Steve Largent rips Snyder's handling of the team

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

It's one thing to be patient, it's another to just let a mess continue. Keeping Zorn (and Vinny) around much longer is just letting a mess continue.

Additionally, I think if Snyder had less patience either Williams or Fassel would be our head coach but instead he put it in VC's hands to go through a process and be the one to select our head coach. This process it turns out included vindictiveness and has turned rather disastrous for us.

Wait SS I thought Snyder and Williams didn't get along, and when it became clear (after like 4 interviews) they couldn't work together then came the search for a different HC? I mean the way you phrased it here sort of sounds like Snyder might have gone w/ Williams if Cerrato's involvement had been less or different?

...not knowing much about Snyder prior to his ownership, do you have any intuition how a "media" guy can be so clueless about shaping an image? I mean whatever reputation he had is sinking like lead...and the stunts w/ Zorn over the last couple weeks only worsen the image, right? How does the dude not see what everyone else in football sees?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by The Goat

Wait SS I thought Snyder and Williams didn't get along, and when it became clear (after like 4 interviews) they couldn't work together then came the search for a different HC? I mean the way you phrased it here sort of sounds like Snyder might have gone w/ Williams if Cerrato's involvement had been less or different?

Yeah there's no question in my mind if Cerrato wasn't there or wasn't given so much authority then Williams may have been our HC, and if not him then definitely Fassel. I mean I don't think Snyder and Williams are great friends or anything but they could have worked together. Cerrato was the issue for Williams (and Williams for Cerrato), ditto with Fassel. And Snyder took Cerrato's side.

...not knowing much about Snyder prior to his ownership, do you have any intuition how a "media" guy can be so clueless about shaping an image? I mean whatever reputation he had is sinking like lead...and the stunts w/ Zorn over the last couple weeks only worsen the image, right? How does the dude not see what everyone else in football sees?

I don't think he's naive to what's going on, and I expect he'll make serious changes this off-season

[SouperMeister]

After reading this, a part of me almost wants to see Philly embarrass us Monday night. Zorn is gone, even if he by some miracle gets us to 8-8. We need a historically bad season to get Snyder to see that his blueprint for building a winner is an utter failure. I believe that only a 3 or 4 win season will force Snyder to fire Cerrato and consider giving control to a top flight GM.

[Luxorreb]

I love that Largent told more of the story. Knowing Cerrato and Snyder pulled out the contract language on Zorn is simply ridiculous. No respect for them and their dealings. As 12thMan states things will never change as long as we have Cerrato in DC. He must go.

[MTK]

I really doubt Cowher would come here. Pat Kirwan on NFL radio yesterday said he thinks Cowher is going to be really picky and will be looking for a Pittsburgh-like situation to fall into. Meaning, wacked out unstable teams like the Skins and Cowboys are out of the picture.

[SBXVII]

Hmmm, also this coming from a former player who although had decent personal stats, played on a team that sucked for the most part until Holmgren came along.

[Bandwagon]

Thsi may be our only solution:

washingtonpost.com

[firstdown]

"[Zorn] inherited everything that he has to work with today and yet all the blame is being laid on his feet because he can't make them a Super Bowl champion, which I could have told you two years ago, they don't have a Super Bowl-quality team," Largent told KJR radio. "And so it doesn't matter how good a coach you have, you are not going to get there with the players the owner gives you.

No one has asked Zorn to win the SB this year we just want him to win a game against teams with a 0 win record. IF he could have done that we would be sitting at 5/1 and he would not be in this situation. Yes I know his players play the game but come on we have enough talent to have that record.