NY Sally...bah! Cut and paste from any of her previous articles. She should get her facts straight though:
1) "The most damning anecdote I've heard yet about Snyder came this week from his former player-confidante LaVar Arrington, who described how Snyder would stand outside the locker room and shake hands with players when they won, but glared and declined to offer a hand when they lost. "
LaVar...I'm sure he's got no axe to grind.
2) "Now, surely Zorn has better things to do than to explain the elementary and the obvious to his owner: They don't have an effective offensive line or a pass rush."
Maybe she should read some of our write-ups before she makes such inaccurate blanket statements.
3) He is personally responsible for naming Vinny Cerrato, a proven failure, executive vice president of football operations, for the Redskins' lack of core strength, for their inability to power the ball in the red zone, which is thanks to his decade of neglect of the interior lines in favor of big free agent signings.
Here's Cerrato's resume, hardly a "failure".
Notre Dame
Before the NFL, Cerrato served as the football recruiting coordinator under
Lou Holtz at the
University of Notre Dame. During that time, the Irish played in four Bowl games and won the 1988 NCAA National Championship.
49ers
Cerrato was with the
San Francisco 49ers for nine seasons. He joined San Francisco in 1991 as the Director of College Scouting, helping to draft players including
Ted Washington,
Ricky Watters,
Dana Stubblefield and
Bryant Young. In
1994, he was part of the
Super Bowl XXIX Championship team. In 1995, Cerrato was promoted to Director of Player Personnel, overseeing all college scouting and draft activities as well as pro scouting of NFL players and opponents.
Cerrato has only been formally in charge since the 2008 off-season. Hardly enough time to be judged a "failure".
As to "Core strength" if she's meaning quality of players through the middle of the field. Landry, Fletcher, Haynesworth, Griff, Portis come to mind (Rabach & Campbell are at worst average). If she's talking streghth of the lines: Samuels (Pro Bowl), Dock (solid FA, reasonable price), Rabach (solid), Rinehart (inexperienced, but no glaring defeciencies), Heyer (young, raw, but solid). Orakpo (best defensive player in draft), Haynesworth (Pro Bowl), Griff, aging but solid, AC (struggling).
Her assessment of not running inside the Red Zone is way off and has nothing to do with "neglecting the interior lines". Dock, Rabach and Thomas were all solid FA signings. Rinehart and Montgomery have shown promise. We've discussed the run scheme quite a bit, maybe she should read here before writing trash.
Didn't Snyder hire Joe Gibbs in 2004 and cede complete control to him? I guess she forgot 2004-2007 while wallowing in her Snyder bashing Imaginationland.
4) And how long can all of them keep fighting for Zorn when no one in the front office will step forward and preach real loyalty, by publicly declaring, "This is our coach and the path we're on."
Ah yes, the "vote of confidence" is just what we need right now.
5) But somehow it seems more important given the nature of the NFL, a business in which men sacrifice their bodies and futures weekly for the good of the organization...
And here I thought the players were getting paid (pretty damn good last I checked) to do a job, that most anyone would love to do.
6) Snyder declined an interview request Wednesday, but hopefully in the near future he will make clear his vision for a better future for the organization.
After all the trash NY Sally has written about Snyder and the Skins over the years, if I was Snyder I wouldn't give that b***h the time of day either.
I think hooskins summed it up best...F you Sally.