[Nick]

Well I doubt when he fired Saunders and Williams that he was banking on Zorn being his next head coach. All indications were that he was after Jim Fassell and then later Steve Spagnuolo, but the fan reaction to Fassell was horrible and it didn't seem as if he could lure Spagnuolo away from New York just yet. Zorn clearly wasn't the first choice as head coach, but at that point, Snyder had burned his bridges and had to make due with what he had. Zorn got a five year deal in the process, but I doubt the experiment will last that long without immediate success.