Cowher is an absolute dissapointment as a coach. I don't get the hype. Outside of his 1 SB win, he never lived up to the hype. hell, they were the preseason SB pick many years he coached there, and many of those they stumbled into the postseason as a longshot wildcard, including when they won.
All that aside, it has been a well known fact for well over a year now that he will be the next coach of the Commanders. He bought a house in VA. He spent a lot of time for the last year with Snyder, discussing this very matter, and even told Snyder to let him enjoy his time off, and he would be willing to give it a shot next year.
I think it scares Snyder that Zorn is doing good, because he made it blatantly obvious that he hired Zorn with the expectation of failure, to replace him with Cowher.
If Bill isn't coaching the Commander next year, he won't be coaching, i can almost guarantee it.
For those interested, me and most Commanders fans despise Cowher. We would actually love what ever can happen to keep him out of Landover to actually happen, because we know he's a joke.