With today’s loss to the Detroit Lions—and after the team was booed off the field last week after a win—the Redskins have officially spiraled into his disarray. Or, at least, that’s what you’d think listening to the Washington media. Dan Steinberg over at the DC Sports Bog collected some thoughts from personalities around the area:
Did the Redskins Quit on Jim Zorn?
Brian Mitchell on CSN’s Postgame Live: “They have a coach, a head coach who is very low key. He gives the little funny talks and he says things and he’s honest. Can he get his damn team to play football? I don’t think so.”
Larry Michael, in the first half: After using the terms “things falling apart” and “disastrous” to describe the Redskins, he said this: “The Lions have dominated this game. It pains me to say that, but they’ve dominated this game.”
And at least one person thinks it’s time for the Redskins to shake things up and fire head coach Jim Zorn. From Yahoo! Sports’ (and part time SBN contributor) Chris Chase:
Teams usually don’t quit in football, that’s more of an NBA thing thanks to guaranteed contracts and more of a revolving door practice in the coaching ranks. It sure looks like the Redskins did that today though. It’s hard not to blame them. When your coach single-handedly blows two important calls in a must-win game against the worst NFL team of the past quarter-century, how is one expected to stay motivated?
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has a decision to make. He can keep a coach that he never wanted in the first place, thus alienating both players and fans alike. Or he can make the move he’ll inevitably make at the end of the season anyway and fire Jim Zorn. Unlike his head coach, I expect Snyder to choose wisely.
The players-quitting-on-coach is a popular refrain in sports, but rarely is that cliche trotted out in September. That trusted analysts like Chase would draw that conclusion speaks volumes: maybe the Redskins really have quit on Zorn. Santana Moss, for one, openly questioned Zorn’s decision to go for it on fourth down early in the first quarter.
Nothing’s set in stone, of course, and the Redskins still have a lot of football to play. But with the team sputtering and a crisis of confidence simmering, how much football does Zorn have left to coach?
*And if you don't have time to read Chase's entire article, this tweet just about sums it up:
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