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New Redskins Coach Jim Zorn Is Not What You'd Call a 'Good Public Speaker'
Posted February 11th ago via AOL Fanhouse
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Jim Fassel has already pointed out something that is obvious to those who follow the league closely -- teams are leaning more and more towards inexperienced coaches. Being a coach, though, extends far beyond what you do on the sidlines. You're also the public face of the team. Everybody feeds off of what you project. So far, new Redskins coach Jim Zorn is projecting ... well, not something great.

In his introductory press conference, the quarterback coach who could leap offensive coordinator positions in one single bound referred to the Redskins colors as maroon and black, which would be correct if the Redskins were actually the crew from Star Trek.

He also used an odd choice of words in praising the decision of playing 10 men on defense to honor Sean Taylor -- "pretty awesome" -- and probably didn't please much of the team's brass by admiring the decision of not-so-amicably-departed Gregg Williams (the team has, in fact, edited this part out of the audio on their website). Oh, and when asked about the particulars of his job, he admitted that he's going to need a lot of help.

So if all of this doesn't instill confidence in the Redskins and their fans, I'm not sure wh...

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