Keeping the coach and GM seperate

[Bill B]

Here is a nice article on why the coach and GM should be seperate and that the current setup at Redskins Park is failing before our eyes.
PackersNews.com - Pete Dougherty column: Separate GM helps a coach keep control

I have heard Gibbs say he will do anything to make the team succeed - bringing in a pro GM is the foundation this team needs to bring back respectability to a once proud franchise.

How would you rate the moves Gibbs has made since coming aboard as GM and Coach:

Since coming on Gibbs has:

1.) Traded away most of our draft picks next year (when they will be higher since our record will put the team in the bottom 3rd of the league)
2.) Transformed the Redskins into one of the oldest teams in the league (I believe we are actually the oldest) - while the rest of the NFC East is getting younger.
3.) Put the team on the brink of the salary cap thus limiting the depth the team so desperately lacks.
4.) Constantly letting the true playmakers go and signing big name free agents - Pierce and Smoot are the 2 biggest loses that come to mind.
5.) Constantly being on the giving side to trades - when we trade for Portis why did we have to throw in the 2nd rounder - elite cover corners are harder to find compared to runners - this makes no sense to me. Giving a 3rd rounder to Duckett was enough - but why throw in the possible swap for the 1st rounder with Denver?

In fairness Gibbs had made some decent moves:
1.) Joe Salava has been a force the last 2 seasons.
2.) Chris Cooley was worth the move up.
3.) Golston will be a solid pro DT for years to come with experience
4.) Sean Taylor was a good draft pick but a no brainer in my opinion

Overall though how many of you can honestly say that you like the direction the team is going in from a GM's perspective. Do you really like the direction the team is going concerning the cap, draft, free agency, trades, depth - any of these areas? I can take losing especially if we are addressing the cap or going young - but the Skins are doing neither and are trying to win at all costs now - except they are losing!

It seems to me like the article says it best with this qoute:

"But some of those draft and free-agency errors might have been avoided with a GM who had all year to study players." - and by the way any information/advice from Vinny Cerrato does not count.

[skinsfan69]

The moves have been bad and I think everyone on this board believes a GM is needed. I think the team will be younger and cheaper next year.

[That Guy]

smoot wasn't a mistake. getting lavar out was good. signing marcus and springs and griffin were good. the moss trade was good. but the mistakes were horrendously bad (unproven and overpaid players, wasting draft picks, etc)... if you're dealing with that kind of money and can't be bothered to do due diligence, you're going to screw everything up sooner or later.

the really bad news is that those signings hurt our the ability to field a good team for years by lowering our usable cap space and wasting roster spots on bad players.