Redskins icon compares Daniel Snyder to Bernie Madoff Brad Biggs
It’s a good thing Jim Zorn didn’t quit as he told his longtime friend Steve Largent he considered doing when Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder stripped him of play-calling duties earlier in the week.
Because apparently the reward for sticking around is Zorn gets to remain the head coach for the remainder of the 2009 season. That’s what Snyder’s right-hand man Vinny Cerrato said this morning on his radio show, something all general managers should have.
“Let me start by making a few things very perfectly clear: Jim Zorn is the head coach of the Washington Redskins, and will be for the rest of this season, and hopefully into the future,” Cerrato said on ESPN 980 in D.C.
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There you have it. That’s as pretty firm an endorsement for the remainder of the season as you can get. What happens on Jan. 4 at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va.? Well, we’ve got a sneaking suspicion someone will be packing boxes—if they’re not packed in advance. But obviously Snyder has evaluated the situation and made the decision that switching coaches in midseason isn’t going to do anything to solve the absolute mess the organization is in right now.
Cerrato said that Sherm Lewis was brought in as a consultant originally because the Redskins have the back of Zorn and they want to fully support him. How about that?
“Look at all the things that we've done to try to help,’’ Cerrato said. “You could have done other things drastically. No, you have confidence in him, because you want him to do well.’’
Never mind the fact that Zorn was undercut in the biggest way. He won’t be at all involved in the play calling Monday night against Philadelphia.
More entertaining than Cerrato’s explanations, however, is the latest YouTube offering by Redskins icon John Riggins. His takes on the situation have been public for a few weeks and the video he released last week exploded on the Internet. The Diesel fired again on Snyder, comparing him to Wall Street billionaire thief Bernie Madoff. We don’t believe Snyder is stealing from anyone, but he certainly is presiding over an embarrassing situation.
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Snyder has almost finished completely exhausting the goodwill and fan loyalty that took decades of relentless effort and investment by preceding owners. That's the real crime. Stuff that Jack Kent Cooke gave away on fan appreciation day now sells for $10 a shot; training camp that fans could watch for free is now another money stream; absolutely everything is monetized. And what's left, on the field, is crap. So if that's like what Bernie Madoff did - and there are parallels -- then Riggo isn't too far off, and good for him to speak his mind unlike some others who want to keep their comfortable gigs (Sonny Jurgenson? Sonny Jurgenson?)
The latest rumor is that Joe Gibbs might come back in a Parcells-style role, hire a new GM and coach, and provide a buffer to the Daniel. It won't work, any more than Parcells tenure in Dallas didn't work. As soon as the competent team takes a tough but necessary step - like unloading Clinton Portis, or trading down in the draft and bypassing big-name signings -- the Daniel will step in. It's just who he is.
@GC in DC,
Well-stated.
My advice? Run, D.C. fans, run. Don't give that money-hungry, snotty-nosed, insensitive brat your dollars. That's the only thing he understands- or really cares about. I'm telling you, the "Robber Barons" are alive and well in the NFL.
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12:13 PM
Madoff bilked people and milked them as well. I really only see a lil bit of difference b/t him and Danny Boi. Only a lil bit. Danny Boi does his bilking in plain sight but from even more willing dopes.
You know:
- $10/head to see a preseason practice;
- Unreal ticket and parking prices at that dump of a stadium;
- Selling tickets to fellow corporate snipers instead of to loyal fans on the 100,000+ long waiting list while the fans think that their turn is still "just around the bend" to get tickets
- And, my favorite, something straight out of the Madoff book, suing fans who are suffering in this global depression because they are not able to pay for renewal of season tickets. You know, the fans didn't honor their "contract". Just plain sickening.
Having once lived in D.C. I know very well the fervor of the Washington NFL fans for their team. And so does Danny Boi who has made it his "birthright" as "King of D.C. Pro Football" to make sure the masses get screwed and suffer under him. Get real fans, boycott that trash.