I especially liked the statement near the end, where in a sport where the athletes are routinely required to sacrifice their bodies and ultimately their health in many cases, it is totally unfair that Snyder refuses to accept any blame at all for the organization’s failures.

On one hand, he seemed to say that Cerrato was a capable evaluator of talent; then said he was a zero at personal relations and a total failure at San Fran. Glad he got Chris Horton, sad he won’t do what is right by the organization and stand up to Snyder’s crazy ideas of team building.

That it’s Snyder who acquires all the big name free agents— i.e. Haynesworth.

Snyder said it himself THIS year everything that he learned from Gibbs….and Gibbs demanded full control when he came back. According to George, Snyder went back to his old ways. Awesome.

Muahahahh

If you look at the Patriots (as much as I love to hate them), they have a clear-cut strategy on the team. One that obviously works, and is trying to be replicated by other franchises (Denver, KC, Houston). They bring in quality players that serve a purpose in the scheme, and with small adjustments occaionally (replace Stallworth with Galloway), they can continue to be successful as players leave and are replaced.

With that said, the Skins are moving in the right direction. When Snyder first came in, it was obvious that he was taking a plug-star-player-in-and-hope-it-works approach. That never really panned out for us. But now with Zorn bringing in the West Coast offense (which can be successful), there is definitely going to be a transition period. The personnel is close to ideal, but is still somewhat makeshit left-overs from previous coaches. Zorn has some well thought-out plays, but as a first-time playcaller is struggling to put it all together. We have the talent and direction to be a very strong team, but two things need to happen for us to get there:
1) Zorn needs to talk to someone (Holmgren maybe) to improve his playcalling. I’m sure he realizes this, and it will be his top priority for the remainder of the season. The playcalling strategy is just as important as the overall team strategy (which Zorn is good at), and I’m hoping it’s something that can be improved on a week-to-week basis.
2) Greg Blache needs to show different fronts. Our blue defense (rush four, CB cushion, SS in the box) has shown that it can work, putting us around 10th in the league. But it’s too easy for defenses to gameplan for it and exploit holes if everyone isn’t playing 100% on every play. Again, I’m sure this is something that Zorn and Blache realize, with the “maverick” quotes circling the internet this week.
3) Something else that could help: Portis needs to be the elite player we rely on. 4th and 1’s with a top 5 back (in my opinion) shouldn’t make the coach look bad for calling the wrong play. Punch the ball in there.

I guess this could’ve been it’s own FanPost, but I just suddenly got the inspiration to write it. More than anything, we need to go out on Sunday and punch Tampa in the mouth. Shut up all these analysts, critics, and fans.

what has happened over the past 10 years is why we are in sorry state of affairs today.

it’s not because of the ‘Curse of Jericho Church’? I was sure they cursed us, as up in arms as they were when the stadium was being built. Of course, that’s before that humble little church grew bigger than the Vatican.

trying to bring logic into an illogical situation. I mean, if someone told you the little dweeb who used to run the School store was gonna one day own your favorite football team, don’t you think it would be about time to give up on logic?