8-8, a hard way to finish out

Well Skins fans, we lost a big one in San Francisco.  I give all the credit in the world to Hill and Coach Singletary for sticking it out and making something out of nothing.  After the 49ers pitiful 2nd and 3rd quarters, it would have been easy to pack it in, and go home for a few months.  But they stuck it out and showed us that our secondary was sleeping.

I admire everything the Redskins and Coach Zorn have accomplished this season, and if you think back to the preseason, we didn't underperform according to most everyone's prediction.  At best, we were predicted to win 9 games....that's at BEST!!!  We came up at .500 on the season with a first year head coach, the fourth offensive system for our QB and frankly, I'm proud of these Redskins!

They fought through injury, turmoil, and turnover at the top.  They never quit, never gave up and if 8-8 is a lousy season, I'd love to see a good one.  We're not the Lions, we're not the Chiefs, we won some big games this year and sparks of greatness were shown.  I applaud every player and coach on that team for a great year!  Of course, the post season would have been nice, but 8-8 is amazing for a coach that's never been in that leadership role before.

Congratulations to our 2008 Washington Redskins.  A turnover here, a touchdown there, and we'd be talking about a Superbowl....but all in all a great season, and I'm looking forward to improvement for 2009!

Hold your heads up high DC.....you have nothing to be ashamed of!  HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!!!!!!!

Zorn on the way out...mark my words

As much as I hate to say it, I think Jim Zorn is coaching his last game this Sunday vs. the 49ers.

Cerrato has made the death statement, "Why wouldn't he be back?" Didn't we hear similar statements regarding Marty Schottenheimer, Norv Turner and Steve Spurrier????

2 were fired, Spurrier however, left with his tail between his legs and has since been the bane of the SEC.

Jim, I think you're doing a fantastic job, and I want you back next year and beyond! You brought something to this team that no other coach has since the days before multi-million dollar contracts.

My Christmas wish is that we continue to keep Zorn and his staff firmly in place for many years to come. Just upgrade some line positions on O and D and we'll be JUST FINE!!!!!

Blame for everyone...almost

Well it appears that there's plenty of blame to go around at Redskins park today.  According to this article, Coach Zorn blames first himself, then the rest of his staff for the lackluster performances on the field the last half-season.  And while I admire a man who can admit he's made mistakes, why would it take this long to realize it?

Doesn't that smell of a "I'm afraid to blame anyone else because I'm just the new guy here" kind of remark?

And then Clinton Portis takes a turn at the blame game.  You might remember last week when he lit up Coach Zorn on the radio.  Well this week, he keeps the blame closer to home, as you can read in this article.  CP seems to think that the players on the team are letting themselves down.  

I don't know about you, but I'm thinking we may have seen the first, last and only season under the Zorn regime.  I haven't heard anything from Dan The Fan's office but they usually wait until after the season to mess things up.  I mean, change things for the better.  (right).

Either way, I think the effort shown is indicative of an aging offensive and defensive line.  You can nitpick other areas, but where the majority of the problems start and end are with the lines.  We have virtually no pass rush, we can't hardly protect the QB long enough for him to even drop back and set up a pass, let alone pass it, and lately:  We can't run between the tackles most plays.

Fix what's broken, leave what isn't and I bet we have the tools to turn this whole thing around for the 2009 campaign.

Hail Redskins!  Hold your heads up high, better days are a comin'!