Saturday, October 24, 2009

Cerrato Seals the Deal

Those of you who think Vinny's vote of confidence in Zorn's head coaching status means anything, think again. What was the Danny supposed to do? The team was in chaos, the laughingstock of the NFL. They had to do something to try and calm things down, so they give Zorn a vote of confidence, that he'll be the head coach until at least the end of this season, and "hopefully" thereafter (Vinny's words). Of course, this is the same week they emasculated (i.e., cut the balls off) the guy, telling him he had been stripped of the only thing he likes to do: play calling. It's like telling Obama: "you can be president, but you can't make any speeches", or telling Michael Phelps that he can compete in the Olympics, but he can't swim. The Redskins are one continuous cartoon.
It's amazing to me that anyone still goes to the games. Who wants to spend a whole day fighting beltway traffic to get to a stadium built in Godforsakenville, just to be among a bunch of drunks and smokers while watching the most pitiful franchise ever to put on the uniform? (and this fan goes all the way back to Eddie LeBaron, Don Bossler, and Joe Rutgens...). And then fight to get out of the parking lot? It's a pity that we can't pin this one on Danny Boy, but the idea to build the new stadium 15 years ago in Godforsakenville belonged to the previous owner, Jack Kent Cooke, who somehow didn't get it that the WASHINGTON Redskins needed to be in WASHINGTON. Abe Pollin did the absolute right thing, putting Verizon Center smack dab in the middle of town, easily accessible from just about anywhere on Metro. He revitalized the entire Penn Quarter. The Squire had blinders on, and went out to Yukka Flats (a/k/a Godforsakenville) which requires a full day committment to see a shitty team lose. You can see the same shitty team from the comfort of your own home! And, you can multi-task while you do it! Surf the net, read the NYT, pay bills, have sex...whatever! You won't miss a thing. I've taken to taping the games, which reduces the pain from 3 hours to a manageable 2 hours, cutting out the commercials. The only negative thing about only having 2 hours to watch the game is that I have only 2 hours to multi-task. And my finger is constantly on the fast forward button.
To get back to the point, I predict that after the Redskins get their collective assess handed to them by the Eagles Monday night (74-0?), Zorn will finally be fired, some assistant will take over as "interim", Joe Gibbs will be brought in to find and recruit a GM and will hire his son to do the job. Or Danny's son. Or Vinny's son. Or whoever's son is out of a job and needs a million or so thrown his way. Hey, Danny! My son could use a million bucks, and his qualifications for the job are superb: he knows absolutely nothing about evaluating professional football talent! In other words, he fits right in!
Whaddaya say, Danny Boy? I'll be your best friend....

1 comment:

Skins Skinny said...

You are hysterical! And boy, do you have it nailed. You ought to get a full time writing job...I hear a rag called Death & Taxes is looking for a political columnist....