WashingtonPost.com: Gibbs Hired as Redskins Coach After Meeting With Cooke
Really interesting article from when Gibbs was first hired.
Notice the comments about owner influence, and a balanced attack.
"Cooke wants to make the Redskin games "fun for the fans" and he wants to see more passing and more progressive thinking on offense. Cooke was very impressed with the Chargers this season, especially because they were entertaining even when they lost."
"Under Pardee, the Redskins attempted to develop a balanced attack, with emphasis on establishing a running game. The Chargers passed first and ran as an after thought. Gibbs said he anticipated using this offensive approach here next year."
Those two paragrapsh are really interesting because a.) people think that Snyder is meddlesome but I guess they forget/never knew about Cooke. and b.) Gibbs stressed balance so much the past few years.