Let's reminisce a bit...

Congrats on finishing your first year Gman....I remember when I found out, my brother called me "You won't believe who the next Redskins coach is going to be" For some reason I was certain he was going to say Jimmy Johnson.

The whole Gibbs thing didn't sink in until a few hours later... at like 4 in the morning! I didn't sleep at all that first night, like there was some bizarre possibility that Gibbs would hold a press conference at 5 AM.

I was one who would bash the people that said "we need Gibbs back". I (along with most people) was convinced that it would NEVER happen. When I heard about it, I was at work, and could hardly contain myself! A couple Cowboys fans in my office came up congratulating me, with a little more worry in their eyes than before.
What a day it was!!!

It's really gonna be a long summer.....

I was traveling for work, having started a new job the week before. It was like 6:45 am, and the radio announced that someone (I think Fox Sports) was reporting it. I changed radio stations, and waited until I heard it again. Then I started calling everyone I knew to get online and find the truth. I was checking my phone for the entire two hour drive to work, then I immediately got online and started checking for anything.

It's amazing I still have a job...

I even recorded the ESPN segment where they officially announced it. It still makes me smile when I watch it.

Coach Gibbs.......Dude!

Brud, you drive two hours to go to work?? Every day?

I rembember getting a text message stating "Gibbs in talks with legend Gibbs." I did not think much about it and I thought it is just a rumor. After reading his book I was convinced he would never be back (guess I can tear out that page). Altough I was happy to think, I knew it was not going to happen. I read the Washington post and read it the next morning and stated the same thing and still was not convinced. Then I got a call from my brother (who is a cowgirl fan) and he told me that it was official and I was still in disbelief all day even though I knew it was official.

1-8-04 I will never forget that day. One of the happiest days of my life.

Brud, you drive two hours to go to work?? Every day?

In Brud's defense he only lives 15 minutes away but gets lost a lot.

I was one of those that thought the chances of Gibbs coming back was zero to none. Just didn't seem like his MO, he won 3 rings here, he's in the HOF, what else did he have to prove?

Turns out alot of us were dead wrong, LOL, and thankfully so!

From what I gathered from listening to that press conference again, it seems like coming back was a thought that Gibbs never really seriously entertained until Coy indicated that he would like to get into coaching and once the Skins job opened up it just kinda got the whole thing rolling. You could almost tell that Gibbs himself was a bit surprised that he was back.

My roomate at the time, whos a huge Giants fan left me a message on the comp about it. When I woke up and read it I was mad at him for sending me some spoof to get my hopes up. i almost cried when i went and read that it was for real.

I can remember it as if it was yesterday. I was driving to school listening to the Sports Junkies on 99.1 HFS, when they said Mr. Gibbs is the next head coach of the Washington Redskins. I just about wrecked I was so excited. I called my dad who is a Skins fan and told him the news and he couldn't believe it. The best thing was though when I told my friends, since most of them are not Skins fans, they were like oh no! The look on there face was priceless when I told them!