Mike Shanahan and Jim Zorn: The NFL Coaching Merry-Go-Round Continues

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Published: January 5, 2010

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... hearts are breaking in upstate New York.

But having lived in D.C. the past three years, I can tell you it's a familiar feeling for Washington.

The excitement when Zorn was hired wasn't what you'd call palpable, but it was real.

Redskins fans I knew said they'd have a guy who could provide some much-needed creativity and stability—and a young quarterback—to a franchise that hadn't seen much of either in recent years.

Now two years later, Jim Zorn is looked upon as a failure in D.C. for two sins that were largely out of his control: failing to pierce one of the toughest divisions in football and not being able to turn Jason Campbell into the elite quarterback he's capable of being.

At least Zorn isn't alone on the unemployment line. Across the league several coaches and coordinators are polishing up their resumes, whether they've been fired yet or not.

Watching the Shanahan news break, a co-worker quipped about Zorn: "Well, he'll not ge...

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