First he blames "bloggers" (who doesn't?) and now it's Vinny Cerrato. Jim Fassel is apparently (not really but kind of) on record as saying that the reason he isn't in town was because of bugling interferer (someone else's words) Vinny Cerrato. Quote below requires caveat that this is a case of he said he said and then he said. First we have WTOP News, whoever that is, quoting John Ryan, whoever that is, of the San Jose Mercury News, whatever that is, paraphrasing Jim Fassel. I'd track down the San Jose Mecrury News article but it's easier to simply rely on WTOP News. Here goes:

He wasn't fondly remembered by Marty Schottenheimer, either, who fired him prior to his firing from San Fransisco. Vinny Cerrato's shit list continues to grow and, yet, he somehow fails upwards (real zinger complement Ryan Wilson at the Fanhouse). Whatever else fans want to say about Vinny, he certainly is tenacious. And at least on the employment scoreboard, it goes:

Bungling Interferer 1, Jim Fassel 0.