Petitbon "hired" before Gibbs

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Originally Posted by sbaughone

I was curious what was going on before Gibbs was hired in 1981. Apparently Beathard had determined he wanted a defensive assistant (Petitbon) to be promoted to Defensive Coordinator. Of course, Beathard said "...this would have to be approved by the new coach..." But the similarities are striking.

Check it out the original story from the post here: On the RAC: RAC Exclusive!

Thanks for posting. That was good stuff. It looks like Zorn is starting to bring in his own guys on offense, like Gibbs did. And he's leaving alone the defense, like Gibbs did. Let's hope like hell it works.