In a Thursday column, Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post placed blame for the Redskins’ struggles at the feet of the men who head the organization — owner Daniel Snyder and his right-hand man, executive V.P. of football operations Vinny Cerrato.
In a rant directed primarily at Snyder, Jenkins calls Cerrato “a proven failure.”
According to Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog (a product of the Post), Cerrato responded during Thursday night’s episode of Redskins Nation.
“I’m gonna send all my Super Bowl rings and national championship rings
and conference championship stuff and I’m gonna e-mail it,” Cerrato said. “You know, I’m gonna send her pictures of all those, you
know, because she probably doesn’t know what they look like.”
(Lighten up, Vinny. I mean, it’s not like she called you a dork or something.)
Here’s our take — as if anyone cares. Cerrato has received scant criticism for the fate of the team, and the reasons aren’t all that clear. In our view, Cerrato has gotten a pass because everyone realizes that Snyder will give him one. So Redskins fans have resigned themselves to the fact that Cerrato will always be around, like stretch marks.
It was Snyder, after all, who brought Cerrato back after Marty Schottenheimer had used his one season of full control over the roster to fire Cerrato.
That said, we don’t think that Cerrato is a “proven failure.” In our view, he’s a success. In an industry with harshly cruel accountability and constant turnover, Cerrato has finagled what is by all appearances a job that will last until he retires — or until Snyder sells the team.
His “conference championship stuff” ? What a needledick.
You have a solid defense and an offense that averages 12 points a game.
You go out and spend $100 mil on a defensive player.
Pure genius.
Coulda maybe upgraded the o-line or gotten a decent backup RB.
Umm, Vinny, how many Super Bowl rings have you won with the Redskins? Real tough talk when your team just lost to the Lions. Of course, Cerrato and Michael deftly sidestepped the actual content of Jenkins’ excellent column.
It’s embarrassing to be a ‘Skins fan under this regime.
Welcome to New Dork Florio.
Basically, until the Redskins move to L.A., Snyderrato will exist in DC throughout most of our football fandom.
Hard to root for the team…but I guess I’ll be there this Sunday losing my voice again.
Hail!
I think the only reason Cerrato has a job is because him and Danny are dating.
Umm, has anyone ever thought, you know, Daniel and Vinny are, you know, Danny and Vin. Gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Give me a better explination for why he gets a lifetime pass….
I dont know what crack pipe you are on Florio but Cerrato sucks. I dont care what he did in the past, that obviously doesnt mean a damn thing in todays football or else joe gibbs would still be coaching and they would have 3 rings by now.
Come on, figure it out. Where else does constant failure result in a job you couldn’t lose if you tried… And lost. And magically got it back after a solid season by a great HC wasn’t enough to keep you gone. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Who gives a rat’s ass about what a woman reporter says about football?
I like how Vinny takes credit for victories he contributed little to nothing to. He made Lou Holtz’s travel arrangements for a few years, carried Bill Walsh & George Siefert’s water for a little while and he drove the once proud 49ers into the worst tailspin in franchise history after ascending to the top of the player personnel totem pole (Jim Druckenmiller anyone?).
The bottom line is that he has no track record of success when in the position of chief decision maker at any level.
What a delusional tool.
Tell my man JB from Edgemere I said ‘Peace’
Um……what Super Bowl rings? With the 49ers? He wasn’t their GM. Dude has done nothing but fail. That story was dead on.
Florio, can we please stop talking about that crappy Deadskin franchise? They’re doomed, and destined to finish last……again.
Vinny saying “I’m gonna send all my Super Bowl rings and national championship rings and conference championship stuff and I’m gonna e-mail it.”
Reminds me of the loser Cowpie fans that live in the past.
It’s all about what have you done lately…not 5, or 10 years ago (or in the case of Cowpie fans, even longer).
Cerrato is not the cause of the problems in DC, but he is helping it along. DC wont get right until Snider decides to take a step back, thats when the fans will see if Cerrato can build a team, which I doubt.
That episode of redskin nation was emberassing. you had a fan e-mail with a legit beef and Vinny makes that arrogant ass comment. “say ladies, you want to um, check out my rings?” oh yeah and btw, “I was in a karate movie as well.” What a phuckin jerk off. I was ashamed to be a fan with that asshole trying to put down a fan with his past “success”.
Well Vinny, what the hell have you done lately? You lost to the lions, barely squeeked by the rams and now in great position for another upset against another first time starting qb. Your a jerk.
I hope you learn something from this Danny. If you ever bring in a football guy and let them run your team, not only will the post get off your back, maybe so will the fans. Just imagine, you will win more games too.
Mike, you say he is a success because he has been able to keep a job for this long? BFD! His success should be measured by how well the teams do year after year. That should have been obvious to you. I guess its just like some union people that don’t do shit because they are protected and know the rest of us will do enough work to carry their sorry asses. I would expect more out of you if you hadn’t let us down so much lately. I guess your stretched too thin now with all you have on your plate.
Everyone in Redskin County knows Snyder and Cerrato are deeply in love.
@Run1out . . . .
I was being sarcastic. Sorry for not making it more clear. Really, I’m sorry. I’m not being sarcastic about that. Really, I’m not.
Hey asshole Cerrato the proof is in the pudding. The team in all of the years you have been a part of it has been shitty to mediocre. So stop being delusional and get a grip. The talent is not as good as you say it is and there appears to be no actual progress in a positive direction.
FOUND THIS ON LINE. MAY HAVE GOTTEN A PLAYER OR TWO IN THIS YEAR’S DRAFT, BUT WHAT IS THAT SAYING ABOUT TOO LITTLE? AND $100M FOR DT? WHY NOT $40M LIKE GIANTS SPEND ON #2 FREE AGENT DT AND SPREAD THE OTHER $60M AROUND TO SAY…OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, LEGIT WR? QB?
AND DON’T FORGET THE TRADES FOR JASON TAYLOR AND TJ DUCKET. GREAT USE OF HIGH PICKS FOR ONE YEAR. BRILLIANT!!!
Once Vinny assumed full GM responsibilities in San Fran:
1995:
10 San Francisco J.J. Stokes WR UCLA
127 San Francisco Tim Hanshaw G Brigham Young
201 San Francisco Antonio Armstrong DE Texas A&M
238 San Francisco Herbert Coleman DE Trinity, Ill.
1996:
No 1st round pick
46 San Francisco Israel Ifeanyi DE Southern California
89 San Francisco Terrell Owens WR Tenn.-Chattanooga
128 San Francisco Daryl Price DE Colorado
160 San Francisco Iheanyi Uwaezuoke WR California
198 San Francisco Stephen Pitts RB Penn State
239 San Francisco Sean Manuel TE New Mexico State
254 San Francisco Sam Manuel LB New Mexico State (gotta have the manuel brothers, right?)
1997 (only 3 picks in 1997….hmmmmmm, this is beginning to look familiar):
26 San Francisco Jim Druckenmiller QB Virginia Tech
55 San Francisco Marc Edwards FB Notre Dame
77 San Francisco Greg Clark TE Stanford
1998
28 San Francisco R.W. McQuarters CB Oklahoma State
58 San Francisco Jeremy Newberry C California
89 San Francisco Chris Ruhman T Texas A&M
119 San Francisco Lance Schulters SS Hofstra
151 San Francisco Phil Ostrowski G Penn State
180 San Francisco Fred Beasley FB Auburn
215 San Francisco Ryan Thelwell WR Minnesota
1999
24 San Francisco Reggie McGrew DT Florida (Reggie McWho???)
89 San Francisco Chike Okeafor DE Purdue
99 San Francisco Anthony Parker CB Weber State
110 San Francisco Pierson Prioleau SS Virginia Tech (bingo!)
157 San Francisco Terry Jackson FB Florida
161 San Francisco Tyrone Hopson G Eastern Kentucky
171 San Francisco Tai Streets WR Michigan
234 San Francisco Kory Minor OLB Notre Dame
Drafts with the Redskins:
2000:
2000
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 2 LaVar Arrington OLB Penn State
1 3 Chris Samuels T Alabama
3 64 Lloyd Harrison CB North Carolina State
4 129 Michael Moore G Troy
5 155 Quincy Sanders DB Nevada-Las Vegas
6 202 Todd Husak QB Stanford
7 216 Delbert Cowsette DT Maryland
7 250 Ethan Howell WR Oklahoma State
2001 (Vinny wasn’t in charge of this one)
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 15 Rod Gardner WR Clemson
2 45 Fred Smoot CB Mississippi State
4 109 Sage Rosenfels QB Iowa State
5 154 Darnerien McCants WR Delaware State
6 186 Mario Monds DT Cincinnati
2002 (Vinny wasn’t really responsible here either, he was director of player personnel)
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 32 Patrick Ramsey QB Tulane
2 56 Ladell Betts RB Iowa
3 79 Rashad Bauman CB Oregon
3 87 Cliff Russell WR Utah
5 159 Andre Lott FS Tennessee
5 160 Robert Royal TE Louisiana State
6 192 Reggie Coleman T Tennessee
7 230 Jeff Grau C UCLA
7 234 Greg Scott DE Hampton
7 257 Rock Cartwright RB Kansas State
2003 (Gotta love this draft–what great depth!)
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
2 44 Taylor Jacobs WR Florida
3 81 Derrick Dockery G Texas
7 232 Gibran Hamdan QB Indiana
2004
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 5 Sean Taylor FS Miami
3 81 Chris Cooley TE Utah State
5 151 Mark Wilson T California
6 180 Jim Molinaro T Notre Dame
2005 (Hmmm. First 2, ok, I dig…last 4 not even in the NFL)
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
1 9 Carlos Rogers CB Auburn
1 25 Jason Campbell QB Auburn
4 120 Manuel White FB UCLA
5 154 Robert McCune LB Louisville
6 183 Jared Newberry LB Stanford
7 222 Nehemiah Broughton FB Citadel
2006
Rd Sel# Player Pos. School
2 35 Rocky McIntosh LB Miami
5 153 Anthony Montgomery DT Minnesota
6 173 Reed Doughty FS Northern Colorado
6 196 Kedric Golston DT Georgia
7 230 Kili Lefotu G Arizona
7 250 Kevin Simon LB Tennessee
2007
6 LaRon Landry, S,
143 Dallas Sartz, LB,
179 H.B. Blades, LB
205 Jordan Palmer, QB
216 Tyler Ecker, TE
2008
34th Devin Thomas WR
48th Fred Davis TE
51st Malcolm Kelly WR
96th Chad Rinehart OT
124th Justin Tryon CB
168th Durant Brooks P (A PUNTER!)
180th Kareem Moore DB
186th Colt Brennan QB
242nd Rob Jackson DE
249th Chris Horton FS
“It’s all about what have you done lately…not 5, or 10 years ago (or in the case of Cowpie fans, even longer).”
It’s not that the Cowboys have done anything lately, it’s that the eagirls have never done anything, ever.
“Quagmire says: October 3, 2009 7:23 AM
Vinny saying “I’m gonna send all my Super Bowl rings and national championship rings and conference championship stuff and I’m gonna e-mail it.”
Reminds me of the loser Cowpie fans that live in the past.”
I was thinking the same thing.
That sounded exactly like something Vox the Idiot would say.
I feel your pain. Us Giants fans suffered a long time before the Giants ownership was embarashed by the fans (plan flying over the game complaining of 20 years of bad football ).
Until your owner wants to move in a new direction, your team will flounder.
Danny: No, No, NO! Not Sean! SAM! I SAID Sam Manual!
Vinny: Oooops, sorry boss. My crayon is getting kind of blunt. But don’t worry, we can pick up Sam with our next pick.
Danny: (slaps forehead)
@downwithdansnyder…..
My god, I thought the Cowboys had drafted like crap since Jerry Jones took over, but your list makes Jerry look almost brilliant. I feel better already!
Wow. Great homework by “donewithdansnyder” on this one. Of those Redskin drafts, I see 6 legitimate starters and 7 decent backup or marginal starting players in 9 drafts.
His San Fran haul? T.O., Jeremy Newberry and that’s about it. Schulters was a decent player.
Overall, that is a sad state of affairs and this guy has no business being in control of that front office. There were some drafts in there that were 7-9 players deep that didn’t yield a single legit NFL player.
Cerrato Cucks.
Some of his draft picks lately have been solid, but overall bad. We traded a second round pick and a first round next year for the Jason Campbell pick… And for the last time guys, look at how Albert Haynesworth’s contract is structured. Football contracts are not guarenteed and a majority of his money would be paid in signing bonus’s and if he actually played out his contract. If any of you think the Skins are going to pay out that contract your stupid. Maybe half. And i HATE defending Cerrato, but on that contract no one ever seems to know all the details. Most important thing about Cerrato is the trades and the focus of his picks, not necessarily the picks themselves. He trades draft picks away for players with little value or 1 year loans who had minimal impact. And he does not address primary needs in the draft, such as Offensive Line in this past draft. I think we waited until the 7th round this year to grab a lineman…
GregO said it best: “What a delusional tool.”
As I recall, isn’t Cerrato the *ONLY* executive fired by the Niners in and around their heyday?
I was living in DC when Vern Troyer …. I mean Dan Snyder … bought the Redskins and immediately installed Cerrato to run things. What is Cerrato’s brilliant, unique move? Give Deion on a big ass contract so he can do for the Foreskins what he did for the Niners. Good move.
How does he keep his job? I can only guess that Cerrato has pictures of Snyder naked with farm animals. Nothing else makes sense.
Snyder won’t give Cerrato the boot because if he does Snyder will have to find someone new to let him win at racketball.
Snyders scape goat will be the coach. He’s already a dead man walking.
Uhmmm…the past does not necessarily reflect the future.
Keep your rings and stuff where they belong and take the critiques as a challenge.
Vinny,
Here’s the difference….. you are not a leader. You are riding coat tails, man….
Read a couple books about leadership and you’ll know what it means.
That’s it in a nut shell.
Mike, tell us you didn’t just say that success in the NFL equates to keeping a job. Success is winning championships. Nothing else matters. At all.