Does character count?

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

We had our share of problematic players in Gibbs' first stint. Riggins being the classic example.

Of course every team is going to have a couple of guys that don't fit your ideal mold, but the idea is to surround those couple of players with guys that do.

I read and article that talkd about how Gibbs had to deal with the same player behavor back in the 80's and then they talked about 5 or 6 different players. After I read the article I realized that things have not changed very much egos, holdouts, etc...

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Originally Posted by firstdown

I read and article that talkd about how Gibbs had to deal with the same player behavor back in the 80's and then they talked about 5 or 6 different players. After I read the article I realized that things have not changed very much egos, holdouts, etc...

I think the difference is that now players have more freedom to move than they did back then. Teams looked the other way back then because the players had no real leverage.

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Originally Posted by TAFKAS

I think the difference is that now players have more freedom to move than they did back then. Teams looked the other way back then because the players had no real leverage.

The article I read and the players they talked about that Gibbs had to deal with are the same exact problems we hear about today. I think the only difference is today we have more media and hear more about the situations teams and players are having. What was not news back in the 80s is big news tody.