Jack Kent Cooke had no ego? You're kidding right? JKC had a huge ego.
Furthermore,
WashingtonPost.com: Gibbs Hired as Redskins Coach After Meeting With Cooke
"Cooke wants to make the Redskin games "fun for the fans" and he wants to see more passing and more progressive thinking on offense. Cooke was very impressed with the Chargers this season, especially because they were entertaining even when they lost."
If Snyder had chimed in like that in this day and age, whether he's right or not, there'd be people with torches ready to burn his house down.