Rat_Boy Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.cfm CERRATO CHANGES COMING?Last week, the Washington Times reported that Redskins exec Vinny Cerrato would be the team's de facto G.M. in the 2003 off-season, since he had been placed in charge of free agency and the draft. That same day, Karl Swanson of the Redskins informed us that no such changes had been made. According to a league source, both versions are accurate. Sort of. The source tells us that folks close to the action in D.C. believe that Cerrato eventually will be given official control over the draft and free agency, and that owner Daniel Snyder will wait until after the season to make the changes. As we previously have reported, Cerrato is a big hit with Snyder's parents, and that they lobbied for the return earlier this year of Cerrato, who was released after Snyder gave the keys temporarily to Marty Schottenheimer. We've also reported that there is friction between Cerrato and team exec Joe Mendes, and that Cerrato's role had been diminished as the season unfolded. In our view, it makes sense that Snyder would be interested in nudge power back toward Cerrato, since the tinkerings of Mendes and coach du jour Steve Spurrier haven't translated into on-field success. Even Snyders PARENTS are meddlers!!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief skin Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 WE ARE DOOMED, hope you all enjoyed this season because it is just coming attractions if this is true. I thought Iwas pi$$ed on Thanksgiving wow was I wrong this blunder makes Thanksgiving look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Come on guys.... even Pastabelly, who we KNOW hates Snyder and the Skins, debunked this garbage. You are not SERIOUSLY gonna take anything written by these guys on thier "rumormill" page to heart are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat_Boy Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 If I was taking it to heart Eric, I would have posted We ARE the official jokes of the NFL. But I posted We COULD BE the official jokes of the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpierce Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Don't worry, guys. As long as Mike Brown owns the Bengals, the Skins won't be the joke of the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Blade, I'm not taking it "to heart", but even the fact that this could have happened is disheartening. Snyder has got to get a real GM in there and clean up our FO, it's horrible at almost everything it does. But he never will, because he and Cerrato are like brothers and it's killling this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief skin Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 We hope it is just a rumor and a bad joke but at the same time Vinny was fired and as soon as Marty was fired Vinny was hired. SCARY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Larry Weisman really broke the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat_Boy Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Anyone know that website where you can order custom jersey's with whatever you want on them? In the event this is true, I wanna get a head start on my Burgundy & Gold #22 Smith jersey. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief skin Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Hey that will look real good hanging in the closet next to your burgundy and gold 21 sanders jersey what do you think????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Sounds like the Skins may be playing a game with words, like Bill Clinton circa Monica Lewinski. If Karl Swanson merely said that "no such change HAD BEEN made," he's leaving the door open for such changes in the offseason. Of course it's debatable how much stock to put into this story, but luckydevi is right -- Larry Weismann had broken this story BEFORE the Washington Times ran it. And he stands by the story. If he's right, chalk this up as another shrewd move by our beloved owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superskins Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 I was watching Redskins Report on Saturday and Sonny said that the rumors were false because cerato hasn't been seen at Redskins park this year, he's out on the road scouting. What ever that's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 That profootballtalk.com website is pure trash IMO. I wouldn't take anything they have to say too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennesseeCarl Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 IF any of that stuff about lobbying Snyder's parents is true and this is how the guy who controls our draft is selected, then very little the players are doing will make much difference. Please tell me this isn't how things are done at Redskin Park. I don't want to be reading how Mendes trumped Cerrato by visiting Snyder's grandparents in some nursing home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 Rumors have to start somewhere. It's probably garbage, but I mean, these ARE professional journalists whether we want to admit it or not. I'm not saying that there aren't crackpots out there who make stuff up, but most people who do this for a living wouldn't pull something out of the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displaced Fan Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 HIS PARENTS?!!!!...HIS PARENTS?!!!! Oh dear God!!:shootinth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins57 Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Come on guys, we all know the media will try anything to take a shot at Synder and this is all this is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displaced Fan Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I just saw the highlights of the Thanksgiving Day game. I can't believe that we let Galloway just walk into the endzone like that.:puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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