Washington Examiner: Ceratto and Zorn were almost fired together last season

[The Goat]

I mean it should be obvious terminating Cerrato is only half the task required to turning the Redskins ship around. The other half is Snyder completely turning the staff and roster over to the best GM willing to work for him...

...and I still say it's extremely unlikely to happen. Snyder prefers another toady GM and big name coach. I'll be shocked if a great coach works for him any time soon, so I expect him to settle for another toady GM and whoever will take the HC position.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Every year, Lucy would promise not to pull the football away from Charlie Brown. But she always did. It didn't matter how much Charlie Brown hoped and believed that she would not.


Now some folks here have hopes that Danny Boy is going to go through a total change of heart in the way he runs his franchise.


It could happen. But until it does, I am not going to race up and try to kick that football...

Memo to Danny Boy: Just do it!

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Every year, Lucy would promise not to pull the football away from Charlie Brown. But she always did. It didn't matter how much Charlie Brown hoped and believed that she would not.


Now some folks here have hopes that Danny Boy is going to go through a total change of heart in the way he runs his franchise.


It could happen. But until it does, I am not going to race up and try to kick that football...

Memo to Danny Boy: Just do it!

Good summary of what a lot of us fans are hoping for. Like JLC of the post has said, every summer DS says he's "learned" from his mistakes, yet we still see the huge fa signings, consultant bingo caller, etc.

Given the way this year is going, the fans are just not showing up at fedex. I wonder how much this year will hurt operating revenue? I wonder at what point the Danny, as a biz man, will realize that the team's monetary value has maxed out for a while & it's actually on a decline? Would he sell if it comes to that?

If Forbes drops that $1.6 billion no. I expect to see him do something.

[skinsguy]

The biggest problem with Daniel Snyder is that he thinks of this organization as a business first, and a football team second. When you own a professional sports team, you can't run it like any other business. You have to realize that it is a sports franchise, and to continue making money over each year, that sports franchise must win on a consistent basis and must win championships. Snyder pretty much has used the franchise to rape its fan base of as much money as possible. It could possibly be that such a crime is finally starting to catch up to him, unless Snyder wakes up and makes a change. The easiest thing he could to do is get rid of Vinny, and allow the new GM to clean house. Because the money eventually will dry up the way the organization is being run today. Sure, it's still very profitable, but those profits will diminish the more empty the stadium becomes on Sundays.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

The biggest problem with Daniel Snyder is that he thinks of this organization as a business first, and a football team second. When you own a professional sports team, you can't run it like any other business. You have to realize that it is a sports franchise, and to continue making money over each year, that sports franchise must win on a consistent basis and must win championships. Snyder pretty much has used the franchise to rape its fan base of as much money as possible. It could possibly be that such a crime is finally starting to catch up to him, unless Snyder wakes up and makes a change. The easiest thing he could to do is get rid of Vinny, and allow the new GM to clean house. Because the money eventually will dry up the way the organization is being run today. Sure, it's still very profitable, but those profits will diminish the more empty the stadium becomes on Sundays.

I'm not sure this accusation is accurate. If this were true, he would take a Kansas City Royals approach and hire the cheapest players regardless of team earnings...or a Marlins approach and shoot for a championship and dismantle the team immediately afterwards to save payroll. We have had a solid core of talented and expensive players for years and we're always trying to complement them. I believe Snyder really wants a winning team. Unfortunately, the man he's given roster move duties to is Vinny Cerrato.

[KLHJ2]

Zorn does not deserve to be fired, but that doesnt mean that is isn't going to be. In my mind he is a good coach who was brought into a bad situation. I think that the decision on Zorn should be determined by whoever the GM is after Cerrato gets the boot. I am kinda hoping that Holmgren gets that job. I think that he would have faith in Zorn and keep him around for a couple of more seasons to give him the opportunity to turn this thing around and clear his name.

As far as Snyder goes, he is not going to sell that team. I would just give up on that fairy tale right now and start hoping for more realistic things like giving Cerrato the boot and finally hring a GM.