Zorn Evaluates Zorn

There was a noticeably different tone to Coach Zorn’s press conference today, a change that actually addresses some of the most common concerns about his approach during this second half of the season. There was little (if any) discussion of execution, of specific mistakes made by players, of plays that had gone wrong. What we [...]

Coach Zorn Shuffles The O-Line Deck

The highlight from Coach Zorn’s press conference today is the reshuffling of the offensive line, a move born more of necessity than of any particular desire on Zorn’s part. (To judge by the comments, though, there are plenty of fans who will be pleased to see some change — ANY change — along the lines, [...]

Coach Zorn’s Day-After-Seattle Press Conference

Coach Zorn’s press conference today seemed, at least to me, to me more about content and less about charming, quirky phrases. (Although there were plenty of those — plenty of “violent”s and “heroic”s and so on.) It’s been instructive, watching Zorn learn to control his natural candor sometimes, learn to realize when something he’s saying [...]

Coach Zorn’s Day After Musings on Moss, Devin Thomas, and Sacks

As with the postgame comments last night, Coach Zorn’s press conference today seemed to acknowledge the obvious problems — pass blocking, pass rush — even while maintaining his trademark confidence. And his brutal frankness was on display, especially during his comments on Devin Thomas and Jason Campbell. Some excerpts…. On attempting the big play shot [...]

omg zorn press conference for oct 27

Possibly the biggest revelation of today’s press conference with Coach Zorn is that he’s started texting, in this case with Clinton Portis. “I’m learning to text now,” he said, making the universal Blackberry gesture with his thumbs. “My daughter says it’s the modern day phone call.” Other, less crucial news from the press conference…. Zornspeak [...]

Coach Zorn Press Conference – 9/29

Watching Coach Zorn dribble the football in practice — something he makes look confusingly, perplexingly easy — is less interesting than hearing his press conference. But not by much — it’s surprisingly hypnotic. (Photo by Ned Dishman.) London Fletcher apparently tried to explain to Coach Zorn that the Seattle/Oakland rivalry isn’t comparable to Redskins/Cowboys, but [...]

Day After The Game: Zorn Press Conference – 9/15

Coach Zorn just spoke, hoarser than usual and, strangely, less animated after a win than he has been after the tough losses. He did mention spending a couple of hours enjoying the win, which has to be draining. Anyhow, still honest, but mostly about positive things this time. In fact, Zorn addressed the question of [...]

Day After The Game: Coach Zorn Press Conference

Coach Zorn maintained the same frank openness at this press conference as he has through the preseason, as well as the same optimism. If the team continues to struggle offensively as they did in the first quarter yesterday, that optimism could very well start coming off as completely baseless, but for the moment it still [...]

Coach Zorn’s Press Conference – 8/29

Well, this should address the concerns of a number of people who’ve emailed me: The big news from Coach Zorn’s press conference has got to be that the right tackle position is “a battle, a very close battle,” even though he said that Jon Jansen has been “solid this preseason.” But, he noted, Stephon Heyer [...]

Sunday, August 24: Coach Zorn’s Press Conference

Well, to answer my final question of last night, Coach Zorn remained perfectly candid, perfectly forthcoming, and surprisingly good humored in the face of the media inquiries after his first loss. The big news is definitely Jason Taylor‘s injury, which Coach Zorn describes as a sprain, and that it looks like there’s no ligament damage. [...]