{"id":3053,"date":"2009-11-09T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2025-06-01T21:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:59:38","slug":"3053","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/11\/09\/3053\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally; Some Emotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

How many people here thought the Redskins actually stood a chance versus Atlanta?<\/p>\n

Raise your hands.<\/p>\n

Okay, now if you are one of the ones sitting at your computer with your hand raised I want you to turn it towards yourself and slap yourself in the face. Nobody can see you with your hand raised at a computer (unless you are video chatting, which you are not) and those that can are probably wondering why you are sitting at your computer with your hand raised; you should at least look productive.<\/p>\n

I am quite possibly the biggest homer on the planet, and even I didn\u2019t think they stood a chance.<\/p>\n

With the third quarter underway, I began to wonder who these guys were in the Redskins uniforms as they drove the length of the field and scored a touchdown. When they did it a second time in a row to bring the game that was 24-3 to within seven points, I have to admit that I began to get a little excited.<\/p>\n

Of course, When Atlanta scored again to put the game 14 points out of reach, with a little over 11 minutes to go, I knew that was just too much for them to overcome.<\/p>\n

So what happened?<\/p>\n

How did a team that only accumulated 60-some-odd total yards of offense in the first two periods rack up150 in the third quarter?<\/p>\n

What was different?<\/p>\n

I got my answer this morning thanks to the Redskins\u2019 Insider.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke with several players last night who said that Coach Jim Zorn “went off” at halftime in the visitors’ locker room at the Georgia Dome.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Zorn was frustrated about the Redskins’ shoddy overall performance to that point and the 24-3 deficit. He didn’t confine his loud criticism to the offensive line (the Falcons tied a franchise record with five first-half sacks), instead blasting the entire team for its execution and lack of discipline.<\/p>\n

Zorn even reminded the Redskins “this is not Pop Warner,” and he demanded they get it together as best they could after the break.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now for those of you who have been following my blogs; one of my biggest criticisms of Zorn has been his \u201cstay medium\u201d approach (Medium; Not Well Done<\/a>).<\/p>\n

It struck me that there was no \u201cfire in the belly\u201d. Kind of a \u201cif we win, that\u2019s great, and if we lose\u2026well shucks\u201d mentality. So it\u2019s refreshing to see that the Redskins\u2019 Coach does have a passionate side. He has let things happen to him, and just rolled with it.<\/p>\n

He let losing teams beat us, and he rolled with it. He let the team strip him of his play-calling duties, and he just rolled with it. He was watching Atlanta kick some Redskin butt and he finally had enough!<\/p>\n

About time, Jim!<\/p>\n

Zorn said just as recently as a few weeks ago that he wasn\u2019t going to yell at a bunch of grown men, but it\u2019s obvious that\u2019s what this team needed. Sure these players like him, and they were ready to stand up in front of a microphone and say as much when Zorn\u2019s job was in question and the team shifted play-calling duties to Sherm Lewis.<\/p>\n

But just because you like a guy doesn\u2019t always mean you work your hardest for him. The players may like Zorn, but they didn\u2019t respect him; they didn\u2019t fear him.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying they didn\u2019t play hard for him. I\u2019m sure they felt they were giving it their all; but they weren\u2019t. The third quarter of Sunday\u2019s game showed that. If you aren\u2019t worried about what the boss thinks; if you know that any mistake you make is going to just be forgiven and forgotten, then you aren\u2019t being held accountable; and if the boss isn\u2019t going to hold you accountable, then you certainly aren\u2019t going to do his job for him.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s natural to want to be everybody\u2019s buddy when you become the boss. You want them to like you and feel that if they like you, they are less likely to let you down. To a certain extent that\u2019s true, but you have got to keep in mind that you\u2019re the boss. They have to remember that you are the boss, and there are gonna be times where they don\u2019t like you.<\/p>\n

I am hoping that Zorn holds these guys accountable tomorrow; that this halftime butt-whuppin\u2019 he gave them carries over into practice and those who didn\u2019t play 100% are doing wind-sprints and up-down drills to remind them why they don\u2019t want to give anything less next week.<\/p>\n

No, I don\u2019t expect the Redskins to win out this season. I don\u2019t even expect them to win many more of their remaining games, but I don\u2019t want to see them go down without a fight.<\/p>\n

Lose because the other team beat you, not because you gave up.<\/p>\n

Go \u2018Skins!<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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