I made a couple of posts on Jason La Canfora's Redskin Insider blog today regarding, first, the hire of Jim Zorn as the new head coach, and second, the administrative structure of Redskin football operations.
Regarding the process of hiring Jim Zorn and the result:
(1) I was out of patience with the process. But I love the way it turned out. And I believe Snyder's story. It helps that Gibbs verifies that story, and surely you don't believe Gibbs would lie about it... whatever you think about Snyder. Cerrato really liked Zorn, from the combine on.
And Zorn was recommended by both Fassel and Williams. They thought they had found their offensive coordinator and not the head coach, because Zorn has only been a quarterbacks' coach before. Snyder said he would go through the process of interviewing all of the potential candidates thoroughly, and that took them beyond the Super Bowl to accomplish. I really think they were trying to find someone with some of Gibbs' better characteristics. It is said that after every interview, Cerrato said 'Zorn'. Snyder told Gibbs that Zorn would make a great head coach. If they were really taken with him, one could easily see why they'd go through the whole interview process weighing him against everyone else on their list. They had to do that, because he is inexperienced. I'm ultimately pleased with what they've done, and I, like they, hope it turns out well. As Zorn said, it's up to him now to earn our respect. But like many fans, I'm behind him and want him to do well.
(2) And in reaction to one fan's complaint that there seemed to be a contradiction in saying that Cerrato was in charge of football operations, but then saying at the press conference for Zorn that the head coach has final say over the roster:
Why the demand for an absolute hierarchy? If you don't trust Cerrato absolutely, you should be happy. This was the structure that Gibbs put in place: people actually working together. Cerrato supervises the personnel department and makes recommendations, but doesn't cram them down the coaches' throats. Why should Blache have a player on defense that he doesn't think would fit? Why should Zorn have anyone on the team that he doesn't think would fit. Shouldn't they have veto power, and the power to make recommendations as well? Shouldn't a grown group of men be able to go into a meeting and come to a consensus? Why is this so hard to accept?
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