Big Effing News: Vinny is Out, Bruce Allen is New GM

...And It was Good

Vinny Cerrato has resigned.  Hope lives.  Food will taste better, men will walk taller, music will sound better.  Glory glory halleleujah the wicked witch is dead.  And joy spread throughout the valley, like so much oxen.

Dad: Woo hoo!

This is not really on the same level as, say, deposing Saddam Hussein from his control over Iraq, or the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dismantling of the Soviet Union.  But it would be inaccuarate to say that it is really dissimilar.  Vinny C. was responsible for so many terrible decisions and a philosophy that resulted in shameful neglect of the Redskins' depth.  Perhaps it took this year's embarrassing Junior Varsity offensive line to result in his resignation.

A little over an hour later, it was announced that Bruce Allen was taking over as GM.  I like the move generally.  He helped build the Raiders into a real contender in early 00s with Jon Gruden. His Raiders actually lost to Gruden's Bucs in the 2002 Super Bowl. That was Gruden's first year there after being the Raiders coach. In 2004 Allen joined Gruden in Tampa and they went to the playoffs a couple of times, but got fired with Gruden in 08. This is why Gruden talk will heat up even though he signed an extension with Monday Night Football. It should also be really interesting listening to Gruden do the Skins/Giants game this Monday. Reallllly interesting.

Cerrato said he got to work with some great coaches like Joe Gibbs, Sherm Lewis, and Greg Blache, but not Jim Zorn--the man he hired less than two years ago.  What a dick.  Oh well, peace dude.  Smell ya later.