Petitbon "hired" before Gibbs

[sbaughone]

<<The difference is at least Beathard paid lip-service to the new Coach's authority by saying "but the final decision, of course, will be made by the head coach." It's a little thing but it makes a difference imho.>>

Agree, but the fact of the matter is Petitbon did get the job. And so one can only assume that during the interview Bobby must have said to Gibbs, "How would you feel about having Petitbon as the D-coord?" I imagine Gibbs said, "That would be great."

Because that is exactly what happened. The similarities to the Zorn/Blache hire are uncanny, imho. I just think it's amazing none of the "Professional" media have mentioned this...

[MonkFan4Life]

Originally Posted by sbaughone

<<The difference is at least Beathard paid lip-service to the new Coach's authority by saying "but the final decision, of course, will be made by the head coach." It's a little thing but it makes a difference imho.>>

Agree, but the fact of the matter is Petitbon did get the job. And so one can only assume that during the interview Bobby must have said to Gibbs, "How would you feel about having Petitbon as the D-coord?" I imagine Gibbs said, "That would be great."

Because that is exactly what happened. The similarities to the Zorn/Blache hire are uncanny, imho. I just think it's amazing none of the "Professional" media have mentioned this...

Or the fact that Zorn is not the first guy to be hired as a Head Coach without any prior Head Coaching experience, or experience as an Offensive/Defensive Co-ordinator. You would think that this hasn't happened in history. That Zorn was sweeping floors and counting Chicken McNuggets the past 10 years

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by sbaughone

<<The difference is at least Beathard paid lip-service to the new Coach's authority by saying "but the final decision, of course, will be made by the head coach." It's a little thing but it makes a difference imho.>>

Agree, but the fact of the matter is Petitbon did get the job. And so one can only assume that during the interview Bobby must have said to Gibbs, "How would you feel about having Petitbon as the D-coord?" I imagine Gibbs said, "That would be great."

Because that is exactly what happened. The similarities to the Zorn/Blache hire are uncanny, imho. I just think it's amazing none of the "Professional" media have mentioned this...

Why would they? How do you bash an orgnization with evidence to the contrary?

[Veretax]

How long had Beathard been a GM at that point, and WOW that's a great find, thank you

[70Chip]

The article understates slightly what happened. Gibbs was told that Petitbon WAS going to be the DC no matter what and Gibbs could take it or leave it. By telling the Post he "strongly suggested" the idea, he protected Gibbs' authoritie and avoided the perception that he was being heavy handed. Don't believe everything that you read.

The one truly jaw-dropping revelation in the story is that the Redskins led the league in pass defense in 1980. I never would have guessed that in a million years.