sbaughone
02-13-2008, 08:52 AM
I was curious what was going on before Gibbs was hired in 1981. Apparently Beathard had determined he wanted a defensive assistant (Petitbon) to be promoted to Defensive Coordinator. Of course, Beathard said "...this would have to be approved by the new coach..." But the similarities are striking.
Check it out the original story from the post here: On the RAC: RAC Exclusive! (http://www.ontherac.com/racexclusive.html)
AlvinWalton'sNeckBrace
02-13-2008, 08:59 AM
good find...you mean the world isn't ending?
Redskins8588
02-13-2008, 09:27 AM
Can someone copy and past the article? I can not access it here at work.
skinsfan69
02-13-2008, 09:32 AM
I was curious what was going on before Gibbs was hired in 1981. Apparently Beathard had determined he wanted a defensive assistant (Petitbon) to be promoted to Defensive Coordinator. Of course, Beathard said "...this would have to be approved by the new coach..." But the similarities are striking.
Check it out the original story from the post here: On the RAC: RAC Exclusive! (http://www.ontherac.com/racexclusive.html)
Thanks for posting. That was good stuff. It looks like Zorn is starting to bring in his own guys on offense, like Gibbs did. And he's leaving alone the defense, like Gibbs did. Let's hope like hell it works.
onlydarksets
02-13-2008, 09:38 AM
Can someone copy and past the article? I can not access it here at work.
It's a article scanned from the Post from 25 years ago.
cpayne5
02-13-2008, 10:06 AM
Hopefully you can get to my site, Redskins8588...
http://www.skinsfan.us/skins/beatheard_hires_petibone_1.jpg
rypper11
02-13-2008, 10:33 AM
Hmmm... Relative unkown offensive coach from a winning coaching tree. Position coach promoted to DC. DC and majority of assistants hired before HC.
This is so unheard of and never done.
Paintrain
02-13-2008, 10:58 AM
Wow, GREAT find!! Did you also see in the article that Bethard interviewd 8 coaches (to date in the article) in addition to Gibbs... So interviewing a large number of coaches, some coaches already on staff, hmm, sounds kinda familiar..
BleedBurgundy
02-13-2008, 11:05 AM
The difference is at least Beathard paid lip-service to the new Coach's authority by saying "but the final decision, of course, will be made by the head coach." It's a little thing but it makes a difference imho.
skinsguy
02-13-2008, 11:08 AM
Ahhhhh....that's a great find!