Um, yeah, Joe Gibbs has been gone for three weeks and team owner Dan Snyder, along with recently promoted Vice President of Football Operations, Vinny Cerrato, have already mucked things up. Conventional wisdom had assistant coach-defense Gregg Williams succeeding Gibbs as Washington's head coach, but he looks to be a long shot at this point.. And while Williams isn't necessarily the best guy for the job, the way the Redskins' front office has conducted the search is, well, typical ... but that's kinda the problem. Anyway, the latest has Snyder and the Yes Man trying to hire Jim Fassel for the head job (fans are psyched, by the way), Rex Ryan as the defensive coordinator and Jim Zorn as the offensive coordinator.
The problem, though, is that Ryan isn't interested in making a lateral move (he currently has the same title in Baltimore) and the Seahawks want to keep Zorn on staff and possibly promote him to offensive coordinator when Mike Holmgren retires after the 2008 season.
Now there's no guarantee Fassel gets the job, and in fact, the Washington Post's Jason La Canfora writes that the coaching search could go on until after the Super Bowl:
Gregg Williams remains on the back burner, sitting there, but people close to him don't expect him to be offered the job, and, after the way this thing has gone down, they're not sure Williams would even take it if offered. Jacksonville would love to hire him for its Defensive Coordinator opening, league sources said.I'm sure fans of the the other three NFC East teams are ecstatic about Cerrato's increased role in personnel decisions. I can't imagine this ending badly.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. listen up big dan hears what ya gotta do open up da vault cause everyone has a price and get bobby bethard or casserly back put old spooky vinny over at six flages at the main gate taking tickets just make sure hes wareing shades cause we dont want him scarin the kids
Posted at 5:44PM on Jan 24th 2008 by jmkirk
2. Dear Danny Boy.
Please stay away from Steve Spagnoulo
Sincerely,
Every Giant fan in the world
Posted at 8:43PM on Jan 24th 2008 by john
3. As a lifelong Redskins fan, I'm embarrased by the whole situation. Danny boy needs to take his head out of his ***, hire a GM FIRST, can Cerrato, and just walk away. If he does that, then maybe, just maybe, the Redskins will get back to being a respectable team again in a few years. As long as Danny Boy, and his yes punk Cerrato are running the show, it's OVER for us.
Posted at 10:10PM on Jan 24th 2008 by Skins Fan