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JoeRedskin · 10-07-2004, 08:17 AM

Born in '63 and been a fan since the first game I can remember - Superbowl VII. I still can see Bass running down the sideline after intercepting the kicker's pass. My Dad had recently retired from the Air Force so we had only been in the area about 3 years. He rooted for them more out of "hey, it's the home team" than any abiding loyalty. We both sorta grew into die-hard fans over the next eight or nine years. Just in time for the Gibbs era. Damn that was good football.

I also remember what I considered to be the early turning point for Joe Gibbs as a head coach. Gibbs had Terry Metcalf on the team and really liked him as a person - sort of best friend, father-son, mentor-mentee relationship. But Metcalf wasn't cutting it at RB - made Tiki look like he has glue on his fingers (I swear it seemed like he fumbled every third carry). Gibbs had to cut him but hated doing it. It was the first BIG cut of Gibbs tenure and, at the time, he said it was the hardest thing he had ever done, lots of crying. After that, however, all that mattered to Gibbs was performance - if he could cut Metcalf, he could cut anybody. Cutting Metcalf forced him to deal with the tough calls of being a head coach and focused him on winning. He hasn't looked back.

10-07-2004, 08:17 AM	#25
JoeRedskin Contains football related knowledge Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Second Star On The Right Age: 62 Posts: 10,401	Born in '63 and been a fan since the first game I can remember - Superbowl VII. I still can see Bass running down the sideline after intercepting the kicker's pass. My Dad had recently retired from the Air Force so we had only been in the area about 3 years. He rooted for them more out of "hey, it's the home team" than any abiding loyalty. We both sorta grew into die-hard fans over the next eight or nine years. Just in time for the Gibbs era. Damn that was good football. I also remember what I considered to be the early turning point for Joe Gibbs as a head coach. Gibbs had Terry Metcalf on the team and really liked him as a person - sort of best friend, father-son, mentor-mentee relationship. But Metcalf wasn't cutting it at RB - made Tiki look like he has glue on his fingers (I swear it seemed like he fumbled every third carry). Gibbs had to cut him but hated doing it. It was the first BIG cut of Gibbs tenure and, at the time, he said it was the hardest thing he had ever done, lots of crying. After that, however, all that mattered to Gibbs was performance - if he could cut Metcalf, he could cut anybody. Cutting Metcalf forced him to deal with the tough calls of being a head coach and focused him on winning. He hasn't looked back.