Who is to blame for the Washington Redskins mess?
The Washington Redskins are 2-3 so many might view their situation as dire, but their two wins came at the expense of two winless clubs and this is a team in crisis. Head Coach Jim Zorn has the appearance of a coach just playing out his string waiting to be fired, and for the amount of payroll on this team; they should at least be contenders.
However it seems their owner, Daniel Snyder, has not a clue how to run a NFL team.
Snyder routinely treat the Redskins like his own personal Fantasy team. Instead of building up a corps of young talent he goes out each off season and picks up the most expensive free agent he can find. He has vastly overpaid for his players, and has passed on the expense of those signings to his fan base.
This team tried to hire Jim Fassel twice, once in 2004 before Joe Gibbs was lured out of retirement, and again following Gibbs’ second retirement. Fassel wanted Jim Zorn to be his Offensive coordinator, and was also interested in hiring Rex Ryan to be his Defensive coordinator. After news leaked that Fassel was the man for the job, many were particularly negative about the hiring. Due to contractual obligations only Zorn was able to interview to be on the staff so Snyder made him his head coach. Fassel Went on to take a job with the UFL, and that may just be the best decision, he ever made.
Zorn simply wasn’t ready to be a NFL head coach. The proof of that, beyond their record seems to be the fat that last Sunday this team had a tackle playing guard, and a guard playing tackle. This team also gave up five sacks and only gained 198 yards to the hapless Carolina Panthers. Zorn cannot manage the game; they blew their last timeout Sunday with 8 minutes still left to play.
