ZORN HIRE ALL ABOUT VINNY?

Big Blue View found this 2/11/2008 on beta.profootballtalk.com [flag]

There’s a theory making the rounds in league circles that the promotion of offensive coordinator Jim Zorn to head coach in Washington has more to do with Vinny Cerrato than it did with Zorn. As the theory goes, Zorn was deemed to be the least likely of the candidates to challenge Cerrato’s authority as the new [...] [link]

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Fassel jilted, but ends up better off
Published 2/11/2008 by ETVal <info@bigblueview.com> at Big Blue View
... Pro Football Talk adds to the theory that the hiring of Zorn instead of Fassel is all about getting a yes man as Washington's head coach, someone simply grateful to have the job. ...

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