DEHog wrote:I said nothing about Vinny's experience...My question is at what point do you look at the FO instead of the coach...If Zorn misses the PO this year you know he's out...what about Vinny...Are you saying DS has not had enough time to evaluate him??
DE, I understand your point and agree to an extent. The coaching turnover in Snyder's early years was difficult. I also believe the team will benefit immensely from stability and continuity, especially at the HC position. I sincerely hope Zorn gets a chance, and in my opinion, that should be longer than two years.
My point regarding Vinny is that in his first six years with the team, he's been working in the department of scouting, drafting and recruiting. While there have been some bad signings such as B. Lloyd and Arch, there have been quite a few good free agents acquired and quite a few good draft selections.
Vinny has only been in a GM role for a year and a half, and save for the Jason Taylor deal, I believe Vinny has done a pretty good job.
Chris 
ey offered some valid points regarding Vinny and his record with the team...
Chris ey Endorses Vinny CerratoI stupidly forgot that even though the Redskins have stopped playing, their players have continued to give enlightening radio interviews. Two keepers already this week. In the first, Chris
ey concluded his season of Elliot in the Morning appearances on DC101, and after the usual "what went wrong" patter, Elliot eventually asked whether Vinny Cerrato was the problem.
ey then gave the most enthusiastic defense of the Skins' PR boss I've heard from a player.
That seemed especially notable in the week after that AP story led with "A good way to get a Washington Redskins player to clam up is to ask about Vinny Cerrato."
ey didn't clam up.
"No, I DON'T think Vinny's a problem,"
ey said. "I think he's done a lot of great things. And I know you can point your finger at the bad things that he's done over the last few years, and I think that's very easy for anyone to say, 'Well, look at Adam Archuleta, or Brandon Lloyd, and what kind of choices were those?' But I think you can look at a lot of great decisions that he's made over the last five years. I'm here because Vinny was here. Vinny picked me...."
"I think Vinny's done a good job. I don't think that there's ever been a question, through the last five years, that this team has or hasn't had the talent. We've known that we've had the talent to win football games, that hasn't been a question. And I don't want to say that there was poor coaching this year--I mean, it's a first-year offense--or in any year. But we're capable, and I think I'll leave it at that."
Now, I know
ey isn't going to publicly bash one of his bosses, but he does make valid points. The team is stacked with many good players, many of which Vinny helped with evaluating and acquiring. We all knew there was going to be a learning curve for the offense with the implementation of the WCO, a completely different system from what Gibbs employed. This was also Vinny's first year as the acting GM, so that's why I'll reserve judgment.
But we all know some want to blame Vinny for the losses...
In public gatherings, the coach and the owner usually introduce Vinny Cerrato the same way. Joe Gibbs and Daniel Snyder point to Cerrato, the team's vice president of football operations, and say, "He's responsible for the losses."
The room always breaks up laughing, whether it's at the owners' meetings in Hawaii or among smaller groups. "Yep, 'He's responsible for the losses.' They both say it all the time now," Cerrato said, half-smiling, chuckling to himself.
In jest, the fall guy. Always in jest.
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Classic. OH MY GOD... a sports fan is actually... I don't know... supporting his team?!?!?!? Oh my God, how unorthodox is that?
