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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
As TAFKAS pointed out, he worked closely with his sons on the race team, so he did spend more time with the family. Plus I'm sure NASCAR wasn't quite the grind that the NFL was for him. |
Just to add to that, I speak with guys from NASCAR almost every day and members of Joe Gibbs Racing very often (let's say weekly) and we were talking about Gibbs on Wednesday of this past week. And they were telling me that Gibbs was very much a hands-off CEO as a NASCAR owner. He had a vision of how he wanted the operation run, the means to get good sponsors, and he hired the best people and let them handle the nitty-gritty. His day to day commitment to NASCAR as a team owner has never been as strong as it has been to the NFL as a head coach. Moving to NASCAR definitely allowed him to be closer to his family, it allowed him to spend a lot more time with his wife and JD in North Carolina and travel to visit Coy in Stanford.