[sportscurmudgeon]

I have been in the same room with Vinny Carrato precisely one time and I believe the only words I spoke to him were "Nice to meet you; good luck this year." So, I have no basis to like or dislike him.


I do not subscribe to the idea that he is a great evaluator of college or pro talent. While I agree it is too early to dclare last year's draft a disaster, it is highly dissappointing that only ONE of the draftees/undrafted free agents made significant contributions on Sundays.


[Someone said that if the Skins were not running a WCO then they might have found Desean Jackson useful. Excuse me, but the Eagles run the WCO too. Andy Reid worked with Bill Walsh and Mike Holmgren on the offensive side of the ball; his ideas and Jim Zorn's ideas about offense are far more similar than they are different.]


Here is what I really would want to see happen. I want Vinnie to stop with his radio program twice a week. I did a little bit if radio many years ago - - probably before half the folks on this board were born - - and you don't do a two-hour radio program by showing up 15 minutes before the light goes on and just start talking. (Smootsmack can provide some current insight here.)


Vinnie's most important job is to evaluate talent - - talent he should try to get on the Redskins' roster. Vinnie's fifty-ninth most important job is to do a two-hour radio show twice a week. He is not evaluating talent when he is on the radio or when he is prepping for his radio show.


Yes, I know that some coaches and GMs have radio shows besides Vinnie. But just because someone else does it does not make it the best thing to do. I suspect your Mom told you that a time or two when you were growing up...