Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray added to the ambiguity of the coaching situation when he first said he hadn’t interviewed for the head coaching position. Then he twice offered a no comment when asked again if he had interviewed.
Jim Zorn has not yet been fired, but there’s little doubt that it will happen. The Redskins want Mike Shanahan, who remains the favorite to come here. But they have to satisfy the league’s Rooney Rule about interviewing a minority candidate, which Gray would do. Various reports said last week that Gray had indeed interviewed with owner Dan Snyder.
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Wednesday, Gray was directly asked if he had interviewed and said, “No. Jim and I have had a discussion. Anything that we discussed is, don’t let this distract us about what we’re doing. That’s been one of our main deals. I know it came up last week, what’s going on with the staff. We’re together. Trust me, we’re going to be together. Sometimes you can jump the gun, like Memphis where a bunch of stories were running wild and rampant.
“If you never go to the source and quote other sources, that kills an organization. Go to the source and if the source says yes or no, then you go on. The good thing about this staff, Jim and I have had conversations and the conversation is between he and I.”
However, last month Gray was asked directly about the Memphis job and did not want to answer. He also was asked about interviewing for the Redskins’ job after Monday night’s loss to New York and made it clear he wasn’t going to discuss the matter.
And after his long answer Wednesday, he was asked again to clarify whether or not he had interviewed. He said, “Jim and I had a conversation. Our conversation is, let’s get ready for Dallas.”
But that still left some ambiguity. So, through the Redskins PR department, another clarification was sought about whether or not he had interviewed for the position. The answer came back, “No comment. Any conversations that I have is between me and Jim. We’re on the same page.”
The dysfunction continues.
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