D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
This bit of pre-holiday magic is brought to you by ESPN 980's Jim Zorn Show. Steve Czaban: You were outscored by an 0-16 team this year, the Lions. What is priority one for scoring more points next year? Jim Zorn: Well, being better on offense. Steve Czaban: How so? Jim Zorn: By, uh, making our drives get across the goal line. That bit of pre-holiday magic was brought to you by...
D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Jim Zorn's usual Monday presser attire has ranged from sneaks and khakis to khakis and sneaks, accompanied by sweatshirts and polo shirts and other Sunday-at-the-bar shirts. Not particularly formal. So today, when he strolled out in a neatly pressed shirt, burgundy-and-gold tie and Indian-head cufflinks, eyebrows were raised. "Yeah, I know," Zorn said, as the crowd murmured. "Well, it's...
D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Striding into the Dinosaur Offseason. (By Jonathan Newton - TWP) All that Hip Hip Hooray, playing sudden, going to heroics but Staying Medium business has petered out long ago. But the Z Man hasn't gone anywhere. A few hours ago, Santana Moss was asked to describe Jim Zorn's season-ending players meeting. "Typical Zorn," he said. "Zorn has been Zorn all year, so you knew...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Jim Zorn came full circle Monday at Redskin Park, conducting his season-ending news conference in a shirt and tie for the second time since being hired as Washington's coach.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the NFL's highest-paid assistant. Fassel to interview with Rams. Former Broncos quarterbacks coach Jim Fassel will interview Thursday for the St. Louis Rams' head coaching job. Fassel, who led the New York Giants to the 2000 Super Bowl, finished second to Mike Shanahan for the Broncos' head coaching job in 1995 and to Jim Zorn last year for the Washington Redskins' job. Fassel coached Broncos...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
Jason Campbell took stock of his first complete season as the Washington Redskins' quarterback Tuesday by meeting one-on-one with coach Jim Zorn on Tuesday. He will begin his offseason Wednesday by celebrating his 27th birthday knowing he remains Zorn's starter entering 2009.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
It didn't have the tragedy or high drama of the 2007 season, but 2008 was still a memorable year for the Washington Redskins because of Jim Zorn, who brought enthusiasm and new ideas with him from Seattle.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
Can Jim Zorn coach? That's the question Washington Times sports columnist Thom Loverro is asking this week.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
We begin this autopsy with a few words from Jim Zorn, uttered in the aftermath of the Redskins' Latest Wrenching Loss, this one 27-24 to the 49ers in the 2008 closer. Standing at a podium in his burgundy team garb, Zorn said - as he has often this season - that the team's failings were as plain as the frown on Dan Snyder's face.
Oliver Willis (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
... a fan might tear his hair out over a play, in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter if Jim Zorn went for it on fourth down or not. But Meet The Press and the people who come on it do matter. It’s the most influential public affairs program on the air and its a damn shame it increasingly shares the same tone as Fox NFL Sunday. The last two weeks of shows with David Gregory show that...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
... Also, add in Seattle’s Mike Holmgren, who’s voluntarily stepping down and will be replaced by Jim Mora. And the heads may well keep rolling. Buffalo’s Dick Jauron is twisting in the wind this week awaiting word of his fate. Meanwhile, in Kansas City, Cincinnati, Oakland, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Dallas, Jacksonville, Chicago, Washington and Green Bay there are likely concerns about the direction those...
