Question about Coach Zorn

[Big C]

Originally Posted by JLee9718

My beef is the Redskins played with very little intensity. They played like the old Redskins, not the team from the second game up until the Steelers debacle.

i totally agree with this statement. i didnt see any intensity, no hunger or energy. no one was really fired up from what i saw

[djnemo65]

Maybe his cat got sick and died.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Big C

i totally agree with this statement. i didnt see any intensity, no hunger or energy. no one was really fired up from what i saw

This is something that is so subjective. Watching the game I was impressed with the way guys were flying around on D. There was some good hittin' going on out there.

[over the mountain]

^^^ yeah in the 1st quarter i noticed our D players were really flying in there to get a lil extra piece of a cowboy ball carrier as he was being brought down. One guy would have the tackle and another 2 would fly in there to give a shoulder as the cowboy was going down.

i also noticed the refs giving portis a hand to help him get up off the ground ALOT. 3 times in one drive i think. nice guys.

go skins!!

[JLW428]

I thought our defense played fine, When you can hold an offense with that much scoring potential to 14 points it comes down to our offense making plays and scoring. Zorn's play calling has been going down hill for the past few games. Pretty much ever since the Philly game. I don't know what his deal is, but when I can sit on my couch at home and know what the play is going to be, especially on third and 4th down, I'm pretty sure that the other team is going to figure it out too.

Another thing that I don't understand is why it seems like Jason has to wait so damn long for a play to be called in. It seems like every third down he is waiving his arms up in the air waiting for a freaking play to be called in. Why hasn't the media asked Zorn about any of this? Or anything about his play calling?

Maybe its just me that notices this shit, but if I was seemingly that confused on the sideline I would probably look a little sick too.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

^^^ yeah in the 1st quarter i noticed our D players were really flying in there to get a lil extra piece of a cowboy ball carrier as he was being brought down. One guy would have the tackle and another 2 would fly in there to give a shoulder as the cowboy was going down.

i also noticed the refs giving portis a hand to help him get up off the ground ALOT. 3 times in one drive i think. nice guys.

go skins!!

I think that one ref loved Portis, he was constantly helping him up, it was pretty funny

[TheSmurfs22]

Zorn was a great addition! I think he has a very bright future here in DC!

[SeanTaGodsSafety]

Im a little worried about the play calling. I love Moss and I think he is capable of losing any d-back in the NFL, but to throw the w.r. screen as much as we did on sunday scares me. That play works once maybe twice a game and it has alot to do with luck when it does work. Either Zorn doesnt have faith in Moss or Campbell to go down field. I also think Zorn is being a little too protective of J.C. Let him fling that ball around. Dont get me wrong I love what Zorn is doing with his technique. I just think we have to go down field a little bit more.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think that one ref loved Portis, he was constantly helping him up, it was pretty funny

The ref who was helping Portis was the umpire, Jim Quirk.

If that name sounds familiar, it's because it should. He was the guy who hogtied Nick Barnett last year, earning a one game suspension.

[A10sROCK]

I thought he called a conservative game. One long pass down the field!

However, I did have a revelation later in the game:

Why have Gibbs, Saunders and Zorn all had such limited and similiar playcalling? 1) Jason Campbell is ready yet? 2) Our WR aren't ready?

3) OL is getting beat?

Either Zorn has a limited imagination or he's doing the plays that the team can handle [based on practices].

BL - Team's know that Clinton Portis is the center of our offense. Stop him and we've got nothing left.

[JWsleep]

I feel like I've said this a lot now, but the fact that the ball is not thrown long is often not because Zorn didn't call a long pass. If there's no time to throw, you can't hit the long stuff. Notice on the one shot we did take. What happened? Miracle of miracles, the pass pro held.

Once we're having pass pro troubles, throwing the screen is not a bad move: otherwise, one of your main playmakers never gets the ball at all.

I think he should have run Portis more in retrospect--I'm not sure he was really shut down in that game--but I can see wanting to throw against the cowroids secondary.

[A10sROCK]

I've been impressed with Zorn but wonder if he will be calling the plays next year. If the offense scoring production keeps going down continually he'll have to look himself in the mirror and bring in a new OC in 2009.

[SeanTaGodsSafety]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

I feel like I've said this a lot now, but the fact that the ball is not thrown long is often not because Zorn didn't call a long pass. If there's no time to throw, you can't hit the long stuff. Notice on the one shot we did take. What happened? Miracle of miracles, the pass pro held.

Once we're having pass pro troubles, throwing the screen is not a bad move: otherwise, one of your main playmakers never gets the ball at all.

I think he should have run Portis more in retrospect--I'm not sure he was really shut down in that game--but I can see wanting to throw against the cowroids secondary.

I see what your saying but the run sets up the pass. But if they are not goin down field and the other team knows we are run heavy then the db's are up on the w.r. making the screen impossible. Its obvious J.C. doesnt have to much faith in the other receivers. Maybe I should call the plays next year.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by DFI

he looked like he was ready to blow chunks the whole game. everyone I was watching the game with commented on that fact

My biggest fear is seeing Jim Zorn suffering a heart attack. I have seen few coaches (at least head coaches) that are as intense as Zorn when it comes to game day.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by DFI

...that being said, Coach Zorn looked most of the game like he was gonna Hurl. and then in the postgame locker room comments he looked half dead. Any talk of him being sick, fighting a bug of some sort, or is the wear and tear of the season starting to catch up with him?

I'm sure he's sick of Dan Snyder and Vinnie Ceratto by now. What decent human being wouldn't be?