Zorn Fired

Redskins Head Coach Jim Zorn was fired early this morning. According to Lindsay Czarniak at WRC Channel 4, Zorn told her he was dismissed after the team returned from the loss yesterday in San Diego. The team arrived around 2 AM and he was told when he went to Redskins Park after landing.

This comes as absolutely no surprise. I would say it was cruel to fire the man in the middle of the night, but in this case, everyone saw it coming. It would have been torture to wait a day or a week, just because they hadn't finalized the contract with the new head coach. Which now brings the question, when will Mike Shannahan be unveiled? Also according to Czarniak, the team had not finalized the contract with him as of game time yesterday. Wonder if it could turn into the debacle that put Zorn in the head position when Joe Gibbs retired again.

To Zorn, thank you for 2 decent season. Going 8-8 and 4-12 may not look stellar, but working under the constant scrutiny of Dan Snyder and Vinny Cerrato, you managed to get wins out of dysfunction. You may not have been ready for the job, but you did the best you could.