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Zorn show highlights
By: John Keim
Examiner Staff Writer
11/03/09 1:00 PM EST
Highlights from the Jim Zorn show on ESPN 980:
On the punt return situation: “Here’s my stand on it. Last week is kind of the way I see it going. We used three punt returners. I used Antwaan Randle El who has been our punt returner. I tried to get Santana Moss one or two punt returns in every game and started to get DeAngelo Hall more involved as well. We’ll get five or six punt returns, maybe more, and if we can use all three of those guys that’s what I want to have done. The reason its been talked about is that I see the role of Antwaan, if he was purely a punt returner that has had production he would continue on. … There’s only so many punt returners. We still want a spark and we want a return up the field. We want to create field position.”
Translation: Antwaan’s not getting it done, but he likely be used when they need a sure catch and aren’t looking for a big return. Hall and Moss are more dangerous, but Randle El is probably better fielding punts inside the 20, the Eagles’ game notwithstanding. But this is basically what he said a week ago on his radio show.
On Mike Holmgren’s comments on a Chicago radio station, knocking the Redskins for taking away play-calling duties from Zorn: “I appreciate Mike. He’s a seasoned coach. He’s been around the block and been in the league as a coach for a lot of years. So it’s hard for me. I didn’t hear all the comments. One of the things he mentioned was that it makes me look foolish. That’s hard for me because no one wants to be a fool out here. I’m trying to work within the program that is before me and work hard with our coaches and players and try to create an edge that we can be successful with. I certainly hope I don’t look foolish out there in a Redskins coaching outfit.”
More on Holmgren’s comments, about him being too nice: “He’s in full support of me and we’ve been together for a lot of years and he knows what my capabilities are and he’s frustrated. But nobody likes a nice guy if you’re not winning. Everyone would like to have me be more obnoxious and a real jerk, if we were winning. Nobody would care. Winning in this league is a premium. I want to do things in a proper way. I want to be a great leader. I also want to win. I know the expectations are in this league, regardless of where we’re at, is to win. This is a special place. The fans here deserve a winner. That’s what I’m shooting for as we go along here.”
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