washington Redskins. Put in a sig, I don't care! I'm excited and ready for next season![/quote]


Whew...glad someone did. I'm reserving my opinion until about game 10 next year.

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[QUOTE=jsarno;420017]well, I think it's better than Fassel, but a QB coach should never jump to HC. This is something that I am very shocked to hear, and curious as to why.[/QUOTE]

It's happened before though

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One of my coworkers jokingly told me last week he got a tip that Zorn was going to be our head coach...I guess he wasn't joking

But he would tell me like 15 names a day. Every name under the sun

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are you kidding me?redskins hired jim zorn as their coach?what a joke!ha ha! you guys are going down the tubes next season!loosers..... [/quote]

Lol, a Raider fan making fun of our coach. Thats funny, didn't your team hire a college position coach to lead your team?

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[quote=Dirtbag359;420025]Lol, a Raider fan making fun of our coach. Thats funny, didn't your team hire a college position coach to lead your team?[/quote]

Well that's a serious case of the pot calling the kettle black

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[QUOTE=GMScud;420007]Given the Jon Gruden, Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci list of QB coaches under Holmgren to succeed in the NFL, I'm fine with the hire. The way it went down stinks of an unstable front office though. But I do think we could potentially have a good HC. The Holmgren tree is strong.[/QUOTE]

I see your point, but you're a little off on the comparison.
Gruden was an OC of the Eagles under Rhodes before getting a HC position.
Reid was QB coach AND Asst. Head Coach before getting the HC position.
Mariucci was a QB coach for the Packers, but left to be the HC of the Cal Bears before getting hired as the HC of the 49ers.
Zorn was OC for Utah St., but never anything higher than QB coach in professional football, and never even a HC for any college team. So it's not really fair to compare those 3 coaches to Zorn, they took a completely different path and had more experience in a more important position with their respective teams.
I'm not saying Zorn will do poorly, but to compare him to others that coached with a higher rank is not a fair comparison.

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I'm glad the search is finally over. Kind of strange how the whole process went down, but thats almost to be expected. Now the team can move forward, now the real work begins for the organization. Hopefully Zorn will be successful.

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[QUOTE=Paintrain;420018]Andy Reid may disagree with you on that.[/QUOTE]

Not true...he was asst. head coach before he got the HC position.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;420020]It's happened before though[/QUOTE]

I'm racking my brain trying to come up with any HC that was never any higher than QB coach at the professional level, and never any higher than OC on the college level. If you have some, I'd love to hear who they are, cause this seems almost unprecidented.

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[quote=Dirtbag359;420025]Lol, a Raider fan making fun of our coach. Thats funny, didn't your team hire a college position coach to lead your team?[/quote]

And aren't they trying to fire said former college position coach? And weren't the Raiders 4-12 last year? The year after they went 2-14? The year after going 4-12? Give me a break. The Raiders have won 10 games in the past three years, the Skins have won 24 in the same period and made the playoffs twice. Give me a break.