Why the backstabbing?

[LongTimeSkinsFan]

I'll throw in my 2 cents here. I love Joe Gibbs as a coach and think he'll master the learning curve of the NFL this season and produce better than last year. Don't know if we're playoff material yet, but I think we will be improved. I'm not certain that he makes a good team president, and I was hoping he would have been more agressive in retaining Pierce and Smoot. Considering the stories we're hearing about the Coles debacle, I'm wondering how much influence Snyder had in the Pierce and Smoot contract talks? As much as JG talked about keeping 'core Redskins' losing Pierce and Smoot didn't make sense to me, and I wonder if Snyder may have told Gibbs this is what we're going to spend on these guys and that's the bottom line...