Some players from the USC Trojans but now playing football in Seattle Seahawks jerseys may be glad to hear that their old coach Pete Carroll will be with them in Seattle as the team’s new coach. Turning in his resignation from USC, Carroll is now having negotiation with the Seahawks and there will be a result soon.
The Seahawks were in Los Angeles negotiating with Carroll on Sunday—while lining up interviews to find their next general manager. Seahawks chief executive officer Tod Leiweke spent the day in California any may stay there for Monday until a deal is done.
The GM choices include former Tennessee Titans general manager Floyd Reese, New York Giants personnel man Marc Ross, Green Bay Packers executive John Schneider and Pittsburgh Steelers contract administrator Omar Khan.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Redskins hired retired coach to help Zorn on offense
The Washington Redskins now ranks 27th in the league in scoring and they feel that something needs to be done to improve the team’s offense. The action they took is to bring in longtime NFL assistant Sherman Lewis as an offensive consultant to help coach Jim Zorn.
Lewis has coached for 22 years in the NFL and once was a candidate for head coaching jobs. Such experience soon aroused speculation that Lewis could be Zorn’s replacement-in-waiting. However, the Redskins pointed out that they hired Lewis just to offer a “fresh set of eyes” to the team and had no plan to change coach staff. In the posting on the team Web site announcing the move, executive vice president for football operations Vinny Cerrato was quoted as saying, “it’s not a threat at all” to Zorn’s job security.
“Nothing changes,” Cerrato said in a conference call with reporters. “Jim’s still calling plays. Everybody’s still doing what they’re doing. It’s just another fresh set of eyes.”
The 67-year-old Lewis used to work with the Detroit Lions and announced his retirement after 2004 season. When the Redskins holds its first practice on Wednesday in preparation for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, he will make his first Redskins Park debut.
Lewis has coached for 22 years in the NFL and once was a candidate for head coaching jobs. Such experience soon aroused speculation that Lewis could be Zorn’s replacement-in-waiting. However, the Redskins pointed out that they hired Lewis just to offer a “fresh set of eyes” to the team and had no plan to change coach staff. In the posting on the team Web site announcing the move, executive vice president for football operations Vinny Cerrato was quoted as saying, “it’s not a threat at all” to Zorn’s job security.
“Nothing changes,” Cerrato said in a conference call with reporters. “Jim’s still calling plays. Everybody’s still doing what they’re doing. It’s just another fresh set of eyes.”
The 67-year-old Lewis used to work with the Detroit Lions and announced his retirement after 2004 season. When the Redskins holds its first practice on Wednesday in preparation for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, he will make his first Redskins Park debut.
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