Zhouse Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 So instead of an OTA today, Coach Zorn arranged for a team building exercise. When I heard that this was happening, I had wild visions of Mike Williams doing trust leans onto a nervous group of teammates and Clinton Portis on a ropes course and other similarly stereotypical team-building events. This was not to be, which is probably for the best. Instead, the team was issued matching white collared Redskins logo shirts, marched onto buses, and escorted to a nearby bowling alley for twenty frames of raucous team building. I figured Coach Zorn had a reason why bowling had been selected instead of, say, golf or paintball, and he did not disappoint. "This is something where everybody could be in close proximity, we can see what everybody else is doing," he said. Read More at http://blog.redskins.com/2009/06/09/coach-zorn-explains-the-bowling-thing/#continued Redskins Talk The Talk As Draft Analysts, General ManagersWhen Coach Zorn told me that the bowling captains had drafted their teams, I sort of assumed that it was a quick, perfunctory thing and that not much thought had necessarily gone into the selections. What I failed to reckon with, I think, was the inherent competitiveness of professional football players. The more guys I talked to about the team selection process, the clearer it became that they had all approached the bowling draft with a remarkable level of focus. It also became clear that, at this point, it's pretty easy to sound like a post-draft analyst, no matter what you're talking about. Here's Clinton Portis, for example, on how he approached the draft:"Man, strategizing, you know," he said. "I think my recruiting staff did a great job. We called in a couple favors from some of the PBA Tours, I heard [byron] Westbrook's name was on there. Danny Smith, he was a bowling coach in high school, and then we just took Michael Grant hoping we found a diamond in the rough, and I think he's gonna pan out. "You just gotta do your research, you know?" Portis continued. "I had Fred Davis down as our top pick, but we weren't able to get the guy -- it was a disadvantage to us not being able to pick offensive players -- but the next best thing we had on the board was Westbrook. We got our guy." Read more at: http://blog.redskins.com/2009/06/09/redskins-talk-the-talk-as-draft-analysts-general-managers/ Good to see the team getting away from football practice for a day and just having a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftCoast Skinz FAN Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 That's cool! I love bowling. What a cool article and cool idea for Coach Zorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 http://chriscooley47.blogspot.com/2009/06/bowling-otas.html Cooley's post. Sounds like good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhouse Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 There's more on Cooley's website/blog: Cooley Zone http://chriscooley47.blogspot.com/2009/06/bowling-otas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsgal Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I was going to go to the bowling alley today as I knew they were going to be there but had to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 It almost makes me miss bowling now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhouse Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 I was going to go to the bowling alley today as I knew they were going to be there but had to work. Was it open to the public....the bowling alley they were at? I imagined they rented out the place for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 lol thats awesome, good to see Portis, as always, being Portis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo808 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Great idea Zorn! The guys must have had fun! Good to know they get opportunities like this to bond as team! HTTR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalSkins Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I ran into a bunch of Skins players at a bowling alley near Redskins Park in 2006. They have been bowling long before Zorn joined the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackest Eyes Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I would pay money to see some of those guys bowl haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpskins10 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Smoot rolled a 212? For some reason I just did not see that one coming, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackest Eyes Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Smoot rolled a 212? For some reason I just did not see that one coming, lol. I bet no one did. Best part is I bet Smoot will not shut up about it. :hysterical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSHRedskins3ATLBraves3 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I was just reading the story on it on Cooley's blog and someone commented "What did LaRon Landry bowl?" :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I was just reading the story on it on Cooley's blog and someone commented "What did LaRon Landry bowl?" :laugh: hey, get of LaRon's back...some of these players like going to their OWN bowling alley! As long as they come in able to pick up the 7-10 split during the season, what difference does it make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSHRedskins3ATLBraves3 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 hey, get of LaRon's back...some of these players like going to their OWN bowling alley! As long as they come in able to pick up the 7-10 split during the season, what difference does it make? The unity that's needed at the alley during the season is something that can't be created if you bowl by yourself during the offseason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 The unity that's needed at the alley during the season is something that can't be created if you bowl by yourself during the offseason! These offseason bowling trips are overrated...besides, you can't expect these guys to be bowling year round!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenic Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 If ARE brought his own gear, he must've known they were going. Cooley mentioned some clues that were left. Wonder how that went? fun stuff! I'm guessing thats Jaison Williams in the back of the bus (cooleys pic)? Man.. that guy doesn not look happy in either of the pics. THEN he was the last to be chosen for a team. Somebody isn't fittin in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illone Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Team building is almost ALWAYS productive. I wonder if they started drinking early:paranoid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Zorn is pretty cool as a coach - don't believe me? 'Z is good at anything he does so I figured it to be a safe bet.' CC said ^ so it must be true Off on a tangent but isn't the 'Redskin blogger' doing a good job? I'm not saying JJ/Murf good but comes across as honest which is more than you normally get in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebowski Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 More classic Portis. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HA1LV1CT0RY Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I don't think this was Zorn's idea. Coach Gibbs did this to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 I don't think this was Zorn's idea. Coach Gibbs did this too... Fixed that one for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Didn't the Caps do this about a dozen years ago during the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvtbred Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Back in the day a bunch of them used to go into Annandale Bowling Center every once in a while. Bowl a little, shoot some pool and drink a beer or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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