I think we may legitimately be at least halfway through Gibbs' second tour of duty with the Skins to where we could try a "midterm evaluation".
Several Philly phans were scared about Gibbs' return in ways we were not when Parcells came back to Dallas. Maybe we had seen enough of Parcells since the heyday of the late 80's to know that he would make teams good without necessarily giving them a guaranteed ring and likely leave them a mess after bolting.
Many people were entertaining visions of counter tre's sweeping through the NFC East en route to an improbable Super Bowl win no matter what mercenary or scrub QB was put into mix, and the fear was slightly compounded by how well the D played under Gregg Williams the first year with practically no names other than Sean "yellow flag or burnt toast" Taylor.
At this point, how would you rate Gibbs' coaching of the team? They seemed really flat and timid all day Sunday, even when they were legitimately in the game. No deep passes, and few convincing strings of run plays all day. Basically, uninspired play. I've only watched 2 other Skins games all year, and one of them wasn't the weird comeback win vs. Dallas which may have changed my perception.
Do you think most of the blame falls squarely on Snyder's roster management, or is Gibbs just not the overacheiver he was when he first came into the league and supposedly invented the practice of staying up until 4 am looking at tape and getting up 2 hours later to look at more and gameplan perfectly with a supportive regime willing to spend?
Or is there an argument that Gibbs is just not cut out to manage a dominant team under this owner in this current era of the NFL, and/or his heart is simply not in it the way it was in the 80's and early 90's? How much longer do you give him after this season now that they are almost guaranteed a losing record?
I feel the same way in many aspects re: Parcells with different factors; I'd be very surprised if either coach is still in their respective places beyond next season, and would NOT be surprised to see at least one of them quit/retire/"resign" this offseason.
Thoughts? Comparisons / Contrasts?
Several Philly phans were scared about Gibbs' return in ways we were not when Parcells came back to Dallas. Maybe we had seen enough of Parcells since the heyday of the late 80's to know that he would make teams good without necessarily giving them a guaranteed ring and likely leave them a mess after bolting.
Many people were entertaining visions of counter tre's sweeping through the NFC East en route to an improbable Super Bowl win no matter what mercenary or scrub QB was put into mix, and the fear was slightly compounded by how well the D played under Gregg Williams the first year with practically no names other than Sean "yellow flag or burnt toast" Taylor.
At this point, how would you rate Gibbs' coaching of the team? They seemed really flat and timid all day Sunday, even when they were legitimately in the game. No deep passes, and few convincing strings of run plays all day. Basically, uninspired play. I've only watched 2 other Skins games all year, and one of them wasn't the weird comeback win vs. Dallas which may have changed my perception.
Do you think most of the blame falls squarely on Snyder's roster management, or is Gibbs just not the overacheiver he was when he first came into the league and supposedly invented the practice of staying up until 4 am looking at tape and getting up 2 hours later to look at more and gameplan perfectly with a supportive regime willing to spend?
Or is there an argument that Gibbs is just not cut out to manage a dominant team under this owner in this current era of the NFL, and/or his heart is simply not in it the way it was in the 80's and early 90's? How much longer do you give him after this season now that they are almost guaranteed a losing record?
I feel the same way in many aspects re: Parcells with different factors; I'd be very surprised if either coach is still in their respective places beyond next season, and would NOT be surprised to see at least one of them quit/retire/"resign" this offseason.
Thoughts? Comparisons / Contrasts?
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