Why the media doesn't believe in Gibbs

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Gibbs is old school. In the old school things like character and toughness were deal makers. Because there was no free agency each team was much more coordinated and on the same page. Even the bad teams played together and knwe what they were suppose to do. They ahd all played together for longer and could be more cohesive. This made intangibles like toughness the characteristics that made the difference between winning and losing. Today in the new school free agency vastly reduces this amount of preparedness and chemistry. This has the result of making pure talent somewhat more important since a lack of it can't be hidden in preparedness. I think the characteristics that Gibbs desires are still important to winning but talent plays a bigger role now than it use to and I think Gibbs has faced that fact. This team has been by all accounts overrated talent-wise for some time. It is only now that Gibbs and Williams have worked together to increase the talent base while simultaneously ridding themselves of those who didn't have the toughnes and positive energy to help produce a winner. It shows in close wins. At least that's what I think.

I have kind of seen things the opposite. I think with players changing over so fast it is now a coaches league - before you could stock pile players who were great. Now you have to coach w/ what you have- which is why I think Gibbs old school character, discipline and hard work will be hard to beat. But what I think makes him special is how he gets folks to believe.