Maybe Vinny Cerrato isn't the Anti-Christ

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Defensewins,

(1) What decisions that Vinny made do you disagree with so strongly?
(2) What personnel on our roster who received SB of at least $5M do you think we should not have picked up?
(3) What makes you so certain that Vinny didn't get Gibbs excited about Campbell? Are you just speculating?

I certainly understand if you are pissed about the Redskins recent history, but I have no idea why the blame for our poor record lays at Vinny's feet.

As for San Fran, I believe they had a damn good record during Vinny's tenure.

the Redskins are now 39-51 in seasons in which Vinny Cerrato has had an influence in the front office (excluding 1999, when the roster was set before Snyder took over, and 2001, the Martyball year when Vinny was banished to ESPNews.

Below is from a Washington Time Article by David Elfin that gives a little background of Vinny C's during his SF days, just so you do not think I am making this stuff up.


"San Francisco's drafts became noticeably less productive after Cerrato was promoted to director of player personnel in 1995. The defending Super Bowl champions traded their first-round picks in 1995 and 1996 to move up to select receiver J.J. Stokes, who took three seasons to prove his worth. And while receiver Terrell Owens, a third-rounder in 1996, has become a star, that year's second-rounder, Israel Ifeanyi, was a bust, as is quarterback Jim Druckenmiller, the first-rounder from 1997.....
Other than Owens, 1997 third-rounder Greg Clark and 1998 top choice R.W. McQuarters are the 49ers' only other sure starters from Cerrato's final four drafts. In contrast, the Redskins' drafts from 1995 to 1998 under the much-criticized Charley Casserly yielded 10 projected starters for 1999. And yet, Snyder is replacing Casserly -- who resigned yesterday effective Sept. 3 -- with Cerrato.....
The Redskins had a respected general manager, Charley Casserly, whose astute moves set the 'Skins up to get the second and third picks in the last draft. But Snyder didn't like Casserly, so he fired him and hired Vinny Cerrato, who had undermined the San Francisco 49ers as their player personnel director. The salary cap gets the blame for most of the 49ers' problems, but an equal problem was their poor drafting during Cerrato's time, highlighted (lowlighted?) by his push for QB Jim Druckenmiller in the first round of the 1997 draft. The slow-moving and slow-thinking Druckenmiller was woefully unsuited for the 49ers' offensive system and was dumped by the team before the start of the '99 season....
The quality of San Francisco's free agent signees under Cerrato also slipped ...with cornerback Antonio Langham and defensive end Gabe Wilkins failing to match the productivity of previous arrivals.... "

Does this sound familiar? Bad drafts. Bad FA signings? Bad W-L record.
Same shit..different team!
You still want to keep this guy? Why?