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Originally Posted by irish
I agree that Gibbs is willing to make changes but I wonder if he is making the right changes. The O was starting to click at the end of last year but instead of trying to build on it Gibbs fired himself and hired AS. Its a change but the jury is still out whether it was good or not.
I also dont understand why the organization has to wait for Gibbs to retire to hire a GM. They need one now. I understand that Gibbs is trying to leave a blueprint but to me that means more rebuilding a growth seasons. This organization has been stringing its fans along with "next years" and "retool" for quite some time now and I thing to ask them to sign on for a few more years of rebuilding under the current group (that has not exactly inspired much confidence that they will get it right) is a lot to ask of the fans.
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All good points - can't argue w/the jury still being out on AS but I still think it was a shrewd move that will hopefully be looked back it favorably.
My point about the GM is that Gibbs essentially is the GM, and as someone said earlier, if he hires a GM what would he do? The challenge of coming back was to run the team as prez/coach, IMO.
The blueprint theory is this:
1) GW becomes head coach (I have my doubts after the Friend article, but that's the way his contract was structured)
2) As has near autonomy on O
3) Someone is hired to replace Gibbs when he retires as team prez.
In this scenario, Gibbs II legacy is as much about getting a coaching staff & front office structure in place as winning games. Not that I think we won't win w/Gibbs. We already have & will again!