is this a Gibbs diss?? does it even apply?
 

i can't really tell...

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=grant/040825[/url]

think the Great One does this alot? who does it apply to now: Iffy? Rock? Ramsey?

personally i think Gibbs weighs alot more on player's intangibles (you know what i mean!) than any other coach. things like work ethic, dedication, intelligence etc. i'm not sure what flashy label or contract Mark Rypien ever had....

then again, he really wanted Brunell, and we all know Ramsey's ethic and dedication....

I dont really know what he was getting at there, but whatever.

The guys story is from his prespective, only Gibbs knows why the WR didn't make the Redskins roster (Or to my knowledge anyone elses).

Part of Joe's job is to make the tough decisions on roster choices. This guy sounds like a borderline prospect... if it weren't for him, some other borderline prospect would have been cut. This guy just happened to be friends with the author.

...and Walt B. has been tearing it up in the NFL ever since......?????
That is the most pointless story I have ever heard. If a guy has the talent to make it in the NFL, he will get a chance somewhere. There 32 teams, some in great need of a Wide receivers. There is also NFL Europe. Canadian League.....so on and so on.
Walt B. must have been good, but not good enough.
Don't blame the coaches or other players (QB in this case) for lack of NFL career.

He's just bitching cuz his teammate didn't make the roster.

it's walts fault he didnt make the nfl.

what moron thinks to himself, "hey i need to make a team, washington looks good. i think i'm going to beat out art monk or gary clark. well maybe not, but i can beat out ricky sanders and desmond howard(4th pick overall)."

I think there are so many things he DOESN'T say in the story. Was he overthrown by 6 inches or 10 yards? Did the guy dive for a ball that was just overthrown or give up on it?

The moral is that sometimes the wrong guys make the cut, but the story doesn't really support the moral.

shows me coach gibbs knows talent....who the HELL is walt b.?

Blows me away that people get paid to write stuff like that.

man I need a job, I'll come up with better stuff for a paycheck

Who is this flaming idiot? Not sure where he is coming from on this one...

HUH??? Where is Gary Barnett when you need him? lol I is just a shame that one play ruined his career. *roll eyes* Just let it go man!!!

What do you expect from a guy who thinks Marques Tuiasosopo is the best man as a Raider's QB over Kerry Collins and Rich Gannon. This writer Alan Grant is a scary judge of talent....

I think he was referring more to the fact that Walt B did everything right and Joe Gibbs seemingly came off as saying hey, you had your shot.

I don't know a whole lot of that era, but I'm guessing we were pretty loaded at WR and he didn't have a huge shot anyways. Tuiasosopo may just be the Raiders best chance. I never thought Kerry Collins did anything but restrict the Giants, Gannon is ancient. The young guy showed some poise when I saw him last year.

Come to think of it was that the Fun Bunch and Posse era? If that was the case the guy did nothing but wasted his summer in Washington. He should of went to Tampa Bay or some other bad team like that back then.

The writer really loses a lot of credibility by seemingly associating himself with Walt B. Maybe he felt the need for full disclosure.

Either way the article seems to indicate that Gibbs totally missed the boat on this guy, but apparently so did the rest of the league.

I could've been a hall of fame linebacker.... damn it! If only I had been living in the US and playing college ball and got drafted and made a roster and won a superbowl and gone to the probowl and had a 17 year all star career and retired as the most loved athelete ever.

Damn. I'm so bitter.

:cheeky-sm

you and me both... i'm the most famous 135lb DE that never was.

And on that same play that Walt-B got cut, Gibbs said to himself, JWsleep, there goes your chance as well. I could just tell by the way he looked on the sidelines that year. He never gave me my shot! And I was a shoe-in all-pro throw-back two-way every-down player, in my backyard...

I was actually the over-zealous QB who threw the ball. Gibbs had already told me on the last play, when Walt B dropped my no look shuffle pass, that was "my last chance"

So I figured I'm taking the Waltser down with me, and I overthrew him. And hence Gibbs went on to tell Walt B, "and that was your last chance too"

heh