Lindsey's firing....what does it mean

I think you mean "wasn't"

Yeah. Oops, my bad.

Things just don't add up. The public relations word is that he was too outspoken. However, I know there have been outspoken coaches under Gibbs before. I think there is more to this story....

1. Could Lindsey be involved in the article bashing G. Williams?
2. Could Lindsey's loyalty to Holdman and keeping Rocky on the bench be another issue?
3. Could it be that he was a divisive figure in the locker room? Did he lose the position players? The reason I ask, is that first Lavar, now I don't see ANY public defense of Lindsey by either Marshall or Washington, or Holdman.

4. All of the above??

Just my 2 cents....

I don't really care. I'm just glad he's gone. There was obviously something going wrong and if Gibbs let this guy go I trust that he was the issue.

He was disliked and didn't take ownership of things. Comments like 'I'm not gonna be responsible for players knowing the scheme(total paraphrase)' tend to piss people like Gibbs off when he takes ownership for everything. Even stuff he shouldn't. Plus the guy was just a dickhead who no one really liked. Why keep him around?

He was disliked and didn't take ownership of things. Comments like 'I'm not gonna be responsible for players knowing the scheme(total paraphrase)' tend to piss people like Gibbs off when he takes ownership for everything. Even stuff he shouldn't. Plus the guy was just a dickhead who no one really liked. Why keep him around?
if i didnt know who you are talking about, i would swear it was saunders:)

I'm inclined to agree with irish, someone had to be the fall guy for such a dismal season from the defensive side of the ball. It's not like they didn't know about Lindsey's gruff, and outspoken personality when they hired him, and the issue only came to the forefront with the incident involving LaVar. The previous two seasons when the defende played well, there didn't seem to be a problem, but after last season's debacle someone had to fall, and he seemed to be the most likely choice.

If they were simply looking for a scapegoat then why not Jackson?

The secondary was a bigger mess than the LBs.

If they were simply looking for a scapegoat then why not Jackson?

The secondary was a bigger mess than the LBs.

Those are exactly my sentiments. Plus, Gibbs is NOT the kind of coach or man who would scapegoat a guy. He has too much class and honor to do that.

If the ESPN story is true, Jackson deserves to be fired just for being a pouter, let alone a bad coach who fielded a bad unit.

Those are exactly my sentiments. Plus, Gibbs is NOT the kind of coach or man who would scapegoat a guy. He has too much class and honor to do that.

If the ESPN story is true, Jackson deserves to be fired just for being a pouter, let alone a bad coach who fielded a bad unit.

I completely agree. There was obviously more to Lindsey's firing than him simply being scapegoated. If we took a poll after the season asking who was more likely to be fired, Lindsey or Jackson, I can't see how many would have picked Lindsey.

I'm glad he's gone. His whole attitude as well as the failure of the linebackers leads me to believe we're better off without him. Same goes for Steve Jackson, he needs to leave as well. One secondaries coach is enough.

I agree about the fall-guy--someone had to take the heat, and our LBs were not up to snuff.

But they were better than our secondary. I think it was kinda that GW had to fire someone, and he likes Jackson more. Which is not a good sign for our secondary...