Gibbs Likely to Join Payton in New Orleans

In the cold blooded world of the NFL, BP did the right thing. Don’t give your future opponent any help. Its not like we have had much success against the Aint’s for quite a while.

You may be on to something here…does anyone feel that the new coaching staff might have any kind of motivation for beating the Cowboys? Na…

I wouldn’t call it paranoid, I’ve met and talked to Gibbs many times…and I wouldn’t trust him in that situation either. Parcells isn’t throwing him off the ship, he’s simply waiting for clarification on which side Gibbs is going to be on. My guess is he’ll end up with the Saints. Not much of a loss in my opinion.

well good luck to him as well, i hope they both have alot of sucess.

Sterling,

I was poking fun at Parcells, who is a paranoid. Think of him trying to bully the press, or scanning the practice fields at camp for spies. He takes nothing for granted, which I agree with. I would do the same thing with Gibbs.

Rafael:

He is paranoid…no question!! He used to be one of the worst about releasing injury information on his players (before the rules were changed) and banning certain players from talking to the media. However, Gibbs would make even the most laid back person feel like they were dealing with a shady used car salesman.

You see that Washington has made Al Saunders “assistant head coach and offensive coordinator.”

That means they now have THREE assistant head coaches. And they now have two offensive coordinators, with Saunders joining Don Breaux, even though Gibbs calls the plays.

In the ‘80s, Washington was notorious for abusing the injured reserve list to stash high priced players for the stretch runs. Now, they can’t do that so they are trying the same tactic with assistants.

Next, we’ll hear Dan Snyder is petitioning God to hire George Allen to be “Assistant Head Coach for Spying on Opponents” and Vince Lombardi to serve as “Assistant Head Coach for Conditioning and Motivational Speeches.”

Because you can never have enough assistants. Man, what kind of mess will they have when Gibbs steps down again?

That and cap hell will make up for one big and fun time for Danny boy.

Meticulous preparation and the guarding vital internal infomation does not constitute paranoia. It’s just good management. Besides, just because BP may be paranoid doesn’t mean other teams aren’t out to get him.

mlf,

You are correct, sir. I didn’t say paranoia was a bad thing, simply that it was.

Rafael:

The Redskins are going to have too many cooks in the kitchen next season. They may go down in history as the first team that could be called “overcoached”. When you consider that Williams, Saunders, and Bugle have all been NFL head coaches and would like to be again, then add in Gibbs and his top down management style on offense…it is going to make for one hell of a nasty stew in Redskinland. None of these guys are very young either, so it is not like Gibbs is going to be able to tell them much about how to do their jobs, even though he’s the only one of the lot with the HOF bust.

Sterling:
I don’t know, Bugle is a run first oriented coordinator while Saunders is a pass first, they could complement each other if Gibbs, who is a run oriented coach, is wise enough. Dallas will need a Draft as good as this past one and sign a couple of good to big FA and 3 middle of the pack FA to reach the top of Beast, Philadelphia still has a talented team, Washington’s window will close after this next season and NY will go as far as Manning grows. The Beast is back in the East and it’s fun!

I never thought of Gibbs as hard to work for or overbearing……it will be interesting to see how Saunders and Bugle pan out. But really Bugle was his ole Hogs coach. Remember Portis complaining about teams knowing the Redskins plays and stopping him his first year. Gibbs is probably aware that things progressed in his absence and wants a guy that was in the game to help with his play calling……..which even diehard Gibbs fan are crying went to far too trying not to lose instead of trying to actually win a game. Gibbs is the Coach, and gets respect even from the likes of Saunders, Bugle and Williams. Hech Saunders passed on under my thumb Al Davis head coaching job……to work for Gibbs. If I had to chose Gibbs or Davis…….I think I would make the same choice as Saunders.

Still players make the plays. I think they got lucky in far too many games and had a good enuff Defense to keep em in most games. They will be good, but I am more optimistic about our future than theirs.

Sterling,

Jack Burns was also a HC, with Minnesota. That’s a whole lot of former and current-wannabe HC energy. I agree Gibbs is well respected, but still, the bigger groups get, especially talented ego-driven groups, they become much harder to control.

Gibbs will basically be managing his coaches more than he will be coaching his players. I am sure a lot of being an NFL HC these days is like that, and having a knowledgable and talented staff of former HC’s has its advantages, but I can’t help but think that communication problems, stubborn attitudes, turf battles, and eventually finger pointing will occur as a result. Who will Brunell listen to: Saunders or Breaux? Who takes the blame if Brunell runs the wrong play: Gibbs, Saunders, or Breaux? Too many things to go wrong that way. Not enough clarity and continuity.

I think gibbs wants out of Synder-land
he has not looked comfortable these past
two years.Getting fined for blaming refs
something i never saw him do before and
the spats with his players over the offseason program etc.Even though he was
a skin he had class which seems gone now

The Redskins could divide up responsibilities much like the Cowboys did before Carthon left, with Don Breaux being the running game coordinator, Al Saunders, the passing game coordinator, and Joe Gibbs calling the plays. They had better have some sort of clear-cut delineation of authority (like that), or they will be stepping all over one another.