Dr. Maccoby participates in a Weekly Forum on Washington Post.com called "On Leadership". I am compiling all of his responses to the weekly questions here.
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DATE: October 26, 2009 Stripping responsibility without undermining? As the Washington Redskins have learned with Coach Jim Zorn, whose play-calling responsibilities were handed over to an offensive consultant, it's tricky bringing in someone to help compensate for a particular weakness of a leader without appearing to undermine his leadership. In your experience, are there effective ways to pull that off, or is it a doomed strategy? |
Replace Cerruto and Snyder
Bringing in a play caller is a Hail Mary managerial play, an extreme long shot that could succeed only if the consultant were able to design brilliant plays based on deep knowledge of the Redskins' skills and the vulnerabilities of opponents. That hasn't happened.
The teams' problems are not due to coach Zorn's play calling, but the weakness of the personnel. In the game against the Eagles, the offensive line showed the same failure to protect the quarterback or open holes for ball carriers that has crippled the Redskins' ability to score.
Clearly, the fault lies not with the coach, but with Dan Snyder and Vince Cerruto for their draft and free-agency decisions. They are the managers who need to be replaced.
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