Bill Cowher!!

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Well, on the subject of Bill Cowher ... the people who are desparate for a more wide open offense shouldn't be calling for him to come here. If there are complaints about Joe Gibbs being too 'Old School', it would be important to remember that Cowher is the Principal of Old School.

And he carries a large paddle.

(which might not be a bad thing, come to think of it.)

Another bash Gibbs thread? WTF!!! I am tired of speculation about Coach Gibbs and his status with the team. He is not going any where unless he decides to. The man is a living legend and has returned the franchise to a winning record two out of four seasons. One playoff year and as stated in another post playoffs on the horizon this season.

Can we please stop promoting beyond the current coach until he has decided to move on?

As good of a coach Cowher, no one going to be consistant winner unless our front office changes. We need a GM, We all love Gibbs but he does not have a good eye for talent. Lloyd,Duckett,Howard,Brunell etc.

Great! I'm beginning to wonder if I'm on an Eagles' fan forum (no offense because the mods know I love the warpath.) We have a winning record and a great chance at improving on that record this weekend, and you guys are tasteless enough to talk about getting rid of Joe Gibbs in favor for starting all over again. Gluttons for punishment? I guess you guys just love staying in constant "rebuild" mode.

we will win this weekend, but he road gets alot harder after that

As good of a coach Cowher, no one going to be consistant winner unless our front office changes. We need a GM, We all love Gibbs but he does not have a good eye for talent. Lloyd,Duckett,Howard,Brunell etc.

Moss, Portis, Cooley, Taylor, Landry, Campbell, Springs, etc.

Folks Coach Gibbs is a great guy and was a great coach during his first tenure here, but things were a lot more conducive to a title run back in 1981-1992 than now. Consider:


1. No FA in the Gibbs I era
2. No thuggish/greedy prime dona environment in the NFL at the time that came
as part of the ridiculous salaries these guys get paid.
3. Expansion has split the once huge Skins TV/revenue market between 3
teams(Ravens, Skins, Panthers)


Thing is we do not have the front office like we used to and also with the salary cap having a rich guy like Snyder as owner doesn't mean squat. Snyder also interferes,unlike MR Cook Sr that let Bobby Beathred do the football stuff. The old adage is th at lightning doesn't strike twice and I think that will be the case with Gibbs II. I would like to be wrong about this, but I doubt I will be when all is said and done. The NFL is also all about the above mentioned markets. When Gibbs was here for the first go round, Skins country consisted of E Pa, MD, VA,W Va, and both Carolinas. A huge market that generated a ton of $$$$$$$$$ for the NFL, so it was natural for the Skins to be able to prosper also. It made sense to the NFL to let the Skins succeed. Now I don't think they care since the market is so small.

Moss, Portis, Cooley, Taylor, Landry, Campbell, Springs, etc.


Jury is still out on Campbell. Springs was a good acquisition, but can he stay healthy an entire season? Moss IMHO has had two very good years and then a major drop off. He is hurting still and should be benched to get 100%. We wasted a lot of $$$$$$$$ with Duckett. Dumb move period. Brunell basically cost Gibbs any chance of success of getting the franchise back. MB hung in there in '05 but reverted to '04 form when it counted in the playoffs. Giving up 1st round picks for FAs all the time is moronic, as it is expensive. A GM would really help the franchise.

Sometimes I think I would just love it if we hired a General Manager (whatever that means exactly) and then the team absolutley tanked. Just so people could get off this notion that a GM is going to magically solve everything and make no mistakes.

Who says we're giving up 1st round picks for FAs all the time?