Stump Mitchell is the Redskins running backs coach
So sayeth Emilio Garcia-Ruiz at Redskins Insider:
Zorn, formerly the Seahawks' quarterbacks coach, worked with Mitchell in Seattle and Mitchell has experience in the West Coast offense Zorn plans to implement. With the hiring of Mitchell, the status of Earnest Byner is unclear.
I should note, and newcomer tallbear13 gave me the idea in his diary, 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 appear to be the case and thus it looks increasingly like I was wrong. Shocking, I know.
It is an encouraging thought that our newest Head Coach is getting latitude to operate, as I think every HC needs to succeed. And anything that (at least) appears to limit Snyder's role is mostly a good thing, (only) in my opinion. But maybe he's just being given enough rope with which to hang himself (and there is reason for skepticism over Zorn's future)? That all depends on the results.
PS: Per the Bog we now have a "stats nerd" on the staff!
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Are we to presume...
Because that would be cool.
Also, I think some of the most successful coaches in the NFL take chances on 4th. Belichick comes to mind, Parcells used to do it often, Gibbs was never really shy about a 4th and 1 run call, and Hogs Haven's official college coach, Mike Leach of Texas Tech, goes for it on 4th down so much that it takes fans the full 4 years to learn the punter's name.
If, and this is a big if because the tendency of a "stats nerd" doesn't always translate to the head coach, this is true, it makes me happy.
by TexSkins on Feb 13, 2008 2:10 PM EST 0 recs
Oh, I forgot...
Just asking. It seems more like a concession (read: signing bonus/peace offering) on the part of Dan (like, "Sure, you can hire the guy you want to help you install your offense. Running backs coach? Why not?") than it does Zorn asserting his power in the organization.
Or, I am misreading this. I do that a lot.
by TexSkins on Feb 13, 2008 2:15 PM EST 0 recs
Distinction with no difference
by Skin Patrol on
Feb 13, 2008 2:56 PM EST
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what difference does it make
Play calling in my humble opinion is about knowldge and logic just as much as experience-especially in this rapidly changing league. Though dont get wrong-I am not discounting experience.
by JustinU804 on Feb 13, 2008 3:01 PM EST 0 recs
To this, I would say...
Know what I mean? I think we're on the same page here...
by TexSkins on
Feb 13, 2008 3:35 PM EST
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Andy Reid
by Skin Patrol on
Feb 13, 2008 4:15 PM EST
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Zorn's a step closer than Reid
Coached offensive lines before becoming a quarterback coach...to that is really no experience!
by dr WNC on
Feb 13, 2008 4:48 PM EST
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Everyone is the post
What does the "group that made it so Fassel not get hired" think about how Ernest Byner got screwed out of a job? From what I heared there was a one year contract on the table for EB, and they said nevermind we're looking in another direction..after he went to look at a possible job in Tampa and now he's out of a job. If that's the case it really grinds my gears.
Justin, sorry for coming off like a dick on a previous post. I had a couple of beers when responding to your comment and I thought "the fanhood" was being questioned. My bad.
by CptChaosSidekick on
Feb 14, 2008 8:10 PM EST
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It's nothing...
by JustinU804 on
Feb 15, 2008 3:05 PM EST
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This place
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