Some other ways of looking at Gibbs' Second Stint

if we can keep everything besides gibbs in place, i think his stint was good.

if it gets blow'd up or re-arranged for a new coach, it was a waste of time :/.

Think it was good. But does anyone else feel like Gibbs quit on us?

I read an article that Monday while visiting family in NC he made a surprise visit to his NASCAR HQ Office. He stopped by at 1 pm to hang out and basically let everyone know he's back to run the team.

I don't know man, just thought after everything they had been through together that there was no way he quits like that. Bet behind closed doors there are some hurt and angry players and coaches.

He owed us one more year. Just my view.

Nice read:

ESPN - Gibbs survived demanding Cooke, proved his mettle under fire - NFL (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=luksa_frank&id=3191584)

Think it was good. But does anyone else feel like Gibbs quit on us?

I read an article that Monday while visiting family in NC he made a surprise visit to his NASCAR HQ Office. He stopped by at 1 pm to hang out and basically let everyone know he's back to run the team.

I don't know man, just thought after everything they had been through together that there was no way he quits like that. Bet behind closed doors there are some hurt and angry players and coaches.

He owed us one more year. Just my view.

I think that Gibbs has done enough for the franchise, the city, and the fans that he can do whatever the damn hell he wants.

He had always said that NASCAR is his life, and when he was ready to step down from the NFL (again) he was going back to NASCAR. Plus with a new driver (Kyle Busch) and JGR switching to Toyota this is going to be a very important year for his racing team. And he'll be based in North Carolina where he can be with his grandson constantly, which is great for both of them (not to mention his wife, and the rest of the family). Finally, it'll be a significantly lighter load on his day because he's not going to be up all night breaking down game film and trying to plan for the next opponent.

So, no I don't think he "quit" on the team at all.

I think that Gibbs has done enough for the franchise, the city, and the fans that he can do whatever the damn hell he wants.

He had always said that NASCAR is his life, and when he was ready to step down from the NFL (again) he was going back to NASCAR. Plus with a new driver (Kyle Busch) and JGR switching to Toyota this is going to be a very important year for his racing team. And he'll be based in North Carolina where he can be with his grandson constantly, which is great for both of them (not to mention his wife, and the rest of the family). Finally, it'll be a significantly lighter load on his day because he's not going to be up all night breaking down game film and trying to plan for the next opponent.

So, no I don't think he "quit" on the team at all.

I agree. Just my 2 cents...

He gave us all he had for 4 seasons. I appreciate the fact he was honest with himself and decided to step down rather than come back and not have his heart 110% into it.

I really don't think people understand what an insane grind the NFL is. I'm sure if we spent a week at Redskins Park with Gibbs he would simply wear us out.

When Gibbs came back his plan was to not dive head first into the job again like his first stint here, but before you know it he was sleeping in his office again and grinding away until the wee hours of the morning.

As he's said, the NASCAR team is a big part of his family. I don't see where his involvement in it again should be any sort of signal that he quit on the Redskins.

In fact I'll call it like I see it. Anyone who really thinks that Gibbs may have "quit" on the Redskins, doesn't fully understand what Gibbs is all about.

Think it was good. But does anyone else feel like Gibbs quit on us?

I read an article that Monday while visiting family in NC he made a surprise visit to his NASCAR HQ Office. He stopped by at 1 pm to hang out and basically let everyone know he's back to run the team.

I don't know man, just thought after everything they had been through together that there was no way he quits like that. Bet behind closed doors there are some hurt and angry players and coaches.

He owed us one more year. Just my view.

No I don't think he owed us anything. He drafted a very promising young QB, brought in countless quality assistant coaches capable of carrying the load now that he's gone, instilled patience (hopefully lasting patience) in our owner who was previously a maniac, and otherwise assembled a talented young core of players. Because of him, our future has possibilities. It's up to Dan Snyder and whoever he hires as coach to achieve the things Gibbs made possible.

The whole point of bringing Gibbs here was to make the team better. We hoped that would involve a SB. But there's no arguing that we're in better position today than we were at the end of the '03 season. So to Gibbs I say thank you, I'll never forget you, and enjoy your golden years because you deserve great ones.

In short...Gibbs left the Skins better than he got the Skins. Point blank! Mission accomplished.I agree that he left the team better than he received it, but to me, mission accomplished would have been a deep playoff/Super Bowl run. If you told me 4 years ago that Gibbs would bring us 1 playoff victory in 4 years, I would have been VERY disappointed.

Looking at the big picture, if Campbell proves to be a franchise QB, we can expect many years of contending well in the NFC with deep runs in the postseason. I believe that Campbell will be Gibbs's greatest contribution of his second go around.

Joe Gibbs online. Past, present & future. Check it out.

Joe Gibbs Online > COACH RESIGNS FROM REDSKINS: Week of January 10th, 2008 (http://www.joegibbsonline.com/onthefly.php?item=210)

if we can keep everything besides gibbs in place, i think his stint was good.

if it gets blow'd up or re-arranged for a new coach, it was a waste of time :/.

I'm wearing out my mouse and my browser checking out this site to see if there is any new news.

Gibbs may have taught Danny some patience,but I sure as hell don't have much.

my 2 cents are with smootsmack and matty on all counts nascar racing is where his family is and thats the most important to him now..like i said before joe gibbs has given this fan a ton of memories to last a lifetime not to mention that special day in charlotte in 1993 when i met him personally. priceless.so no joe gibbs didn,t quit that title goes to ole ball coach,he,s the one who quit on the skins.thanks a million joe and continued success with your nascar operation and i,ll be there supoorting ya there too..