Let's reminisce a bit...
 

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Yeah I know it's only been a few months, but what the hey, things are really slow right now.

I still find myself in shock to this day. Sometimes I'll be daydreaming at work and it will hit me out of the blue, Joe freakin' Gibbs is back as coach of the 'Skins!

The day he came back was probably one of the greatest days of my life, pathetic as that might sound I'm sure alot of you can relate.

I just got to work and like I do first thing every morning I check out The Warpath to read up on the posts from the night before. I remember clicking on a post about Gibbs returning and thinking what the heck is this and there's no way this is for real. Then I started searching around all over the net and there was a serious buzz going around, the 'Skins were in serious negotiations with Joe Gibbs! I think I came close to pissing my pants, seriously. I flipped over to ESPN radio and they were talking about it there too, at this point I knew I wasn't going to get anything done at work that day, I was walking on air the rest of the day, actually the rest of the week!

It was a pretty emotional time I have to admit. Seeing him at the first press conference choked me up a bit.

I think when the first preseason game rolls around it will really hit us, to see him back on the sidelines will be incredible!

The 'Skins lost their identity when Gibbs left, everything just feels right about the Redskins again.

Here's an audio link to the introductory press conference

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When you first heard it did anyone think it wasn't true? Like someone was pulling you leg or leaked some bad info to the press or something. It just seemed to good to be true, ya know.

I had a Dream that in the MNF game against Dallas, Gibbs pulled off his mask, and it was Spurrier underneath it all! He needed to change the attitude around the locker room and couldn't think of a better way! ;)

thats sick man. Why dotn we just make a golden idol of a false God while we're at it.
heh, jp

That wasn't a dream...that was a NIGHTMARE!!!!

I remember sitting at my friends house watching sportscenter with all my friends. They always like to give me a hard time about the skins. Were watching sportscenter and the Skins logo popped up, and I'm like please lord let it have somthing to do with Jim Fassel coming here ( who I wanted to get the job when it was Fassel/Rhodes and Green). Then they said Joe Gibbs is in seroius consideration of returning to the Redskins. I just sat on the couch with the biggest sh*t eater grin on my face and I was like I gotta go home. I came home started talking with all of you and the next morning it was a done deal.

I can relate with you Matty, that was one of the best days of my life. I cant wait until 9/12 when we seem him unleashed.

I still can't quite believe it. I couldn't think, couldn't dream, of a better thing to happen to the Washington Redskins. And then it happened.

Just think of how you we felt at the end of last season, waiting to see if Spurrier, Green, or Fassel (!!!) was going to be our coach.

What an unbelieveable difference!

You know how I heard about the news of Joe Gibbs coming back to the Redskins? It was when my friend (that doesn't even like football but loves Nascar) had posted news about Joe Gibbs on another forum board. I first I thought it was a joke until I read the story. I was absolutely shocked. I think remember posting something back several months ago on the Warpath that I felt the only thing that would really help the Redskins is if Joe Gibbs came back to coach. Of course, I was just kidding, and the other members were like..yeah I wouldn't even want Gibbs to come back and ruin his hall of fame status. However, he is back now and as much as I love the summer time, I am counting down the days to football season! It's going to be an interesting season!

I just finished my first year of college today, and if I could skip my whole summer, I think I would. I am that freaking excited to see this guy coach.

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.

[QUOTE=smootsmack]Brud, you drive two hours to go to work?? Every day?[/QUOTE]

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!

This is a great thread although it sounds like where you when Kenedy got shot. lol I doubt I will for get where I was when I found out Coach Gibbs came back.

I am Russian Orthodox and we celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, rather than Dec. 25. So this year when I got the new of Gibbs return it was just like recieving a Christmas present.

I was in bed. I jumped up pumped my fist and cheered as I danced around the house for about 10 min! My girlfreind thought I had lost it! What a great day indeed!

I fell asleep on the couch that night with Espn on, the early morning Sportscenter reported it as I slept. So when I woke up and was getting my shower I thought I dreamed it. As I got out of the shower I heard them say it again. I was dancing around the house all wet, my girlfriend thought I was having a seizure I think.

[QUOTE=smootsmack]Brud, you drive two hours to go to work?? Every day?[/QUOTE]
I got a job with a well respected consulting firm, and they are opening a satellite office for me. I'm now onsite at clients three or four days a week, I drive the long hours the other day(s), and my office a half hour away will open in mid-June.

The first couple of months were pretty hellish, though. Also complicating my crowded life are a two-year old son, a wife whose eight months pregnant, a father who's running for governor ([url]http://www.leedelaware.com[/url]), and a mother with a serious illness (:(). That's why I'm down to four posts a day.

[QUOTE=BrudLee]I got a job with a well respected consulting firm, and they are opening a satellite office for me. I'm now onsite at clients three or four days a week, I drive the long hours the other day(s), and my office a half hour away will open in mid-June.

The first couple of months were pretty hellish, though. Also complicating my crowded life are a two-year old son, a wife whose eight months pregnant, a father who's running for governor ([url]http://www.leedelaware.com[/url]), and a mother with a serious illness (:(). That's why I'm down to four posts a day.[/QUOTE]

Congratulations on the upcoming addition to your family. Good luck to your father and I hope your mom gets better (Unfortunately I'm going through the same thing with my dad right now)

Im sorry that both of you are having to deal with difficult situations right now. Ive grown up with a handicap mom and have complete sympathy for having to go through rough times.