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Originally Posted by skinsguy
I'm hearing alot of "we don't want to have Joe Gibbs fired, but ...." and then "remember, he had a great front office, a great GM..."
This to me is saying Gibbs isn't the problem, so why get rid of the person who ISN'T the problem? If getting a GM is the life line to our next glory years, then just do that. If Gibbs can't get it all done himself, nobody else will be able to. Why? Because it's saying no matter how good the coach is, if he doesn't have a good front office with a GM, he's not going to be successful.
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Joe Gibbs the "coach" is not the problem, and we do not want to get rid of Joe Gibbs the "coach". I would not go as far to say he will not be successful, but I am convinced he would not have enjoyed his previous success here as a "coach" had he not had Bobby Bethard, who at the time he arived in Washington was considered one of the very best GM's in the league. Gibbs coached those players, he did not pick them. The main reason why he is being so highly scrutinized during this tenure is not because he is not a good coach, but because he now has a hand in choosing the talent he's coaching, and many feel some of his decisions have left a lot to be desired. I don't know of any football coaches who have doubled as GM and it worked out successfully. If we had a GM, then Gibbs would only have to be blamed for his coaching failures (if indeed he does fail) and not coupled with personell failures as well...........It would have to be Dan Snyder's decision to hire a GM, and based on his past history, that seems highly unlikely.