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Originally Posted by SBXVII
I see what your saying. The only thing I don't like about Gibbs was he eliminated some really great talented players cause he believed in character. I think the character of the team would be able to keep the 1 or 2 diva's on the team in check. But Gibbs wouldn't even look at some players even though they were the best at their position. He simply would settle for the blue colar character guy. However he did get the job done.  |
It will be interesting to see how the Skins fan base, who overall hate divas IMO, will deal with Shanahan. He has been known to look past that to get his guy, or his team. He is different from Gibbs in that way, but again, I think it points to the fact that a good/great coach knows the players he can handle. You look at Josh McD in Denver, he couldn't handle the same players that Shanahan could. Zorn couldn't handle the players Gibbs could (well Zorn couldn't handle the players- but let us not digress). Great coaches bring players that will respond to them, or at least they bring players that they THINK will respond to them. Under Bruce Allen/Shanahan, I think we will see our fair share of Diva's and "cancers", but I think many will flourish under Shanahan's coaching.
So does that mean Portis is staying? No, I think the points you and Snake raised about the cap and the concussions are extremely legitimate, and if there was a potential to get rid of Portis in a trade, or relieve the team of his salary(in future years where a cap may or may not come back into play), I think that will happen.