Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:25 am EDT
I apologize, Redskins fans. I'm really not trying to pile on your team here,
but the shots at owner Dan Snyder just keep coming, and they're landing too
squarely to ignore. This
time, it's John Riggins's turn, and he's going for the jugular.
"This is almost a hostage situation. This franchise has been taken hostage by someone who has the mindset of a child. Because everything revolves around them, and it's going to be difficult until that mental adjustment is made; that adjustment in personality. But that's going to be a lot of sessions on the couch with somebody."
If you missed some of the earlier festivities from Kick Daniel Snyder Where It Hurts Week, check out these comments from John Kent Cooke, and these from Steve Largent. The last 48 hours have had to be pretty tough for Dan Snyder.
One odd little thing about the situation in Washington is that Jim Zorn's become almost sort of a martyr now. If Snyder had fired him two weeks ago, public sentiment would've been, "Good, that guy's a loser. Wait until the off-season when we get some big name coach in here!"
But by waiting, and then bringing in Sherm Lewis to take away his playcalling duties (or, as Riggo describes the process, "castrating Zorn, one teste at a time"), Snyder's turned Zorn into a sympathetic figure. Over the last week or so, it really feels like the hatred has shifted significantly from Zorn to Snyder.
Riggo did it in his radio spot, and Largent and the host of he show in Seattle did it yesterday: The feeling for Zorn right now is sympathy. The feeling for Snyder seems to be universal, intense contempt.
Gracias, The Huddle.
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Profit does not equal wins...
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Nope. We the fans have known for years that there is a deeper rooted problem that is called Snyderrato. We know we can't get rid of Snyder, so we hope, scream, yell and write to fire Cerrato. We knew before Zorn was HC that the front office was going to make it hard on any coach. Zorn hasn't been able to overcome the personnel problems, but who could? We won't know what he could do with a decent roster.
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This is ALL of Cerratos mess. He pushed to hire a WCO( West Coast Offense) coach and he pretty much blew an entire draft in order to draft receivers for that system (has anyone mentioned we could have picked up at least 2 offensive linemen with those pick??). The problem has Cerratos fingerprints all over it. When Gibbs retired, he left a team that had just went to the playoffs, and rather than keep continuity and hire the man Gibbs picked for the job, he hires a coach with a totally different offensive system. So this is Cerratos mess and he is the one who needs to accept the blame.
Fans are now fed up with management and you cannot ever give away tickets. I will bet you that unless Cerrato is fired, alot of fed up season ticket holders will not be renewing next year.
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Snyder deserves to face the truth, one ex-NFL'er at a time.
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Hail Ineptitude!
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