Jim Zorn Will Rise Again, but Redskins’ Future Falls with Less Certainty

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Published: October 21, 2009

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In football, we might be witnessing something similar in Washington.

Jim Zorn, in only a few short weeks, went from Seattle Seahawks quarterbacks coach to Washington Redskins head coach.  He completely leap-frogged being a coordinator. 

Now, perhaps, is a good time to visit how that skipped step may have changed the outcome of his first head coaching job.

Zorn is a great person.  If there was anyone who could take over for Joe Gibbs the person, it's Zorn.  He's soft spoken in his press conferences and seems to have an inner peace about him, just like Gibbs.

But replacing Joe Gibbs the coach? No, I'd say he wasn't quite ready for that.

For all of his great personality traits, Zorn is too young in his coaching tenure to be running the show.  Some guys, like Josh McDaniels in Denver, can do it at a young age.  Some, like Zorn, cannot.

McDaniels credits his former boss, Bill Belichick, with preparing him for and mentoring him...

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