Zorn caught on quickly in Baltimore after his firing in DC.
By the fourth game of the season, we all knew it was coming: Jim Zorn was going to be fired as head coach of the Washington Redskins. What remained to be seen was where and what his next coaching job would be. It didn’t take long, and it wasn’t far either. Zorn simply took a cruise around the Beltway from DC to Baltimore to become the new quarterbacks coach of the Baltimore Ravens.
From the outset, it looked like Zorn would reconnect with mentor Mike Holmgren, by becoming the quarterbacks coach in Cleveland where Holmgren had moved into the front office. However, sometimes the obvious is not always the outcome, and the rumors never really materialized. Shortly after, Zorn was announced as the newest member of the Ravens coaching staff.
This could be good for Zorn, who will be taking a serious step back from his duties with the Redskins. He will be solely in charge of developing Joe Flacco, who has matured quickly, but without much responsibility in a run-first offense. He will not need to worry about any head coaching duties, play-calling responsibilities, media requests or in-game decisions. He can go back to what he did best, pass down his quarterbacking expertise to those under his tutelage.
I wish Zorn the best. He truly was a nice guy, which is rare in professional sports, but it also showed why there are so few around. He was chewed up and spit out, without much fighting back on his part. In reality, he will never be a head coach again, at least in the professional ranks, and his one shot at the big time came and went with little more than a whimper. While he was not a good fit in Washington, both with the demands of ownership and the media fishbowl, he will be a quality asset to another team’s coaching staff, and Baltimore should expect a much improved Flacco next season.
Thank you for your time here, Jim Zorn. Best of luck in the future, I’ll see ya when I see ya.
