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irish · 11-01-2007, 08:22 AM

I was never too excited with the idea of bringing Gibbs back in the first place mostly because of his age. I would have preferred the Skins hire a coach that could have potentailly stayed around 10+ years (if everything went well) and get his system running for a longer period of time. IMO Gibbs's age made it hard for him to stick around more than his 5 yr contract so by the time he really got things up & running it was time for him to retire and bring in someone new (that would want to implement his own system).

Now that Gibbs has been here awhile I can only say I am disappointed. His record is mediocre and the team is only in slightly better shape then when he came in. He just does not see to be the same coach that I remember from the 80s. I think thats because of changes in the league & Gibbs.

I think Gibbs has earned the right (from Gibbs 1.0) to decide for himself when he will go but when he does I wont be very upset (I never would have imagined 4 years ago I'd say that).

11-01-2007, 08:22 AM	#13
irish Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,575	Re: WP article: Time for Gibbs to walk away? I was never too excited with the idea of bringing Gibbs back in the first place mostly because of his age. I would have preferred the Skins hire a coach that could have potentailly stayed around 10+ years (if everything went well) and get his system running for a longer period of time. IMO Gibbs's age made it hard for him to stick around more than his 5 yr contract so by the time he really got things up & running it was time for him to retire and bring in someone new (that would want to implement his own system). Now that Gibbs has been here awhile I can only say I am disappointed. His record is mediocre and the team is only in slightly better shape then when he came in. He just does not see to be the same coach that I remember from the 80s. I think thats because of changes in the league & Gibbs. I think Gibbs has earned the right (from Gibbs 1.0) to decide for himself when he will go but when he does I wont be very upset (I never would have imagined 4 years ago I'd say that).