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Moving the Chains: Fassel: Coaching with Ravens a 'mistake'
In a radio interview today, Jim Fassel called taking a coordinator position with the Ravens a mistake and a significant reason why he hasn't landed another head coaching job. Fassel was speaking with Mike and the Mad Dog of WFAN in New York. Click here to listen to the entire interview. Fassel, who was passed over for the Redskins' head coaching job, was asked why he's had such a difficult ...
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Jim Fassel: Ravens Stint Costing Me Shot at Head Coaching Jobs
FanHouse — ... there appeared to be a pretty good chance that someone finally would. Fassel met with Redskins owner Daniel Snyder several times and, after being a finalist before Joe Gibbs got the job in 2004, seemed like a good bet to become Washington's next head coach. The 'Skins hired the inexperienced Jim Zorn, though, and Fassel was again left without a chair when the music stopped. He's pretty sure the six games he spent as Ravens offensive coordinator in 2006 are the reason why. "My biggest mistake was going to Baltimore. That was the ...

Now we'll play a little game I call...
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog — ... How bout Jim Fassel as a washed up media liability? How bout Jim Fassel was the best head coaching candidate in the bunch. I feel bad for Jim, he is clearly wallowing and now going all the way back to regret taking the Baltimore offense coordinator position for Briam Billick. How bout both those guys get another shot in the league. ...

Empire Building With Jim Fassel
Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos — Did you know that if you're an empire, you create your own reality when you act? That's a little nugget from the Bush administration courtesy of The One Percent Doctrine. Jim Fassel's taken that to heart and decided to do the reverse and create an empire by creating his own reality on talk radio. Fassel spoke to Mike and the Mad Dog on WFAN and explained why he's been unable to get a head coaching job. "My biggest mistake was going to Baltimore," Fassel said. "That was the biggest mistake. I don’t think I needed to do that ...

Jim Fassel, Jim Zorn, and "Glib"
D.C. Sports Bog — ... I guess it's possible that I was just wrong and that other, less loaded definitions exist. Anyhow, Fassel also says taking the job with the Ravens was his " biggest mistake ," and tells the Daily News that he interviewed Zorn for 90 minutes when he was thinking of adding him to his Redskins staff, which is weird, if nothing else. Meantime, Seattle columnist Art Thiel ...

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