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Redskins Players Push Management to Publicly Back Zorn
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Report: Players want Washington Redskins to endorse Jim Zorn
Report: Players want Washington Redskins to endorse Jim Zorn
sports.espn.go.com — With uncertainty surrounding their coach, some Redskins players would like the team to give the embattled Jim Zorn a public vote of confidence -- if it doesn't intend to fire him during the season. (more) Report: Players want Washington Redskins to endorse Jim Zorn
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Redskins players want front-office vote of confidence on head coach Zorn
NFL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports — ... Now three of the team's name players are anonymously telling the Washington Post that players want the front office to give Zorn that vote of confidence so they can all move ahead in the season together and not have to deal with the constant questioning. ...

Players Sticking it to Daniel Snyder
Stet Sports Blog — ... In a shocking turn of events, several members of the Washington NFL franchise are publicly stating their desire for ownership to give head coach Jim Zorn a vote of confidence. ...

Report: Skins players want Snyder to endorse Zorn
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — ... The Washington Post is reporting this morning that at least three prominent Redskins players would like management to publicly address coach Jim Zorn's job security. All three players asked for and were granted anonymity in order to comment on the situation. This comes a few days after cornerback ...

Redskins Players Want Jim Zorn, But Does Management?
No Guts, No Glory — ... the coach should be given a public vote of confidence so that players won't have to bear the responsibility each week of responding to speculation about their embattled coach. "I wish someone upstairs would just say he's going to be our coach for the season," said one of the players. "That way, we don't have to answer any more questions about it and everybody knows we're in this boat together." Have a feeling that this won't end well. Players Ask Management To Publicly Endorse Zorn (The Washington ...

Redskins want assurances they'll stink long-term
Stupid Sports Blog — ... Despite a 10-11 record in 1-plus seasons as head coach of the Washington Redskins, players have spoken out anonymously to say they want management to give Jim Zorn a vote of confidence. ...

Smoke Signals: The strain is showing
MVN RSS — ... Redskins players are [anonymously] asking for team management to publicly endorse Coach Jim Zorn thru the rest of this season. Read it. Of course, if the players really wanted to help Zorn, they'd do things like block decently and make easy tackles. Instead, they're courageously making demands of management without revealing their names. Oh, yeah -- this is one hell of a bunch of guys. Read it. ...

Redskins Players Enjoy Losing
BlitzNation — ... Washington Redskins players have told The Washington Post that they’re tired of answering questions about Jim Zorn and they want the front office, specifically owner Dan Snyder, to publicly endorse him as their head coach for the rest of the season. ...

Redskins want vote of confidence for Zorn
ProFootballTalk.com — ... in recent days, and the Washington Post sources three unnamed players Thursday who want a vote of confidence from the front office for coach Jim Zorn. "I wish someone upstairs would just say he's going to be our coach for the season," said one player. "That way, we don't have to answer any more questions about it and everybody knows we're in this boat together." VP of football operations Vinny Cerrato was given the chance to back Zorn on a conference call last week to introduce extra set of eyes coordinator Sherm Lewis, but Cerrato simply said that Zorn is the head coach. ...

Top 10 Things Cowboys Fans Can Do During the Bye Week
The Landry Hat | A Blog For Dallas Cowboys Fans — ... Vicks just in case. 3. Call Bill Cowher to see if he has any plans for next year. You know, just in case. 2. Leave Tony Romo ALONE. If you’re friends with him, leave him be. No calls, no text, no twitter, no smoke signals, nothing. The guy is probably a nervous wreck with all the scrutiny he’s been under from national media sources. He would be well-served by a weekend hunting or fishing with team mate Jason Witten. 1. Call Dan Snyder and laugh. Your players are calling for a vote of confidence in your coach, whose highest level of coaching was a quarterback coaching gig ...

Biggs: Zorn appreciates support of players
The National Football Post » Hot News and Rumors — Jim Zorn isn t looking for sympathy and he doesn t need his players to step forward and ask management for back for the embattled coach of the Washington Redskins. It was reported by the Washington Post this morning that at least a few prominent players had approached management about stepping forward and giving a vote of confidence for Zorn if he is not going to be fired during the season. Their thinking, according to the report, was that it could take some of the mounting pressure off a locker room that is facing intense scrutiny with the Redskins 2-3 and having dropped ...

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Rumors and Rants — ... The Redskins players want team management to publicly endorse Jim Zorn. I have a feeling that ain’t gonna happen - Washington Post ...

Jim Zorn can't get a vote of confidence, but Wade Phillips can
Shutdown Corner — ... The Washington Post reported this morning that three prominent Redskins players -- all of whom went unnamed -- wanted owner Dan Snyder to proclaim that head coach Jim Zorn is safe for the year. I don't think it's necessarily that they're dying for Zorn to remain coach; it's just that they're tired of the uncertainty. ...

The Dread Bye Week Post
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog — ... lump it? Thank the fans for their loyalty and ask for another? Accept even the possibility of a notion that they are not doing it right? Nope, their reaction was to tighten down. Displays of fan dissatisfaction and outrage were suppressed, the shadow general manager threw the coach under the bus with comments of handing him a playoff roster, this right after a vote of confidence in the coach that was more than a week after anonymous senior players asked for it in the media. The owner, clinging to a horseshit policy of not commenting ...

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