Petitbon "hired" before Gibbs
 

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: [url=http://www.ontherac.com/racexclusive.html]On the RAC: RAC Exclusive![/url]

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good find...you mean the world isn't ending?

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Can someone copy and past the article? I can not access it here at work.

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[quote=sbaughone;421581]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: [URL="http://www.ontherac.com/racexclusive.html"]On the RAC: RAC Exclusive![/URL][/quote]

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.

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[quote=Redskins8588;421593]Can someone copy and past the article? I can not access it here at work.[/quote]
It's a article scanned from the Post from 25 years ago.

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Hopefully you can get to my site, Redskins8588...

[IMG]http://www.skinsfan.us/skins/beatheard_hires_petibone_1.jpg[/IMG]

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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.

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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..

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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.

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Ahhhhh....that's a great find!

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AND THAT IS REASON #1 FOR WHY THE SKY IS NOT FALLING !!!


HAIL !!!

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Thanks that worked good.

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<<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.>>

Agree, but the fact of the matter is Petitbon did get the job. And so one can only assume that during the interview Bobby must have said to Gibbs, "How would you feel about having Petitbon as the D-coord?" I imagine Gibbs said, "That would be great."

Because that is exactly what happened. The similarities to the Zorn/Blache hire are uncanny, imho. I just think it's amazing none of the "Professional" media have mentioned this...

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[quote=sbaughone;421649]<<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.>>

Agree, but the fact of the matter is Petitbon did get the job. And so one can only assume that during the interview Bobby must have said to Gibbs, "How would you feel about having Petitbon as the D-coord?" I imagine Gibbs said, "That would be great."

Because that is exactly what happened. The similarities to the Zorn/Blache hire are uncanny, imho. [B]I just think it's amazing none of the "Professional" media have mentioned this[/B]...[/quote]

Or the fact that Zorn is not the first guy to be hired as a Head Coach without any prior Head Coaching experience, or experience as an Offensive/Defensive Co-ordinator. You would think that this hasn't happened in history. That Zorn was sweeping floors and counting Chicken McNuggets the past 10 years

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[quote=sbaughone;421649]<<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.>>

Agree, but the fact of the matter is Petitbon did get the job. And so one can only assume that during the interview Bobby must have said to Gibbs, "How would you feel about having Petitbon as the D-coord?" I imagine Gibbs said, "That would be great."

Because that is exactly what happened. The similarities to the Zorn/Blache hire are uncanny, imho. I just think it's amazing none of the "Professional" media have mentioned this...[/quote]

Why would they? How do you bash an orgnization with evidence to the contrary?

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How long had Beathard been a GM at that point, and WOW that's a great find, thank you :D

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The article understates slightly what happened. Gibbs was told that Petitbon WAS going to be the DC no matter what and Gibbs could take it or leave it. By telling the Post he "strongly suggested" the idea, he protected Gibbs' authoritie and avoided the perception that he was being heavy handed. Don't believe everything that you read.

The one truly jaw-dropping revelation in the story is that the Redskins led the league in pass defense in 1980. I never would have guessed that in a million years.

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Petitbon.......WORST HIRE OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

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<<Petitbon.......WORST HIRE OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!>>>

LOL...classic. And pretty dang true!

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[QUOTE=onlydarksets;421597]It's a article scanned from the Post from 25 years ago.[/QUOTE]

I remembered all of this just like it was yesterday! Wow! Deja Vu!

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is Danny going to give Zorn the same leash that was afforded to Gibbs the first time around? its not like he (or anyone, ever) was an instant hall of famer....

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I think Snyder will give Zorn a little leeway, but I really don't think he'll need it. Unlike Gibbs, he still has some veteran coaches around to help him. And, I just can't see Zorn starting 0-5.

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[quote=Hog1;421748]Petitbon.......WORST HIRE OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
i don't necessarily agree with this. took over an aging team, and was given all of one season to win?