Zorn to Largent to Redskins Head Coach
Posted Aug. 11, 2008 at 12:26 pm by Don WardAfter the messy divorce that was the Brett Favre/Green Bay Packers retirement/comeback debacle this football watcher is looking for a new number two football team.
Don’t worry. As a Seattleite, my first allegiance will always be to the Hawks. But over a season, you have to be the most orthodox disciples of Bill The Beerman not to cast a wandering eye over to another team’s sideline on Sunday afternoons.
If you have to go out stepping, you might as well put your boots under the bed of a franchise that has at least some ties to home.
Having watched enough games in the old Kingdome as a kid, that “other team” now has become the Washington Redskins with their new head coach Jim Zorn.
Zorn’s improbable leap-frog from Seahawks QB coach to Redskins offensive coordinator and ultimately head coach of the storied franchise is one of those tales of luck and being in the right place at the right time that seems to belong to another age of sports.
Granted, wishing someone to work for an owner like Dan Snyder is not a curse to throw around lightly. But it was his flaky, meddling attitude that caused him to skip over more veteran coaching prospects and pick Zorn instead.
Already a nice little playoff rivalry had developed between the ‘Skins with the Seahawks knocking them out in two of the past three seasons. There just might be a time in the near future when Hawks fans see Zorn’s crew-cut behind a clipboard at Qwest Field and wish he was wearing blue instead of burgundy.
Because we had him first.
For Football Swingers: If you are casting about for that second or third team to cheer for on Sunday afternoons here are a few tips.
1: Unless you come from Texas, or have horns on your head, you can never root for the Dallas Cowboys. Cheering for “America’s Team” is like cheering for the Yankees or Lakers.
2: Never support another team in your division. This should be common sense.
3: Stay away from the classic chokers like the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins.
4: Be a Raider Hater. Sure, these days the Silver and Black are as imposing as Steve Erkel trick-or-treating in a pirate costume. But trying to explain to your parents why you’ve become part of Raider Nation has ruined more than one Thanksgiving dinner.
5: Don’t bandwagon. Long-time fans of winning clubs don’t want your support. In fact they resent people trying to steal the joy. Football is about suffering and pain, losing seasons and post-season blunders, bad trades and first-round draft picks that have gone bust.
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Comments
Those are good guidelines, especially #1. If you have horns on your head you're either cattle or Satan, both of whom are Cowboys' target audience.
Posted Aug. 12, 2008 at 12:28 pm by Skins FanMaking the Redskins your "second" team is kind of sick and twisted. They play each other this year, aren't you going to feel slightly bipolar that week?
I would add one thing:
"Cheering for “America’s Team” is like cheering for the Yankees or Lakers." or the devil.
Posted Aug. 12, 2008 at 2:49 pm by jflow78Making the Redskins your "second" team is kind of sick and twisted. They play each other this year, aren't you going to feel slightly bipolar that week?
I would add one thing:
"Cheering for “America’s Team” is like cheering for the Yankees or Lakers." or the devil.
Posted Aug. 12, 2008 at 2:49 pm by jflow78Not at all.
For example, the Green Bay Packers had been my favorite non-hometown team since 1993. However, when the Seahawks played them last year, I had no problem rooting for Holmgren and the gang.
Well...
For the first eight minutes at any rate.
Posted Aug. 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm by Don Ward