Vinny Cerrato promoted to Executive Vice President
 

Straight from JLC's blog on Washington Post.com:

[QUOTE]The Washington Redskins today named Vinny Cerrato to the new position of Executive Vice President/Football Operations. He will assume responsibility for all aspects of the team's football organization - including personnel, the team roster, scouting and salary cap management.[/QUOTE]


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Sigh. Just sigh.

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Someone stop the madness. Please!!!!!!

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good now hopefully he won't have any excuses when he crashes and burns once and for all...

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Ironically, our man Vinny might be part of the reason that GW is getting overlooked for the HC position. This is Madness!!!

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[quote=Dirtbag359;410627]Ironically, our man Vinny might be part of the reason that GW is getting overlooked for the HC position. This is Madness!!![/quote]
its funny how owners will pick executives over coaches(marty last year in san diego)

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[quote=Dirtbag359;410627]Ironically, our man Vinny might be part of the reason that GW is getting overlooked for the HC position. This is Madness!!![/quote]

Madness?

MADNESS?

THIS IS...REDSKIIIIIIIIIIINS.

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This is just what I think, but with this new "promotion" for Vinny, it means goodbye to GW.

I think GW wanted some kind front office title and now Danny went ahead killed any notion of that happening.

I'm really dumbfounded right now.

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Kill me now.

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I just don't understand why Vinny is held in such high regard by Snyder. He reminds me of the relative that just won't leave after a Christmas holiday. Anyone remember when the Milsteins got approved by Cooke's estate to buy the team but the NFL had to approve it first? During that time, Vinny was hiding out at some hotel near Dulles looking over film cause Casserly and John Cooke would not let him in the building. Here we are 11 years later and Vinny is still here.

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Seriously though, we'll get to see whether he WAS or WASN'T the scapegoat we all made him out to be.

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Come on now guys, you're acting like we're about to be the 1-15 Dolphins! :D

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Well, at least we won't need to have any more threads here on the Warpath speculating on just what it is that Vinnie does...

Based on that description, he does everything except coach the team and wash out the jockstraps. Oh, maybe he also hires someone to cut the grass at Fed Ex too; I don't think he'd have enough time in the day to run the John Deere himself.

At least this time around, he won't have some pesky head coach/President of football operations to work around when he gets Danny Boy's ear and helps Danny Boy decide what move to make with regard to the team. The new coach will know who's in charge as soon as he signs on the dotted line...

:Flush:

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[quote=squrrelco3;410625]good now hopefully he won't have any excuses when he crashes and burns once and for all...[/quote]

Nevermind...I take back what I said...there is no upside...the sun will go down tonight and never come up again...I'm convinced that Daniel Snyder is now the secret spawn of Peter Angelos and Satan...

At least Dan's older than me, hopefully that means I might get to see the Redskins in the Superbowl again in my lifetime before I die...now excuse me while I go join a gym so I can start working toward trying to out live him....

:Flush:

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Joe Gibbs, who recently retired after four years as Head Coach and Team President added, "Vinny worked closely with me on all personnel matters. This is a well-deserved acknowledgement of that."


"Today's Washington Redskins roster is a testament to Vinny and the personnel department being an integral part of our team structure in identifying players, whether acquired in free agency, the draft or on sometimes very short notice as we made our way through the season," Gibbs said.

Well it looks like Gibbs is backing this move and may have had a role in it as they have his comments here.

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[quote=sportscurmudgeon;410642]Well, at least we won't need to have any more threads here on the Warpath speculating on just what it is that Vinnie does...

Based on that description, he does everything except coach the team and wash out the jockstraps. Oh, maybe he also hires someone to cut the grass at Fed Ex too; I don't think he'd have enough time in the day to run the John Deere himself.

At least this time around, he won't have some pesky head coach/President of football operations to work around when he gets Danny Boy's ear and helps Danny Boy decide what move to make with regard to the team. The new coach will know who's in charge as soon as he signs on the dotted line...

:Flush:[/quote]

So who are we gonna' draft then!? Oh boy, oh boy, I hope it's like 25 WRs!!!

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Interesting.

Well... I guess that answers some questions. Wonder how this might effect the HC vacancy.

God I hope it doesn't.

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This is a dark day in Redskins history.

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Wow.

I wish I had millions to spend on my fantasy football league and have it run by my Evil Dwarf sycophant.

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we should change the name to the Fightin' Vinnys

maybe we'll start putting ads on our uniforms like European Soccer

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Dan Snyder aka Peter Angelos

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This is the last thing I wanted to hear! :banghead: :screama: :banghead:And we all thought Matt Millen had something on Detroit’s owner! What the hell does Vinny have on Snyder??

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Let's try & look at this on the bright side. Recently, Wilbon (who has always said the danny needs a GM) said that sometimes the Skins would've been better off had they listened to Vinny. Maybe Vinny helped find some of the relative diamonds in the rough we've gotten the last couple years.

Maybe Vinny IS the GM that so many here have been crying for! Maybe the danny is promoting him because he's going to let him do his job & not interfere (or "meddle" as the press refers to it).

I'm not worried about his promotion, only worried that it might mean GW isn't hired. Otherwise, can anyone actually say they know that Vinny is responsible for any poor decisions?

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This is not the direction I thought Snyder would go. I would imagine the HC search will end very shortly with the naming of Fassel or some other has been. Wow, this is not good news as far as I can see.

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[quote=Riggo44;410661]This is the last thing I wanted to hear! :banghead: :screama: :banghead:And we all thought Matt Millen had something on Detroit’s owner! What the hell does Vinny have on Snyder??[/quote]


Synder needs his Racketball partner Riggo, don't you remember?

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Maybe Vinny has pictures of Dan with some hookers or something.

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[quote=jbcjr14;410665]This is not the direction I thought Snyder would go. I would imagine the HC search will end very shortly with the naming of Fassel or some other has been. Wow, this is not good news as far as I can see.[/quote]

Most likely someone that gets along with Cerrato - maybe Steve Mariucci - I heard that Steve and Vinny got along when they were with the 49ers.

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The only good is that the closer Vinny gets to the top , the closer he get to the door.

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This means nothing. Its a title, he was assuming that role anyway.

Does this mean Greg or Jim for coach, that's all I care about.

We have done a good job w/ Vinny and don't need a GM.

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Ahem

[url]http://www.redskinswarpath.com/405330-post27.html[/url]

[QUOTE=SmootSmack][B]Vinny Cerrato: Bump him up to a Executive VP role.[/B] He's not going anywhere so we probably shouldn't consider that option. I don't think VC does the horrible job everyone else does. But I would give him more of a hands-off big picture role now[/QUOTE]

My pieces may be falling into place

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;410667]Maybe Vinny has pictures of Dan with some hookers or something.[/quote]

:laughing-:laughing-:laughing-:laughing-:laughing-:laughing-

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I keep seeing Snyders name on this but in the article Gibbs looked to back this move and had very positive thing to say about Vinny.

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[quote=QBall;410673]
We have done a good job w/ Vinny and don't need a GM.[/quote]


:lol:

Thats a good one...

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[quote=celts32;410656]This is a dark day in Redskins history.[/quote]I hope you're wrong, but my gut says you'll be right. The one area I want to see Snyder and Cerrato beef up is college scouting and emphasis on the draft.

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I see the negatives in this a lot more than I see the positives. I can only hope this is a good thing although right now it looks like a horrible thing.

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What is so wrong with that move?

Vinny has an impressive resume and now we need to hire GW and keep Al Saunders.......we will be in great shape.

But is Fassel gets the job I'm seriously gonna puke!

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[QUOTE=QBall;410684]What is so wrong with that move?

Vinny has an impressive resume and now we need to hire GW and keep Al Saunders.......we will be in great shape.

But is Fassel gets the job I'm seriously gonna puke![/QUOTE]

WTF? Impressive resume?

I have not been a Cerrato basher but only because I think I properly understood his role as being less than affective towards the onfield product. If this bump entails more onfield influence, and more importantly leads to rebuilding then I am very concerned about this.

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maybe the danny is giving in. After working w/Gibbs & giving him great responsibility & leeway in decisions (assuming he did), the Danny may realize that he has to step back & let the "football people" do their job. We tend to forget that Vinny did have a job w/a super bowl team before he came here.

I will be upset if this leads to GW not getting the job, but if long term it means a change of direction in which Snyder is willing to cede power, I think it will pay off.

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[quote=QBall;410684]What is so wrong with that move?

Vinny has an impressive resume and now we need to hire GW and keep Al Saunders.......we will be in great shape.

But is Fassel gets the job I'm seriously gonna puke![/quote]


Impressive resume, good one lol. Vinny is Snyder's hand puppet.

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[quote=FRPLG;410689]WTF? Impressive resume?

I have not been a Cerrato basher but only because I think I properly understood his role as being less than affective towards the onfield product. If this bump entails more onfield influence, and more importantly leads to rebuilding then I am very concerned about this.[/quote]

What do we know about Vinny's influence? I really don't know what I can blame him for, other than being on the payroll. Seems he's become a scapegoat simply because he's been here.