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Originally Posted by Skinny Tee
This may seem like another Zorn thread but this is asking an underlying question that I haven't seen asked or discussed.
Jim Zorn was hired as a first time ever head coach last year. He started his rookie coaching stint and led our team to 8-8. In only his second year of coaching...
How is it that our 2nd year head coach is on the Hot Seat?
Now I'm not making excuses for him, nor do I think that he has been showing his coaching worth as of late but the question begs...How is firing him even a consideration at this point? Zorn is in his 2nd year of head coaching for the first time in his career. What expectations were there of this rookie head coach and were they realistic?
Zorn has barely seen his initial rookie player class play in their second year in the NFL. Would you contemplate cutting D. Thomas, M. Kelly or F. Davis around now because they didn't look good?...No, because there wouldn't be an realistic expectation of them necessarily doing well.
What are the REALISTIC expectations currently being placed on Zorn and was there ever a REALISTIC possibility of success given the parameters that Zorn held being hired as the head coach of the Washington Redskins?
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He's on the hot seat because of Danny Synder's past history.
He's also on the hot seat because there is an unsual amount of talented superbowl winning HC coaches available.
Billick, Cowher, Holmgren and Shanahan all have superbowl championship rings.
Holmgren was the architect of the Seattle's WCO that Zorn knows and is installing here.
Shanahan is a veteran in the WCO with the Broncos and goes all the way back to his days as an OC with the 49ers w/ Joe Montana/Steve Young and Jerry Rice.
Zorn is like an associate instructor in the WCO these guys are like the Dean's of the WCO.
As much as i like Zorn and want him to succeed, there is no doubt in my mind that Holmgren or Shanahan could come in here right know and not change a thing except take over playcalling and we would win more games.
The question is are we gonna let Zorn grow and be pateint or are we gonna swicth HC and hope that the change doesn't set us back?