ESPN's Mortenson: Williams No Longer a Candidate

[Yellow31]

Originally Posted by AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace

I thought I was the only one who used the term "asshat" hahah!

As far as him looking like a genius...its beyond that now if this is true. Belichick is a genius but people still hate him for being a jerk. Snyder officially can't win if this is fact.

i had this strange odd thought yesterday why is " the dan" taking soooo long to hire a new coach if i recall last time this happened he blew us all away with gibbs. Why would he wait till after the super bowl.....this going to sound stupid.....does he have a connection with belicheck?.......

first time i thought it, it sounded odd, but isn't that the BIGGEST name possible and we all know how dan likes BIG names.......

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace

I thought I was the only one who used the term "asshat" hahah!

That was my old bosses nickname who wore a bad wig!!

[Slingin Sammy 33]

If GW is out of the running, maybe Ron Meeks will be the new HC instead of Fassel. He's got a pretty impressive resume and was here is 2000 as DB coach.

The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts

I think he would be a good hire as HC.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

If GW is out of the running, maybe Ron Meeks will be the new HC instead of Fassel. He's got a pretty impressive resume and was here is 2000 as DB coach.

The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts

I think he would be a good hire as HC.

I would be behind the hiring of Meeks 110%.

[MTK]

I'm disappointed. Especially if this stuff about the Redskins creating a smear campaign against Williams is true. GW deserves better than that.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm disappointed. Especially if this stuff about the Redskins creating a smear campaign against Williams is true. GW deserves better than that.

I would be disappointed too, if this was true, but the article cites a "a source close to Williams theorized..." It was probably his agent and he and GW are probably pissed that they heard about this in the media before it came direct from Redskins Park (shame on Snyder / Cerrato if that's the case. That's bad business and totally wrong).

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

I would be disappointed too, if this was true, but the article cites a "a source close to Williams theorized..." It was probably his agent and he and GW are probably pissed that they heard about this in the media before it came direct from Redskins Park (shame on Snyder / Cerrato if that's the case. That's bad business and totally wrong).

Yeah I think that's something to take note of. Honestly, at this point I'm really not sure what to believe.

[hesscl34]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm disappointed. Especially if this stuff about the Redskins creating a smear campaign against Williams is true. GW deserves better than that.

I wonder how Sean Taylor's father feels about his son being a "forever Redskins" now. Snyder is taking every bit of class Joe Gibbs put back into this team and is stomping all over it..... Makes me want to vomit.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm disappointed. Especially if this stuff about the Redskins creating a smear campaign against Williams is true. GW deserves better than that.

Matty:

Just as people like to talk about players being "true Redskins", the creation of "smear campaigns" is part of "the Redskins' way". They did this to ease Dave Butz out; they did this when Brian Mitchell looked to sign elsewhere; they've let it be known that Bobby Mitchell wasn't sufficiently reliable in his judgment to move up in the FO. Any time someone other than a scrub player is on his way out, the Skins organization leaks "bad stuff" about them and the Washington press laps it up.

There's no way Gregg Williams would "dis" Joe Gibbs. Williams is a football coach and Joe Gibbs is a Hall of Fame football coach. Williams would have to be dumber than box of hammers to be disrespectful to Joe Gibbs as part of his interviewing strategy. I may not think Gregg Williams is the best hire for the Redskins as HC, but he isn't a stupid and self-destructive man.

Now, he might not have been sufficiently deferential to the huge contributions that Vinnie C. has made to the squad over the last decade in that interview to pass the test. [/sarcasm] Even there, I doubt he told Snyder that Vinnie was a pimple on the ass of the universe - - because that would not be a good selling point in the interview.

Until I read the assertion that Gregg Williams had bad-mouthed Joe Gibbs in an interview, I thought he was still in the running for the job as the "fall-back candidate". Not now... He's just gonna play out the string and get fired and collect his $2.5-3M for next year from Danny Boy.

[AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace]

skinsfan0201....that's really obnoxious font

[Yellow31]

first thank you SS for changing the thread title, was pretty sure my attempt at the link was going to fail, and was quite surprised it worked. then i read the title, what a dumbass....anyway nice back to back posts dynamite gave me a chuckle on both and i agree with the mort thing he sometimes tries waaaay tooooo hard this may all be complete bs.....remember i said may be.........

[skinsguy]

Wow. Disappointed if this news is accurate. Now, I definitely don't know what to expect. At this point, not sure if anything will surprise me. Maybe Gibbs will make a comeback. Ya just never know at this point.

[Redskins_P]

Gregg Williams speaks! This is coming from JLC's blog now. This is really f-ing crazy right now.

Posted at 10:33 PM ET, 01/25/2008
Gregg Williams

Washington Redskins assistant head coach Gregg Williams said he was considering withdrawing from consideration for the team's head coaching position late last night amid reports citing team sources that he was no longer candidate. As of 11:30 last night owner Daniel Snyder and executive vice president Vinny Cerrato had not contacted Williams to notify him of any change in his status, and Williams has hodsince his final interview 10 days ago.

When asked if he would withdraw from consideration given the drawn out process and recent developments, Williams said: "I really haven't even had time to think about it, but it's something I will consider. I want to discuss it with my players and coaching staff, and at this point I haven't had a chance to contact anyone yet."

Williams said reports that he had made disparaging remarks about former Coach Joe Gibbs during his interview were untrue.

"I haven't heard a thing from (Snyder and Cerrato), but I can assure you that Joe Gibbs is one of the best people I have ever been around in the world and one of my favorite people to ever be around. I came here because Joe Gibbs asked me and I feel honored to work with Joe Gibbs.

"Everybody knows Coach Gibbs is in the Hall of Fame as one of the best coaches who's ever been in this league. But once you are around him you see an even better person than s football coach. I can't believe anyone would even come close to suggesting that I would ever say anything inflammatory or derogatory about Joe Gibbs. He's my idol."

"I pinched myself all the time understanding and knowing that I get a chance to work side by side with him. I wanted to grow as coach and learn a lot more in this profession and what better way to learn form than a master coach who is already in the Hall of Fame.

"What I've learned in patience and how to deal with people and those things - how to build relationships - have been invaluable and will always be invaluable to me and will directly relate to my experiences with Joe Gibbs. With all that being said and done all Redskins know we are a very close knit family and that comes from people like Joe Gibbs and me and I feel tremendously proud that I have had an opportunity to work with Joe Gibbs. I just wish it could have been longer."

Redskins Insider

[Lady Brave]

Originally Posted by Redskins_P

Gregg Williams speaks! This is coming from JLC's blog now. This is really f-ing crazy right now.



Redskins Insider

Thanks for posting that.

Williams = 1
Mort = 0

[skinsfan0201]

Agree with that Lady Brave