Make or Break Year For These Coaches/Players

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Published: July 7, 2009

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... succeed, they could see themselves out of a job by 2010.

Not all of them are on the axe list because of the their performance, but of because of their circumstances.

 

Jim Zorn, Head Coach, Washington Redskins

This one is beyond me. Jim Zorn has only been a head coach for a year, and posted an 8-8 record last year. Sure it's not great, but it could be worse. How could a young coach possibly be in position to be canned?

Well the reality is that he works for Dan Snyder. And Dan Snyder burns through more head coaches faster than Bowflex supposedly burns fat. From 2000-2008, he has hired then fired six coaches.

Most infamously, he fired Norv Turner mid-season, who went on to become the head coach of the Chargers, and found much more success there.

The Bottom Line: If Zorn doesn't perform to Snyder's ridiculously high standards, he'll be out of a job, and someone else will step into the hot seat.

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