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Old 01-08-2008, 07:55 PM   #47
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Re: Len Pastabelly on Gibbs' Retirement: "Just An Ordinary Joe"

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Originally Posted by canthetuna View Post
Let me ask you this... why do we have to throw out his first tenure accomplishments in our assessments and reactions to this article? If you ignored his first stint, his second would not be a huge disappointment. The only disappointment was that his second stint didn't measure up to his first.

The funny thing is, that if we had brought in a big name college coach after spurrier, and had the same record the last 4 years a great fewer people would call him less than ordinary.
That's right but that's what happens when you create a huge legacy. It creates huge expectations. Had he not had that great legacy of success he would not have been rehired.
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