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Originally Posted by SolidSnake84
Ahhh yes, the old disrespecting Gibbs Rumor. I heard many people from within that organization say that it was just that. A Rumor. It's laughable that Gibbs wouldnt have known that Williams was going to put 10 men on the field in honor of Sean....
Jim Fassell claims that he and Gregg didn't get the job because they didn't feel that Jason Campbell should be the starting QB. Jim Fassell has since confirmed this in many interviews that he did following the HC search...Williams hasn't spoken about it that I know of. Think about it. Both guys were probably fine with the idea that Jim Zorn would be the offensive coordinator. But when both guys balked at the idea of having Campbell be cemented as the starter, it threw a wrench in the FO's plans. They clearly wanted a coach that could develop Campbell as a quality starter.
For what it's worth, Neither Fassell nor Gibbs, nor Gregg Williams would have made Campbell find "it". Like the great Peyton Manning said, you either get it or you don't, when it comes to playing QB.
But it's true what Goat says. How can you expect anybody respectable to come and work for Snyder/Cerrato at this point? I say if he gets rid of Vinny, then the situation would seem alot better...
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I don't remember hearing anything about Snyder and Williams specifically disagreeing on JC's future as a reason for Williams getting fired. And what you said about Williams being ok w/ Zorn as OC doesn't jive w/ my memory either. I thought Williams had a great deal of respect for Saunders and wanted him to run the offense, but obviously Snyder and Vinny wanted Saunders gone pronto.
That said you're probably right Jason likely wouldn't have been the immediate starter if Williams had got his way. The offense looked better than it had for a very long time (and ever since btw) IMO when Collins took over in '07, after Jason got hurt. Basically that's the last time I remember our offense being fun to watch. Saunders would have likely wanted his guy in there to start the '08 season, allowing JC to work into the scheme more slowly. Personally I think it would have worked i.e. the team would be better off today had the ownership taken that path.