PFT Rumor - Joe Gibbs is Coming Back

I hope this isn't true. Joe Gibbs is my favorite person in sports and I don't want to see Snyder drag Coach Joe back into this mess. If this is true I see it purely as an attempt by Snyder to calm the fans down by having Gibbs sign off on the next coaching hire.

My other concern is that if this is legitimate and Gibbs does want to lead the franchise then we could end up stuck with Vinny again because Coach Joe didn't fire Vinny 6 years ago when he could have.

While I love Gibbs and DS could do worse I really feel the game has past by Gibbs. Bill Parcells never really left football so its a much different situation.

I would argue that Gibbs' 2nd stint was more than enough for him to learn the cap, and the style of play in today's nfl. I don't know if talent evaluation is his strong suit per se, but character evaluation & team building is. I agree w/those that say he would add legitimacy & provide a buffer between DS & everyone else. If he hired a GM, he wouldn't take a lead role in player evaluation, but would probably have the final call.

I thought Gibbs left the team in fairly good shape. He had 2 great coordinators, one of which had HC experience, yet Vinny/DS essentially blew up one side of the ball & started over. I can't help but think what would've happened if GW was HC & Al remained the OC.

This has run through my mind too, as coach...at least for the remainder of this season...but I figured he's too busy. :D

I would love to see him as GM if we can't attract any other top-level candidates.


However, this is from PFT...so I am not giving it any merit yet.

Gibbs does a good job in evaluating good people to run things. He speaks alot about surrounding himself with good people who know there role and gets everybody to contribute for a common goal. I think advising Danny Boy on who to hire as in GM and then advising on head coach and they FO people is the best news I have heard all year. I dont like him chosing players and looking for talent, but I think the idea of rebuilding the top of the organzation is probably Gibbs' greatest strength at this point.

I hope this isn't true. Joe Gibbs is my favorite person in sports and I don't want to see Snyder drag Coach Joe back into this mess. If this is true I see it purely as an attempt by Snyder to calm the fans down by having Gibbs sign off on the next coaching hire.

My other concern is that if this is legitimate and Gibbs does want to lead the franchise then we could end up stuck with Vinny again because Coach Joe didn't fire Vinny 6 years ago when he could have.

But do you know that to be true? It's been said on here by many that keeping Vinny has always been a requirement by DS. I don't know, but I certainly never got the impression that Gibbs could fire Vinny. If he came back today, I would think that would be more likely, or at the least Vinny would take on some ceremonial role.

I doubt Joe Gibbs would be as involved as Parcells is. I'm thinking he'd be closer to a Joe Banner or Amy Trask or Ted Phillips.

If you don't know who any of those people are, that's because they aren't really known as "franchise runners". But they all basically serve as the president of different football franchises (Eagles, Raiders, Bears).

Parcells and Ireland, on the other hand, make business decisions jointly. Really doubt that would be the case here.

Plus, didn't he already right the ship here once?

I would like this move, IF Joe Gibbs doesn't have full control of picking players. He's not bad, but he puts too high of an emphasis on veteran players, and I think that's a big part of the reason we're in the situation we're in now. We went for older vets instead of grooming younger guys.

I would like this move, IF Joe Gibbs doesn't have full control of picking players. He's not bad, but he puts too high of an emphasis on veteran players, and I think that's a big part of the reason we're in the situation we're in now. We went for older vets instead of grooming younger guys.

Agreed. GIbbs has absolutely no experience as a GM. As long as the deal included Gibbs hiring a professional GM, doesn't seem like a bad idea. For Snyder, Gibbs is a way to paving the wounds with fans.

Wow, I dont know how I feel about this....

A part of me is thrilled because anything beats VC. But at the same time Gibbs 2.0 wasn't so hot in player eval IMO. maybe if Gibbs only focuses on that role, it would be ok. But, on the other hand, wouldnt he just get a bunch of "smash-mouth" players catered for the triple TE formation?


I know, I wasn't thrilled with his talent evaluating either. His love for small recievers kills me too. If it is true I hope that he can get past the "Smurfs" among other things.

If done it needs to be in Gibbs control. Meaning Snyder steps away and lets Gibbs run the team. Gibbs picks out the GM, Coach, etc... Gibbs is great at putting teams together. Look at Nascar and what he done here. Snyder will not let that happen though. If done it would be the best way we could get a credible coach in. If not we will continue to be the laughing stock of the NFL.