Gibbs can't retire just yet

If the Skins dont make the playoffs Gibbs wont be back.

This statement is just plain CRAZY! He will come back regardless if they make the playoffs. No way Danny fires him, it would be mutiny to fire the greatest coach in Redskin history and certainly he will not quit. Quit is not in Gibbs blood.

This statement is just plain CRAZY! He will come back regardless if they make the playoffs. No way Danny fires him, it would be mutiny to fire the greatest coach in Redskin history and certainly he will not quit. Quit is not in Gibbs blood.

Danny wont fire him (he doesnt have the balls) but they will reach an agreement where Gibbs steps aside.

Danny wont fire him (he doesnt have the balls) but they will reach an agreement where Gibbs steps aside.

This is what I think personally will happen. I just see him stepping down, which really sucks cause I feel like we are just a year away. I don't want to start over with a new coach, with new personnel, etc.

With the way JC is coming along, I think Gibbs is going to want to stick around for another season regardless of what happens with the rest of this year.

Danny wont fire him (he doesnt have the balls) but they will reach an agreement where Gibbs steps aside.
This is what I think personally will happen. I just see him stepping down, which really sucks cause I feel like we are just a year away. I don't want to start over with a new coach, with new personnel, etc.

I don't think that will happen. "Danny" is a business man and with Gibbs, Business couldn't get better.

If Gibbs is not the coach next year, you can be sure he was fired. Gibbs seems like the person who would honor his word let alone a contract.

This is what I think personally will happen. I just see him stepping down, which really sucks cause I feel like we are just a year away. I don't want to start over with a new coach, with new personnel, etc.

Even if Gibbs stays around for 1 more year he's gone the year after that and its start over time again. I really hope the Skin's next head coach is less than 60 years old. Actually I'd like to see him be younger than 40.

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I don't follow your logic here for a couple of reasons. When Gibbs brought in GW it was understood he was in line next for the main job. Why would Saunders agree to come in, knowing that, and then leave when he actually has the opportunity to run the offense w/o any outside influence (assuming Gibbs leaves)? That makes no sense. If anything Saunders stock has fallen some and he would like to prove he can create the kind of production everyone witnessed back in KC.

Second, the offense has looked "confused" until they put the ball in JC's hands. A lot of folks blame the confusion on the fact that Gibbs/Saunders were trying to somehow compromise in the gameplan - Saunders might call the plays but then Gibbs would admit in a press conference that he regularly influences the playcalling. Result: lack of cohesion, gameplan constantly was out of sync. So my argument is let one guy or the other do the friggin job w/o the confusion. Again, some guys think Gibbs should take control, I've long thought Saunders should take control. But is sounds like you're making the argument that they go best together. Didn't the first half of the season prove otherwise?

Would Saunders stay on in a scenario where Greg Williams was head coach? If he does, great. However, we would lose Bugel and then we'd have to hunt for a new O-line coach. If Gibbs leaving does not jeopardize offensive continuity in any way, then I'm all for him retiring.

I am not advocating that Gibbs and Saunders collaboratively run the offense - that has been and would be disastrous as you point out. Would be great if we could have a cardboard cut-out of Gibbs on the sideline to keep coaching egos in check and turn over 4th and 1 type decisions to Saunders.

I really think if Joe retires after this year that we should get another head coach. I don't think that Gregg Williams or Al Saunders would make a good head coaches. I'm not sure who is out there to coach but I think we could find someone better than one of our coordinators.

As for the play calling. I would like to see Saunders start to take over. He is the offensive "genius" with the 700 page playbook. Why not let him take over the duty?

With the way JC is coming along, I think Gibbs is going to want to stick around for another season regardless of what happens with the rest of this year.

I suspect Gibbs will stay on as head coach for at least one more year. After that, who knows. But I don't think he cares as much about what he does as head coach. I'm sure I'm wording this wrong so I don't want it to come across as he doesn't care. That's not the case at all. Obviously he cares. But his legacy as a head coach is firmly entrenched (should be at least). I suspect what is more important personally to him is leaving a positive legacy as a personnel man (and hopefully people can stop saying "well he picked Desmond Howard"). He left the Redskins with virtually nothing last time in terms of personnel.

While all of us no doubt want him to win another Super Bowl with Gibbs at HC, imagine if we won it with say Bruce Arians at HC and could say the team key players on the team (Campbell, Portis, Heyer, Montgomery, Blades, Landry, etc) was put together by Joe Gibbs, President.

But anyway, he should do what he wants. He's entitled to that.