What must Jim Zorn accomplish this season to keep his job?

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Norv is barely scraping by in a division that features the Raiders and Chiefs (who should be improved over the next few years). I don't know what kind of coach he is now, but as I've said in the past I was around him a lot his last three years here and he was so clueless and had absolutely no control of the team.

As for Zorn, he needs to finish with a winning record and probably a playoff appearance (maybe even a win) to stay

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Norv is barely scraping by in a division that features the Raiders and Chiefs (who should be improved over the next few years). I don't know what kind of coach he is now, but as I've said in the past I was around him a lot his last three years here and he was so clueless and had absolutely no control of the team.

As for Zorn, he needs to finish with a winning record and probably a playoff appearance (maybe even a win) to stay

A former player (WR) who joined the Redskins later in his career told me that Turner was a great offensive mind who was completely overmatched as a head coach. He said Norv was way too timid and nice of a guy to be a head coach but he would always be a great coordinator.

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Originally Posted by Paintrain

A former player (WR) who joined the Redskins later in his career told me that Turner was a great offensive mind who was completely overmatched as a head coach. He said Norv was way too timid and nice of a guy to be a head coach but he would always be a great coordinator.

Way overmatched. He has never been able to control his players, not in Washington, from what Jerry Rice has said-not in Oakland, and who knows about San Diego. He couldn't multi-task, had limited knowledge of what any unit beyond offense (and really just the passing game) was doing. It's one thing to delegate, like Gibbs did. But at least Gibbs was involved and aware of what was happening across the entire team. Norv was Spurrier-esque in his involvement, or lack thereof. He had no sense of what it meant to "rally the troops" or other intangible qualities necessary to be a head coach. He lost a lot of respect, what little he still had, when he barely gave Westbrook a slap on the wrist after the Stephen Davis incident. He let several veteran superstars (Hall of Famers) walk all over him, and in many cases divide the locker room. Honestly, he and Spurrier were just totally clueless. The difference was that Spurrier didn't seem to care. I think Norv cared but just was way in over his head. Maybe he's improved now, but he was a total joke here.

I hope Zorn doesn't follow the same path.