Jim Zorn, Dan Snyder, and Vinny Cerrato

One Washington Post article I read when Jim Zorn was first hired questioned Dan Snyder's qualification at judging Jim Zorn. Specifically, he said to Joe Gibbs, "This guy (Zorn) would make a terrific head coach."

The questioning of his assessment ability is spot-on. Snyder has no idea what makes a "terrific head coach." His best coaching hire was one that was already voted into the Hall of Fame coach.

What's the most galling to Redskins fans is the lack of a credible organizational support structure. As long as Snyder owns the team, which may be for the rest of his life, Vinny Cerrato will have a job as de facto GM. Gibbs was the only one to which they were going to defer There won't be another football man like that (unless Bill Belichick goes crazy and decides he wants to work under crazy-man Snyder).

The Skins may have enough talent and schemes to compete. But if they ever do make it in the playoffs, they won't go very far. And they won't be able to compete consistently (see previous post about 2-year grace period for coaches). A quality long-term core just isn't there and won't be until Cerrato retires.

Jarvis