tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post1055023879461361157..comments2023-07-02T04:32:09.689-04:00Comments on Oblong Spheroid: TopicalChris Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04996455466572610983noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post-24355903538085119442009-09-30T13:36:20.185-04:002009-09-30T13:36:20.185-04:00I read this article when it was posted to SI yeste...I read this article when it was posted to SI yesterday or the day before or whenever and really enjoyed it. However, I think he's not correct about the Mangini hire being the worst.<br /><br />In retrospect it might be, but while he calls out some of the people he compares the hire to as results oriented thinking making them bad hires, he's actually doing much the same with Mangini. Let's face it, Mangini didn't say in his interviews that he was going to tear down that players mural.<br /><br />My personal opinion is that Jim Zorn is the worst that I can remember, though I'll admit my "memory" on such things only goes back around a decade. So for instance, I don't remember enough about the Kotite hire to compare it.<br /><br />But Zorn was just a disaster on his hire. He was already controvertial as an offensive coordinator. Snyder brought him on prior to even having a HC, which is enough of a damning indictment...who wants to come in and be a head coach when they aren't allowed to build their own staff, particularly when saddled with someone not really though of as being capable of handling the position they're given?<br /><br />It was at that point that Snyder had tremendous difficulty actually hiring a head coach. The two names most remembered in that search had to be Jim Fassel and Steve Spagnuolo. I don't remember off the top of my head what happened with Fassel. I think there was a lot of discussion around him and Snyder said "We don't want him" or something like that? Spags was a disaster. Snyder wined and dined him for two-plus days and wound up making an announcement the next day saying "We mutually agreed he wasn't the right fit." Good God, how much more obvious can you get that Spags said "Um, hell no."<br /><br />It was basically after exhausting all options that Snyder turned to Zorn and offered him the job. The Mangini hire was questioned by some while others said "That's not a bad move." The Zorn hire, from what I remember, had literally no supporters. It was universally called a terrible hire if not simply laughed at, a testament to how terribly the organization is run.<br /><br />Mangini may turn out to be one of the worst, although I think it might require him actually walking onto the field in the middle of a game, taking a dump on whoever he's decided is his quarterback for that series, and walking out of the stadium to overthrow Petrino's lock on that status. But looking at the hire by itself, no results in consideration? Zorn has Mangini beat be a pretty wide margin.<br /><br />At least in my opinion.Chris Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996455466572610983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post-41639143968383301402009-09-30T13:33:38.995-04:002009-09-30T13:33:38.995-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chris Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996455466572610983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post-28731071956956299392009-09-29T22:42:18.213-04:002009-09-29T22:42:18.213-04:00I was going to say Kotite. I still remember the u...I was going to say Kotite. I still remember the unbearable poignance of owner Leon Hess saying at the press conference that he hired Kotite because he didn't have a lot of time left and wanted to win now. Win now! With Kotite!<br /><br />But Pos is right. Kotite did technically have a winning record in Philly. He took Buddy Ryan's buzzsaw of a roster and got worse every year; but he was still 8 games over .500 when they fired him in Philly. You can make the case he was a better hire than Mangini.JimZipCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910763846618963025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518999264103251377.post-72036777070284542912009-09-29T20:42:19.413-04:002009-09-29T20:42:19.413-04:00I only got a line or so into the quote, but I just...I only got a line or so into the quote, but I just want to say that I adore the neologism "fanbole".<br />Would it be better with another syllable? "Fanperbole"? I dunno.JimZipCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910763846618963025noreply@blogger.com