Will Dan Snyder finally fire Vinny Cerrato

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I think an even more pertinent question is, suppose he doesn't fire Vinny? Then what?

Then we come after you with pitchforks and lanterns.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I think an even more pertinent question is, suppose he doesn't fire Vinny? Then what?

If Snyder doesn't fire Vinny and Zorn then I'm outta here - after more than 50 years as a Redskins fan.

The reason is that I'm much older than Snyder and I can't deal with his failure to hire competent football people for the rest of my life. This offseason is Snyder's last chance to keep me as a fan.

Both Vinny and Zorn must go!

[SmootSmack]

I think Vinny won't have the same responsibility he currently has with the Redskins, but it's still possible he'll just be re-assigned within the organization.

Can't verify it, but I heard a rumor that Snyder really laid into Vinny a couple of weeks ago about the state of the team and some of Cerrato's decisions. So if that's true, I suppose it's very possible VC gets canned

[Hog1]

Vinny will get the axe, but as has been pointed out he will probably remain with the club in some capacity......like "Vinnie, get my clubs"

[DBUCHANON101]

If not, im done. Its too hard to see this team going down each year with no end in sight as long as VC is here.

[12thMan]

Seriously, if he remains with the club they had better give him THE most obscure job. Anything --anything-- remotely close to being involved with decision making and I think fans will be royally pissed.

[skinsfan_nn]

Originally Posted by 12thman

seriously, if he remains with the club they had better give him the most obscure job. Anything --anything-- remotely close to being involved with decision making and i think fans will be royally pissed.

-"VP" of janitorial services-

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by skinsfan_nn

-"VP" of janitorial services-

If this happens, we'll have the reputation for having worse bathrooms than a New Jersey gas station bathroom.

[SkinFanatic]

Originally Posted by Buster

If this happens, we'll have the reputation for having worse bathrooms than a New Jersey gas station bathroom.

I don't know. He's been kissin Danny's ass so long, this might be something he's actually good at.

[skinsfan_nn]

Originally Posted by Buster

If this happens, we'll have the reputation for having worse bathrooms than a New Jersey gas station bathroom.

That was a joke, although not a bad position for Vinny (Somehow I think he would find a way to DIRTY up a clean toilet). I think Dan will sever ties completely. No looking back.

[Bill B]

My opinion is Vinny will be canned at the end of the season. Vinny takes full responsibility for putting this team together including the coaching staff.

AS far as keeping him around in another capacity I think that would be a horrible idea - he needs to be fully cut off and no longer part of the Redskins. They need to allow the new GM to take full reigns of the team and let him build it completely without any distractions - and keeping Cerrato around would become a distraction as fans really want him out - this is similar to Matt Millen in Detroit - this bridged is so burned that there is no coming back and you need to fully reorganize from top to bottom.

By the way can the boardmasters put a poll up about whether Vinny will be fired at the end of the season?

[JLee9718]

I wonder what the Redskins' record would be if we had drafted offensive linemen with those three 2nd round draft choices instead of two receives and a tight end two years ago. Of course, we would have had to pay somebody else to make the selections given how Vinny picked Chad Rinehart with a 3rd round draft choice last year. Bugel is not the same coach as he was in the '80's, so we really need to have Russ Grimm back as offensive line coach. Maybe Joe Jacoby, too.

[A10sROCK]

Cerrato is simply a cover to allow Snyder to help make personnel decisions for the team. Vinny allows Snyder to continue his own version of fantasy football.

Snyder MAY fire Vinny to take some of the heat off himself. Snyder may be forced to fire Cerrato as a condition of a new Head Coach like Shannihan.
Snyder may have to fire Cerrato as a condition of a new GM, if Danny hires one.

However bad Cerrato looks to be as a judge of personnel talent in the draft or FA, you've got to remember that Snyder was at least partially involved in that decision.

Only with a new GM with 100% control will the "Snyderrato" problem be solved.

[rbanerjee23]

Will he fire VC? Yes, Will he hire a good GM? No...
put it down, he is going to hire a patsy yes-man. DS is going to use this season as an excuse to give himself more control over the team, I am expecting us to enter a Raider-esque decline over the next 5-10 years.

[MTK]

I honestly don't think Snyder is currently as heavily involved as some think.

I do think that for the most part, Vinny has been running football ops for the last 2 years.

I think yes, Snyder has had some input but again not as much as some think.

I think we'll finally see the end of the Vinny "era" in DC after this season. The pressure will be too great, and the embarrassment of a horrid season will be too much for Snyder to stand pat and not make a move. The guy is a mover and a shaker by trade. There's no way that heads aren't rolling after the dust settles on this mess of a season.

What happens after that I don't know, we can only pray that someone with half a brain that he trusts is in his ear and he'll make the right call and get a real football guy in here to run the show, and he will finally step 100% out of the way.