Zorn Tries to Lure His Old Friend
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Jim Zorn appears to be a man of his word. Back when he and old teammate Sherman Smith were both young assistant coaches, they used to joke that if one of them became a head coach, he'd hire the other one was his offensive coordinator. Now that Zorn has come from nowhere to become the Redskins head coach, he's living up to his word by talking to Smith about the offensive coordinator job. "I ...
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Published 2/13/2008 by Skin Patrol <info@hogshaven.com> at Hogs Haven
... , that Zorn has already demonstrated an amount of control over the hiring position that certainly doesn't gel with my initial reaction to the hire, that being this was merely a Dan Snyder puppet coach. This will be especially true if the team lands Sherman Smith (for better or worse, more on him here) because, though puppet coaches may get to pick some of their positional coaches, they certainly don't get to pick their offensive coordinators. I would've predicted that the OC came directly from Snyder, perhaps someone who was on the short list when Zorn got the job. That doesn't ...
