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Old 10-05-2007, 01:48 PM   #3
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Re: Why Doesn't "Gibbs' Football" Work for the Redskins?

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Originally Posted by Daseal View Post
What are you going to say when we lose the game because we can't score points, BleedBurgundy.
I hope you're wrong...I hoped they learned their lesson vs the Giants and they need to let the offense open up all game, not just a quarter or two.

To everyone, Gibbs part 2 is 23-28 in his first 51 games. Only 1 playoff appearance (3 full years) and went 1-1. Gibbs part 1 went 36-15 in his first 51 games, and went 6-2 with 3 playoff appearances, including 2 super bowls and 1 win.
People are getting upset that Gibbs part 2 isn't working for valid reason, yet everyone is getting on their case here. It is completely logical and should be expected to question Gibbs part 2, cause he's not producing...plain and simple.
None of us here...I repeat, none of us here WANT to see Gibbs part 2 fail. But when you see a losing record overall, and you see a team blow a second half lead for the 12th time, it gets old.

You know the more I think about this...we are calling this "Gibbs football", but in fact this is not Gibbs football. Gibbs football knew how to points on the board, he used whatever worked. If it was pounding the ball, and it worked, he did it, if it was passing the ball and it worked, he did it. He did what worked. That is what is different from Gibbs part 1 to Gibbs part 2.
Here are his average points per season each playoff year in Gibbs part 1:
82- 21.1*
83- 33.8*
84- 26.6
86- 23.0
87- 23.7*
90- 23.8
91- 30.3*
92- 18.8 (9-7, worst record to make the playoffs)

Gibbs part 2 average points per season:
04- 15.0
05- 22.4
06- 19.2
07- 17.7

I'm chaulking 92 up to a fluke that we made the playoffs at 9-7. If you subtract 92, 21.1 ppg is the worst of Gibbs career to make the playoffs. It's no fluke that in 05 we scored 22.4 ppg and went to the playoffs.
In the 4 times Gibbs took us to super bowls, his teams averaged 27.2ppg.
In the 4 years in Gibbs part 2, the Skins are averaging 18.6 ppg.
So as you can see, we are calling this Gibbs football, but in actuality, we should be calling it Gibbs part 2 football. He was not like this back in his day. He wasn't afraid to go for the throat back then. He adjusted and did what worked back then. This is not the same Gibbs we are seeing today.
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