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Zorn climbs back up off the mat
Redskins vs. Eagles
Date published: 10/26/2009 By RICH CAMPBELL BY RICH CAMPBELL ASHBURN --It seemed like old times when Jim Zorn stepped to the microphone after practice Saturday afternoon. He noticed a reporter wearing a college football jersey and began to banter. The conversation eventually wandered to the neon-green jerseys the Seattle Seahawks wore last month. Zorn voiced his strong disapproval. Everyone laughed, and for a moment Zorn's burden in this disappointing season seemed nonexistent.It was the type of light-hearted moment that couldn't have occurred 48 hours earlier. Until the Redskins said on Friday that Zorn will be their head coach for the rest of the season, tension marred most of his interactions with reporters. The quirky, outgoing leader who became a media darling during last year's 6-2 start was replaced by a weary persona. The weight of failure was apparent on his face and in his words. Tonight's game against the Philadelphia Eagles could have been his last, but it won't be unless Vinny Cerrato, executive vice president of football operations, goes back on his word (and what's stopping him?). So Zorn will carry on for the time being, hoping to salvage some positivity amid his deep disappointment about being stripped of play-calling duties and the uncertainty about his long-term future. "Any time you have some responsibilities taken from you, it has to disappoint you," offensive coordinator Sherman Smith said. "But he has handled it well. He has come in with great energy, given great direction to the team. It's normal. If I said, 'It doesn't bother him at all, man,' you would say, 'Come on, now.' It would disappoint any of us. He's human." Zorn became a something of a sympathetic character as the Redskins nose-dived during the last month. Job security replaced football as the primary topic of his press conferences, yet he gritted his teeth and answered, sometimes with his teenage son watching from the back of the room.
Date published: 10/26/2009
Can't Wait
(posted by
OnToptheCage
, Oct. 26, 2009 9:20 am)
It's going to be interesting to what happens after the booskins
get destroyed tonight. Word to anybody going to the game
tonight, bring your stomping boots because there is going to be
some serious brawls breaking out. When will this mindless
owner wake up. DAMDAN!
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