Which local members think he'll in over his head?

I agree with anonymous - who thinks he will be over his head?

For all of the people questioning his abilities see andy reid and steve mariucci. lets give him a chance first before we say he cant do it. after all he cant be any worst than steve spurrier

What a stupid post! Mike Jones has stooped to reporting what a couple of drunk Seattle fans think about our new coach. Let's elevate the journalism here - please!!!!

After reading the comment above about how some "believe he will be in over his head" I wasn't going to let that go without leaving a comment.

First, let me say that I have followed Jim's career in pro football very closely since his start with the Seattle Seahawks in 1976 through all the years he has been in coaching up to the present. And more importantly to me personally he is a friend. I have had the blessing-and it has been that and a priviledge- of developing a friendship with him over the last 20 years. The impact that he has on my life over the years has been tremendous.

With that said what you will have in Jim is a man who who will work hard and to his very best to help the Redskins be a winning team. And he will conduct himself with high level of integrity on and off the field at all times. If Jim does not succeed in D.C. it won't be because he didn't strive to do his best. It will be because it just didn't work out. That and maybe he didn't have the proper support from the owner ship and front office you guys have managing the Redskins. Which I have strong reservations already in my mind about that. In my opinion some pretty high quality coaches have gotten fired by this owner because he does not seen to have an idea how to run a franchise.

The piece above seems to be a reflection of what I have gotten a feel from in the things I have read and heard in the media there in D.C. Both in this paper and the the Washington Post. The sense I get is that people in D.C. are just waiting to see him fail. And some in the media are trying to stir things up so to speak with statements like those written above. And I figured that this was how he was going to be written and talked about in the D.C. media. And unless he wins big there and makes all the right decisions I am sure there will be more of this kind of talk and writing in the media and amongst the fans.

No matter what happens, good or bad in D.C, Jim will always be a Seahawk first and foremost and will have the support of the people back in Seattle as what happened at Key Arena Wednesday night clearly shows.

And therein now lies the eternal issue for the Skins. "The Danny" is no Jack Kent Cooke or Edward Bennett Williams. He never will be. He is and always will be a carbon copy of Peter Angelos of The O's, who is very successful in law/business with no clue to running an effective baseball organization. AS a Skins fan for fifty years this year, I remain convinced, until shown otherwise, that we are resigned to mediocrity until such time that "The Danny" says uncle. This is about as likely as the sun rising in the west. :>(!

p.s. "The Vinny/Village Idiot" is no Bobby Bethard either!

Mark B,

I respect your loyalty to Jim Zorn, but I think you're overreacting to an offhand blog comment. I think the media coverage of Zorn has been pretty fair. The local community was shocked by the failure of Gregg Williams to get the job, then by a series of increasingly bizarre interviews, culminating in the hiring as head coach of a guy initially hired as the O coordinator. Zorn has never been even an NFL coordinator, so this is obviously a big jump. Rest assured that all Redskins fans are desperately hoping he is successful, and we are fully aware of the challenges he faces, both with his roster and his front office and ownership.

I agree that the coverage of Zorn's hiring in the local media has been fair and much more forgiving than the national media who pan just about anything Snyder does.

I think Snyder is trying to turn the page on a bad early run as owner and his coaching search was influenced by his admiration for Gibbs. He wanted a high character guy in the Gibbs mold who was hungry to prove himself. In my mind, that describes Greg Williams, but I think it also applies to Zorn. I find it interesting that everyone in the national media thinks that Zorn isn't up to the head coaching job because he was never promoted to coordinator -- yet nobody is saying that about John Harbaugh, the new Raven's head coach who coached special teams for 12 years without ever being promoted.

I think the Skins fans and the local media will give Zorn a chance, its the national press that will be all over him if he doesn't win right away.