Interesting Interview from Jason Reid in 106.7 Yesterday

[LATrueRedskin]

For anybody that didn't listen, Jason Reid was on the Mike Wise Show yesterday, and had a couple of things to say about this situation. Here's (http://www.cbssports.com/local/dc/podcasts/mike-wise-show) the link to listen to the podcast itself, but here are some tidbits:

1.) Said he spoke to Steve Largent on his own, and has multiple sources that confirm Zorn was given an ultimatum to either give up the play calling or be fired. Said Cerrato's statement that this was never the case is a lie in his opinion (not the Washington Post's official opinion).

2.) Said the players have big concerns about Sherm Lewis calling the plays.

3.) Said there are people within the organization that are purposefully making Zorn's life difficult in order to force him out.

4.) Said a lot of players don't think Zorn is a good playcaller, but don't think he should be treated this way. They like him very much as a man.

5.) Said the current situation (in his opinion) is actually worse than it seems. Said this was, by far, the most dysfunctional situation he has ever covered as a journalist. Said "exponentially, leaps and bounds worse."

Said the situation with the Dodgers (whom he covered before) was bad, but the people running it were good people, just clueless. Said he doesn't get the same feeling here (again, in his opinion).

6.) Said mutliple sources have told him that Snyder hasn't fired Zorn because he doesn't want to pay him. Said Snyder didn't want to pay Gregg Williams when he left.

7.) Said Snyder was asked by the league office to slow down, "look at more people, be patient" during the Zorn hiring process, and it was presented by Snyder as "We know better than you do" regarding hiring Zorn.

8.) Said sources told him Snyder feels Zorn is making him look ridiculous.

Throughout the piece, Reid stressed that a lot was his opinion, not the official position of the Washington Post.

[CarMike]

3.) Said there are people within the organization that are purposefully making Zorn's life difficult in order to force him out.

Not surprised. thanks for the link LATR.

[SkinsfaninNJ]

Thanks for the info and I look forward to the podcast. I'm not so sure about Reid. I think he writes (or in this case interviews) more to shock than to inform. I prefer JLC to Reid so far.

[LadyNRedskinsfan]

Thanks for the info and I look forward to the podcast. I'm not so sure about Reid. I think he writes (or in this case interviews) more to shock than to inform. I prefer JLC to Reid so far.
Thats like picking which arm to choose to cut off. :doh:

[Biggie]

8.) Said sources told him Snyder feels Zorn is making him look ridiculous.
I hope that's true.

[BurgundyNGold]

8.) Said sources told him Snyder feels Zorn is making him look ridiculous.
He's blaming Zorn when he's the one who hired Zorn and he's the one who has made this franchise a laughing stock over the past decade? This is Exhibit "A" of how Snyder still doesn't get it. Ego defense is a powerful thing and even moreso in a megalomaniac.

[LATrueRedskin]

He's blaming Zorn when he's the one who hired Zorn and he's the one who has made this franchise a laughing stock over the past decade? This is Exhibit "A" of how Snyder still doesn't get it. Ego defense is a powerful thing and even moreso in a megalomaniac.

Agreed. I don't know where Snyder is in his mind to justify that feeling. He has no sense of reality.

[skinsfan36]

gesh this is cray.we dont deserve this as fans

[bigcmr]

Snyder you are a clown

[BigTex]

8.) Said sources told him Snyder feels Zorn is making him look ridiculous.


Little Danny does a pretty good job all by himself on that one.

[BigTex]

I'm going to say that I actually feel pretty bad for Zorn. Look the man shouldn't have been named our head coach, but to be treated like what's being reported is just awful and far beyond the boundary of human decency. Snyder is an egomaniacal clown who is dragging our beloved team to new depths I never, ever thought I'd see it taken to in my lifetime.

[SpicyMcHaggis]

All Snyder needs to look ridiculous is to wake up in the morning. He certainly doesn't need Zorn to make him look that way.

[WarEagle]

I'm going to say that I actually feel pretty bad for Zorn. Look the man shouldn't have been named our head coach, but to be treated like what's being reported is just awful and far beyond the boundary of human decency. Snyder is an egomaniacal clown who is dragging our beloved team to new depths I never, ever thought I'd see it taken to in my lifetime.

MNF storyline alert. Really bad P.R.for the org, since Zorn is universally well-liked and fondly remembered by most NFL fans as a hero of their youth. Play calling skills be damned! :(

[joethefan]

I can deal with 1-7 but number 8 is truely a lie....LOL

[hail2skins]

8.) Said sources told him Snyder feels Zorn is making him look ridiculous.
I hope that's true.Didn't he feel ridiculous when he hired him? He should have since everyone else told him no.

[Hr fan]

The silver lining to this cloud is that the problem is now known league wide to be danny, not just his butt-boy vinnie. The dark cloud part, much bigger, is that getting rid of vinnie will not solve the problem. Also, whether true or not, the perception that he is trying to force Zorn to quit to avoid paying him is enough to preclude any competent fo people or coaching staff comming here.

[BurgundyNGold]

The silver lining to this cloud is that the problem is now known league wide to be danny, not just his butt-boy vinnie. The dark cloud part, much bigger, is that getting rid of vinnie will not solve the problem. Also, whether true or not, the perception that he is trying to force Zorn to quit to avoid paying him is enough to preclude any competent fo people or coaching staff comming here.
Apparently, "league wide" it has been know for some time that Danny is the problem. That notion only just recently been gaining converts in DC and among Redskin fans on a large scale. That's where we have to hope the damage happens.

Just like in politics, if Danny's base (Redskin Nation) gets sufficiently eroded, he will not be able to survive.

[cal_junior]

The dark cloud part, much bigger, is that getting rid of vinnie will not solve the problem.

I'm not sure this is necessarily true.

If Danny hires a GM with a sparkling resume - something with enough gravitas where he can tell the little guy he won't take the gig without having final say on free agency and the draft - and gets out of the way for 5 years I think the team will be fine.

The reason why, IMO, Cerato is absolutely the problem is that Danny has him there as a figure head so he can be the actual GM.

If Danny starts writing checks and getting out of his own way I think it's certainly realistic the commissioner could hand him a Lombardi Trophy or two in the next decade.

[BurgundyNGold]

I'm not sure this is necessarily true.

If Danny hires a GM with a sparkling resume - something with enough gravitas where he can tell the little guy he won't take the gig without having final say on free agency and the draft - and gets out of the way for 5 years I think the team will be fine.

The reason why, IMO, Cerato is absolutely the problem is that Danny has him there as a figure head so he can be the actual GM.

If Danny starts writing checks and getting out of his own way I think it's certainly realistic the commissioner could hand him a Lombardi Trophy or two in the next decade.
That's a big "if".

I think, like Jerry Jones, he might be able to do that in spurts (Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells) but he'll always come back to center more often than not. In fact, Danny hasn't shown the ability to do this at all. He only handled the reigns over to Marty for 1 year.

I just don't think that the same ego that has to be seen hobnobbing with Tom Cruise out at midfield would be content to merely sit in the background and be successful.

[cal_junior]

That's a big "if".

I think, like Jerry Jones, he might be able to do that in spurts (Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells) but he'll always come back to center more often than not. In fact, Danny hasn't shown the ability to do this at all. He only handled the reigns over to Marty for 1 year.

I just don't think that the same ego that has to be seen hobnobbing with Tom Cruise out at midfield would be content to merely sit in the background and be successful.

Perhaps. I guess the optimist in me is hoping that after so many years of Frerotting his head against the wall, he'll decide winning someone else's way is better than losing on his own.

[BurgundyNGold]

Perhaps. I guess the optimist in me is hoping that after so many years of Frerotting his head against the wall, he'll decide winning someone else's way is better than losing on his own.
Me too, of course.

Well, actually, what I'm really hoping for is for an F5 tornado to strike wherever he happens to be and only there, sending him off to Oz. Or even for the dude that played Michael on Lost grow his dreadlocks back out, get in a wheelchair and take him to the other Oz. Either way I'm happy.

Absent those things happening, I'd like to see recede into the background, sign the checks and be content with being the puppetmaster whose teams perform well. I just don't think he can do it. If, by some miracle, he can pull it off for a short while, he will never be able to do it for any length of time with any consistency.