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RT @FootballPost: Joe Flacco on Jim Zorn firing: 'I'm not happy about it' http://bit.ly/eVPRC6 ... Excellent work, Aaron Wilson.
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Jan 29, 2011 at 3:27 PM
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Jan 29, 2011 at 11:16 PM
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Originally posted by Jcool:Quote:
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RT @FootballPost: Joe Flacco on Jim Zorn firing: 'I'm not happy about it' http://bit.ly/eVPRC6 ... Excellent work, Aaron Wilson.
yep Flacco is pissed off
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/29/flacco-sounds-off-on-firing-of-zorn/
Jan 30, 2011 at 12:59 PM
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Feb 1, 2011 at 9:11 PM
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Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco made waves on Saturday, going on the record to state his disagreement with the team’s decision to fire quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn.
On Tuesday, Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain applauded Flacco’s move during an appearance with Jerry Coleman on FOX 1370 Sports Radio in Baltimore.
“I’m glad he said something,” McClain said. “That was big on Joe, you see how much he has matured from his rookie year to now, him just making a statement on that. He had his coach’s back. I felt the same way that he felt. The guy that had his back and stepped [his] game up a little bit this year, a lot this year, and the way [he] threw the ball and go through all that, and get rid of [his] coach. [He] just had to say something. . . . I can see where Joe’s coming from.”
McClain also said that he was surprised by the firing of Zorn, and that Flacco was “different” this year with Zorn’s involvement.
“You could see it in his stats and how he played,” McClain said.
McClain added that Zorn was a “great coach with us” and a “great friend to me.”
It remains to be seen whether any other Ravens add their two cents on the matter. For now, the tally is Zorn 2, Ravens 0.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/01/leron-mcclain-chimes-in-on-zorn-firing-flacco-reaction/
Feb 7, 2011 at 5:31 PM
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Over the weekend, Mike Preston of the Baltimore Sun reported that the Ravens faced a potential revolt over the duration of practices in advance of the division-round loss to the Steelers, with players threatening to go to the media and/or to the union over it.
The Ravens have responded, via an item posted on the team’s official website.
“I am here for every practice, year-round, and [coach] John [Harbaugh] informs me about the structure of practices, including length and repetitions,” G.M. Ozzie Newsome said. “I know practices were shorter, not only the week of the Steelers playoff game, but the weeks before, through our successful run to the postseason in December.”
Two Ravens — cornerback Chris Carr and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata — agreed with that assessment.
“They really didn’t want us to hit much, so it wasn’t really physical. We got a lot of mental work done,” Ngata told BaltimoreRavens.com. “The coaches didn’t want to have much contact, and it was pretty much the same, just not as physical as earlier in the year. . . .
“If you take the sport seriously, you’re going to have to have a great offseason, knowing that your team is going to make it into January,” Ngata added. “If you sell yourself short and do your workouts any other way, your body is going to break down earlier. I think our coaches do a great job of keeping our strength and conditioning up, and that’s why we do make it into January most of the time.”
“I can’t speak for my teammates, but I can speak for myself,” Carr said. “I think practices were scaled back from a week before the playoffs. In the playoffs, it was pretty much mental reps. It had nothing to do with why we lost. I just think it was the mistakes we made. I didn’t feel tired. Nobody out there was complaining that they were tired.
“I think the practices were definitely scaled back in our favor. It was beneficial, not a hindrance.”
Of course, all this means is that Preston’s source wasn’t Carr or Ngata (or that, if the source was Carr and/or Ngata, they sang a different tune to Preston). And even if all 53 players on the postseason roster were to publicly declare that they had no problem with the practices, it doesn’t change the fact that someone complained, accurately or not, about the situation.
Given the rancor regarding the decision to fire quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn, which resulted in quarterback Joe Flacco speaking out publicly against the move, it’s fairly clear that a certain amount of dysfunction currently exists within the organization, and dysfunction can manifest itself in all sorts of different ways.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/07/ravens-dispute-claim-of-increased-practice-length-during-playoffs/
More dysfunction for the Ravens...
Feb 15, 2011 at 8:47 AM
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Chiefs announced they named Jim Zorn the club’s quarterbacks coach.
I see this working out rreeaall well!
Feb 15, 2011 at 8:49 AM
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Chiefs announced they named Jim Zorn the club’s quarterbacks coach.
I see this working out rreeaall well!
wtf chiefs have the best coaching staff maybe all time (to bad weis left) but still
Feb 15, 2011 at 9:06 AM
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Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:Originally posted by Jcool:Quote:
Adam Schefter
Chiefs announced they named Jim Zorn the club’s quarterbacks coach.
I see this working out rreeaall well!
wtf chiefs have the best coaching staff maybe all time (to bad weis left) but still
Well considering the most important coach on that team, Todd Haley, is Josh McDaniel's 2.0 id say they aren't even close to the best staffs
Feb 15, 2011 at 9:55 AM
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Originally posted by Jcool:Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:Originally posted by Jcool:Quote:
Adam Schefter
Chiefs announced they named Jim Zorn the club’s quarterbacks coach.
I see this working out rreeaall well!
wtf chiefs have the best coaching staff maybe all time (to bad weis left) but still
Well considering the most important coach on that team, Todd Haley, is Josh McDaniel's 2.0 id say they aren't even close to the best staffs
In addition, Weiss is reportedly leaving because him and Haley couldn't work alongside each other. I wouldn't say that they have one of the best staffs.
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Feb 15, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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Originally posted by 9erfanAUS:Originally posted by Jcool:Originally posted by 49ersalldaway126:Originally posted by Jcool:Quote:
Adam Schefter
Chiefs announced they named Jim Zorn the club’s quarterbacks coach.
I see this working out rreeaall well!
wtf chiefs have the best coaching staff maybe all time (to bad weis left) but still
Well considering the most important coach on that team, Todd Haley, is Josh McDaniel's 2.0 id say they aren't even close to the best staffs
In addition, Weiss is reportedly leaving because him and Haley couldn't work alongside each other. I wouldn't say that they have one of the best staffs.
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I read the same rumblings and after seeing Haleys sideline behaviour, I would not be surprised if those rumors were true.
Besides that, the idea of the Chiefs having one of the best staffs especially all time is totally preposterous anyway.
First of all, both Crennel and Weis had been coordinators on the same team at the same time under freaking Bill Belichick, with Scott Pioli being in the front office as well, so the Chiefs essentially had the Patriots high-level staff with Todd Haley instead of Bill Belichick. Yeah, the Chiefs got the better deal in that constellation...
But more importantly, even if you are a total Niner homer, I think there could be reasonable arguments made that some of Niners Superbowl coaching staffs had been much better all time-greats potential.
I mean, look at how many future NFL head coaches have worked under Bill Walsh in San Francisco. If you take just one of those teams like the 1988 one, there are from the top of my head at least three future NFL head coaches on that staff, two of which won Super Bowls: George Seifert (duh), Mike Holmgren and Dennis Green. Well, there was also Bill Walsh himself, but apart from revolutionizing football, winning multiple Super Bowls, transforming San Francisco into a dynasty and getting into the Hall of Fame, what exactly did he accomplish?
I could even make some cases for teams like the Giants under Bill Parcells, who had Belichick as his D-Coordinator (with Belichick a sure-fire Hall of Famer and Parcells having a good shot as well), so how on earth the Chiefs could possibly assemble "the best coaching staff maybe all time" is beyond me
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