Why Doesn't "Gibbs' Football" Work for the Redskins?

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

For me to answer the question in the title of this thread, someone will have to define for me what "work" means.

In 2005 we made the playoffs and went 10-6. Did Gibbs football not "work" that year? Is something "working" defined as winning a Superbowl and that's it?

I mean, last year we were 4th in the league in rushing offense. Seems like whatever football it was (Gibbs football or Saunders football) it worked - except for the fact that we didn't have much of a QB. What didn't work was Gregg Williams football.

Did Gibbs football not work against the Dolphins and the Eagles this year? Did it not work for the first half against the Giants? Really, of the 12 quarters of football we've played this year, hasn't Gibbs football worked for most of them?

The other thing I'm going to say is that the Salary Cap Era forces you to adapt your roster and transform your team a little more slowly. With the absolute mess that Spurrier left this team in, for Gibbs to get us to 10-6 and to the playoffs in his second year, is probably one of the greatest coaching accomplishments of his illustrious career. I'll admit, last year he had a down year, mainly attributable to his defense. But the jury's still out on this year folks. I think Gibbs football is "working" as we speak.

We were 4th in rushing offense but we were losing and we were not scoring enough points. That's the bottom line.

In 2005 the offense was better than 04 but honestly the defense, for the most part carried the team. The defense won the playoff game because we couldn't even get a 1st down in that game.

I think someone had a stat in another thread where it showed that since Gibbs has been back we have only broke 24 points far less than half the games he has coached. That is a very telling stat and to me that shows that he is not getting it done on his side of the ball which is the offense.

I want to see more mid range /deep passes on 1st down. I want to see some creativity in getting Cooley and Moss the ball more. I want to see another wr catch a pass besides ARE and Moss. I want to see more 4 wr sets where the defense is spread out more. I want to see JC roll out more. I want to see a passing game where it's not a struggle to break 200 yards.

I am asking too much here? These offensive coaches are paid millions and millions of $ to fix it. It's time to fix it.