Looks like it's time to christen this new section with an interesting story on Zorn's personality. Good for him to letting the team know when he's not happy with something!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080503/SPORTS01/520400089/1005/SPORTSJim Zorn seems like he could be the nice guy next door who lets you borrow his power tools or lawnmower. But the Washington Redskins' coach has a fiery side, too, as he showed yesyerday during the afternoon practice of his team's first day of minicamp.
Zorn exploded when Shawn Springs picked off a Jason Campbell pass and lateraled to fellow veteran cornerback Fred Smoot, who went tumbling head over heels and lost the ball.
"Don't do that," Zorn screamed. "Don't mess around like that. You get the ball, run with it!"
Asked about his reaction, Zorn said, "When we have the right to have the ball with a great interception and then to kind of throw it away, yeah then I get upset."
Springs, who played four years in Seattle when Zorn was a Seahawks assistant, said he wasn't taken aback by the coach's reaction.
"That's good," Springs said. "Freddy corrupts me. I'm going to have apologize to Coach Zorn."
Defensive coordinator Greg Blache said Zorn "has got a lot of John Wayne in him," a quiet guy who is strong when he needs to be.
"The neatest thing about Coach Z is that he hits a home run at everything he does because he's always himself," Blache said. "The meeting with the coaches, he doesn't try to be [Seattle Seahawks coach] Mike Holmgren. The meeting with the players, he didn't come across trying to be Knute Rockne. He's been Jim Zorn. He's genuine. There's nothing phony about him, nothing pre-scripted. He's just a down-to-earth person. He's got an innate ability to lead people."
