Posted from Curmudgeon Corner, Maine.<\/p>\n
Ouch\u2026 you call that a “get right game?”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Can it possibly be as bad as it seems? 3 weeks ago, I was ok\u2026 they didn\u2019t look great against the Giants, but, what the heck\u2026 I didn\u2019t actually expect them to win at Rutherford, now did I? Last week\u2026 a win that was as close to a failure as a win can possibly be. The Ram\u2019s “ineptitude” was exceeded only by that of the Lions, yet we were but an interception away from being down 10-9 at the end of the game. Real questions began to arise about Zorn\u2019s competence as a play caller. I\u2019m left anxious about the next game with the Lions, especially in light of the fast start the Lions had against the Vikes.<\/p>\n Today… disaster. I have seen Chicken Little… and he looks an awful lot like someone I know.<\/p>\n The Danny has some serious problems, of his own creation, to deal with.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n There is increasing pressure from some quarters (mostly from, I think, a very frustrated fan base) to fire Zorn now.\u00a0 But a coaching change now would certainly doom the season,<\/strong> and preclude any possibility of a recovery.<\/em><\/p>\n On the other hand, who sees any real possibility (at this point) that Zorn will man up, develop the ability to analyze opposing defenses, create coherent yet unpredictable game plans, call plays that opponents don\u2019t anticipate, begin to enforce some team discipline, expect performance from starters, and on and on and on. So, it appears that NOT making a coaching change would certainly doom the season.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n How schizophrenic is that? In other words\u2026 It doesn\u2019t matter what he does\u2026 Snyder will be wrong! Or he’ll be right! No, that can’t be right… can it?\u00a0 This has to be a glorious circumstance for that faction of fans who have devoted the past 9 or so years to trashing the Danny. On the other hand, I know that the vast majority are truly distressed by the current state of the \u2018skins\u2026 and would have been thrilled to see the team leave Detroit with the 32-6 \u201cget right\u201d victory that we all felt was needed.<\/p>\n Psychological devastation?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n There is word that there was no emotion in the locker room following the game. No angry rants. No screaming for reporters to get out. No thrown chairs. No lockers ripped from walls. No expressions of wounded pride.\u00a0 Just a quiet, defeated, team. Can you imagine the \u201cOver the Hill Gang\u201d (the kiddies will need to break out their \u201cRedskins History Primers\u201c) losing this same game to the Lions? Ford Stadium would have a major hole in it\u2019s side\u2026 where the visiting locker room used to be.\u00a0 Imagine that locker room with Brian Mitchell in it.\u00a0 Where is the player leader here?<\/p>\n Sounds like Zorn has created the team he wanted. They are \u201cmedium\u201d. They play “medium”. They run “medium”, catch “medium”, and tackle “medium”. That\u2019s nice, and all\u2026 but, um, Jim\u2026 medium ain\u2019t winnin\u2019 you no games. I\u2019m definitely in favor of moving the temperature knob over to SCREECH… or even RAW. Medium sucks.<\/p>\n And, what the heck has happened to the defense???? Improvements in the D line have yielded\u2026 a dramatic deterioration of the run defense. Has Gregg Blache taken to sleeping through game film? 4 scoring drives of over 70 yards?????? WHAT???? 2 of them over 90??? 1 of 99????? What kind of cruel joke is this? Defense is our strength\u2026 I thought. It now appears they are jealous of all the attention the Offense has received, and are now trying to “out-medium” them.\u00a0 I hold hope that the player leadership on the defense will stand up and do something.\u00a0 There are some proud, powerful voices on that side of the field, and I don’t see them tolerating this stuff.<\/p>\n
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