Randall Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Largent rips Redskins for Zorn treatment Hall of Fame receiver Steve Largent said during a radio interview Tuesday that Redskins coach Jim Zorn considered resigning when owner Daniel... By Seattle Times news services Jim Zorn is in his second year as Redskins coach. Hall of Fame receiver Steve Largent said during a radio interview Tuesday that Redskins coach Jim Zorn considered resigning when owner Daniel Snyder decided Zorn would no longer call Washington's plays. Largent, who caught passes from his old friend for the Seahawks between 1976 and 1984, ripped the Redskins and Snyder during an interview on KJR radio, saying he believed Snyder's decision was an attempt to force Zorn's resignation. A story about the interview was posted on ESPN.com. Zorn did consider resigning, Largent said, but ultimately decided not to quit on the team. "Yes, he did consider it, and no, he did not want to give up those responsibilities," Largent told KJR, "but they went to the point of pulling out his contract and saying, 'You have got to do whatever the owner tells you to do.' ... "But in my opinion, and this is just totally my opinion — Jim has never said this, never implied this — I think what [owner] Daniel Snyder was trying to do was to force Jim to resign so he was not liable for his contract any longer. And Jim is just not going to do that." Largent said he speaks to Zorn just about every day. "[Zorn] inherited everything that he has to work with today and yet all the blame is being laid on his feet because he can't make them a Super Bowl champion, which I could have told you two years ago, they don't have a Super Bowl-quality team," Largent said. "And so it doesn't matter how good a coach you have, you are not going to get there with the players the owner gives you. "I know it's frustrating for Jim. He is making the best of it." Former longtime NFL assistant Sherman Lewis, recently hired as a consultant, has been tasked with calling plays for the Redskins (2-4) for their Monday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles. "I think it will be humbling and it will be embarrassing, but not for Jim," Largent said. "I think it's humbling and embarrassing for the Redskins and the Redskins owner and management that made the decision. "To think that you can bring a guy in from a retirement center who is pulling out Ping-Pong balls in the bingo games — and literally, that is what he was doing in Detroit — bring him down here for two weeks and say, 'You are going to call the plays for the next game against the Philadelphia Eagles, a division opponent, on "Monday Night Football," ' and think that is going to be successful, that is a joke." Zorn said Wednesday: "I need to have composure. I need to understand what the reality of the situation is, and I think our players expect me to rise up. We expect them to play under adverse conditions. We expect them to risk it all. ... I'm conscious of what's going on. I'm not naive about what's going on, and yet I have to just hold back on any feelings and make the decisions." Zorn said Lewis "doesn't know the protections" and "doesn't know the blitz schemes." Said backup quarterback Todd Collins: "It is unsettling. I've never gone through this before. I've never had a play caller get changed in the middle of the season." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawks21 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I believe the entire interview can be heard at kjram.com if anyone is interested. The thing to me is that I don't think Zorn had ever called plays before becoming a head coach. I know he never called plays during his time in Seattle. He is still new at it and had been learning on the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Zorn lost that team the instant he went with the ol "Hip hip horray!" in the lockerroom post game a while back. I dont recall the significance of the game, but I vividly remember thinking "Who in the blue hell says that anymore?!?" I am sure his players loved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Pimp Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Didn't the Skins sign him as the OC first and then bump him up to HC? To me none of this is Zorn's fault and all of it is on the front office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Didn't the Skins sign him as the OC first and then bump him up to HC? To me none of this is Zorn's fault and all of it is on the front office. Yes and he had no experience in either job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Snyder . . . a mix of late years Jerry Jones and Al Davis. Obama shouldn't socialize healthcare, he should nationalize the 'Skins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Didn't the Skins sign him as the OC first and then bump him up to HC? To me none of this is Zorn's fault and all of it is on the front office. That's unpossible. Snyder is brilliant! Playing for him is getting almost as bad as playing for Al Davis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Bears Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 playing for Snyder IS playing for AL DAVIS and IS playing for the Ford family-(Detroit!!)-it IS simply playing for byad management and failed executives who will never admit it!!! face it we've all seen this in the real work world too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFairlane Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) Zorn went to the Redskins to be the OC, which was the next step up from QB Coach. Being a coordinator teaches you the organizational skills you need as a head coach. You have a staff; you're not just teaching plays & players. I think missing that step really cost him, especially when you're dropped into a shark tank like Redskins HQ. (I think you also have to look at the assistants of these obsessive coaches closely. It's tough to tell just how much the offensive coaches for people like Holmgren, Reid, and Shanahan are really responsible for.) I put the blame on Snyder; the reason Zorn is the HC is because all of the shiny big-name coaches Dan dreamt of hiring spat on his job offer. He thought they were like players and would just take the big check, but their big egos demand control; the one thing Snyder insists on keeping. Edited October 23, 2009 by FordFairlane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted October 23, 2009 Author Share Posted October 23, 2009 playing for Snyder IS playing for AL DAVIS and IS playing for the Ford family-(Detroit!!)-it IS simply playing for byad management and failed executives who will never admit it!!! face it we've all seen this in the real work world too! Yes very true. I wish they would be accountable to the fans but then I'd like corporations to be accountable to stock holders too and that ain't happening yet either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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