[SolidSnake84]

This is a great discussion thread here. And reading some of the points from everyone has got me thinking here again.

I have to kind of be Devil's Advocate here, but I know i will get great responses from you guys, i always do.

I get the feeling that Vinny was being very honest about the Zorn situation. They hired him out of desperation from losing the other head coach candidates (Fassell, G. Williams), and felt that they had a good chance to win with the roster they had.

Thinking back to how bad the offense was back then does make me think Vinny is telling the truth. When Sherm arrived, the offense was night and day different, and it confirmed most of our suspicions that Jim Zorn was a horrible play caller. We know for sure Zorn had the chance to relenquish playcalling duties at least 3 weeks before Sherm got here, so what if?? What if Zorn could have swalloed his ego, took the help from Sherm sooner, and the team could have finished at 8-8??

Vinny hit the nail right on the head with Zorn being horrible with the media. Bashing the players on TV was not the right thing to do. It sounds to me like Dan Snyder gave Jim Zorn his fair share of chances to make things work. Cerrato sounds honest when he says they knew Jim was over his head and they were trying to get him help so that they could make things work.

I'm not defending Vinny, he still doomed this franchise, but hearing him say this, and remembering my own memories of "The Zorn Era" kind of makes me think that Cerrato was at least being honest when discribed our helpless former coach. It sounds like they knew mid-season that he wasn't gonna make it, and tried everything they could to get it to work with Zorn as the captain, but in the end, maybe Zorn's own ego/philosophy got in the way...just food for thought,.