Coach Gibbs might consider extending stay.

[MTK]

The Skins play the salary cap game better than anyone in the league. So for me no their cap mgmt. doesn't concern me all that much. Since 2000 we've heard of this impending cap doom yet it never seems to come. Why? It's simple, Danny and co. know what they're doing... at least when it comes to working the cap that is.

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

The Skins play the salary cap game better than anyone in the league. So for me no their cap mgmt. doesn't concern me all that much. Since 2000 we've heard of this impending cap doom yet it never seems to come. Why? It's simple, Danny and co. know what they're doing... at least when it comes to working the cap that is.

But Matty one thing about the cap is that if you continually restructure contracts you put further pressure on the caps in future years - kind of reminds me of the US and the way we deal with the deficit. Yes we can continue to print money and buy our way out of debt for the current year but eventually the US is going to have to pay the piper and deal with the huge debt. So relating to the Skins - yes the Skins can continue to restructure contracts to get under the cap but wouldn't it be nice to not have to constantly have to do this and free up the teams abillity to sign better depth players?

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by Bill B

But Matty one thing about the cap is that if you continually restructure contracts you put further pressure on the caps in future years - kind of reminds me of the US and the way we deal with the deficit. Yes we can continue to print money and buy our way out of debt for the current year but eventually the US is going to have to pay the piper and deal with the huge debt. So relating to the Skins - yes the Skins can continue to restructure contracts to get under the cap but wouldn't it be nice to not have to constantly have to do this and free up the teams abillity to sign better depth players?

good post

[redsk1]

I would have mixed emotions about Gibbs extending a couple more years. There's nothing more i would like to see than JG leaving the game successfully. I have alot of respect for him and the job he's done this year. Although I feel that some coaching decisions have cost us games this year, i think this team would have folded had anyone else been coaching other than JG.

As for personel decisions...some good and some major blunders. Don't forget 2 years of Brunell. Everybody glosses over that, but it was a major setback watching Brunell play for 2 years.

This team has been so inconsistent i really don't know what to think right now. I hope GW stays w/ the team though and doesn't get lured away. If JG's decides to extend GW might not want to wait around much longer.

GW I believe has overachieved this year, w/ what our team has lost. Safety, starting corners, LB's, etc. A top 10 defense w/ what really amounts to a bunch of no names (no disrespect) is phenomenal.

[MTK]

Say what you will but MB did take us to the playoffs in 2005. Let's not gloss over that.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Say what you will but MB did take us to the playoffs in 2005. Let's not gloss over that.

So I guess the defense had nothing to do with that?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

So I guess the defense had nothing to do with that?

Did I say they didn't?

I was simply saying MB played a part in that. Just like the D, the running game, etc.

[redsk1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Say what you will but MB did take us to the playoffs in 2005. Let's not gloss over that.

IMO an above average/good qb would have taken us even further w/ a dominant defense like we had. I'll give MB credit for managing the game/not losing games for us. Let's face it though MB was asked not to lose the game in most cases.

If we had a QB that could stretch the field for us, who knows? SB? That's not out of the question. I don't see how the MB experiement could be seen as a success.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by redsk1

IMO an above average/good qb would have taken us even further w/ a dominant defense like we had. I'll give MB credit for managing the game/not losing games for us. Let's face it though MB was asked not to lose the game in most cases.

If we had a QB that could stretch the field for us, who knows? SB? That's not out of the question. I don't see how the MB experiement could be seen as a success.

Well for one season the results were good. Other than that I would say the experiment didn't work out. But you do have to wonder how things might have been last year if the D wasn't a total mess.

[Paintrain]

I just shook my head when I heard this on NFL Radio this afternoon.. I think Gibbs will be around for at least next season to finish his contract but I hope he doesn't get a coaching extension.

His FO moves have been 60-40 good (Cooley, Campbell, Moss, Carter, Rabach, Washington, Taylor, Landry, Portis, Springs, Griffin vs. Lloyd, Arch, Brunell, ARE-sorry, I like the guy but he's been a bust overall, letting Dockery and Pierce get away, pissing away draft picks) but I think he's just overmatched on the sidelines most weeks.

I'm fine with Gibbs as team president, setting the overall tone and direction of the franchise but I think we need a new coach on the sidelines that is more in tune with today's game.

[SmootSmack]

Well, as I've been saying for months (if not years). I think the only person who should decide if he comes back is Gibbs himself. Personally, I want him back because he's probably the biggest reason (next to my brother) that I'm a fan of the team and he's the best thing to ever happen to the franchise. But I also don't think he should feel he owes the fans anything or has to prove anything to anyone. So if he chooses to step aside, I'm ok with that. He's earned the right to do whatever he wants.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well, as I've been saying for months (if not years). I think the only person who should decide if he comes back is Gibbs himself. Personally, I want him back because he's probably the biggest reason (next to my brother) that I'm a fan of the team and he's the best thing to ever happen to the franchise. But I also don't think he should feel he owes the fans anything or has to prove anything to anyone. So if he chooses to step aside, I'm ok with that. He's earned the right to do whatever he wants.

Well, the guy who signs his check might have a say in whether he comes back or not. Don't you think?

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well, as I've been saying for months (if not years). I think the only person who should decide if he comes back is Gibbs himself. Personally, I want him back because he's probably the biggest reason (next to my brother) that I'm a fan of the team and he's the best thing to ever happen to the franchise. But I also don't think he should feel he owes the fans anything or has to prove anything to anyone. So if he chooses to step aside, I'm ok with that. He's earned the right to do whatever he wants.

I agree with 99 percent of this post,I do think Joe has earned the right to finish out this contract if he wants,I dont agree with Joe extending his contract by 3 yrs because of past success,it should be based on his success the 2nd time around

[SmootSmack]

Mark Brunell, Clinton Portis, and the defense were all significantly responsible for our 5 game winning streak at the end of the 2005 season that got us into the playoffs.

This shouldn't even be debatable.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Mark Brunell, Clinton Portis, and the defense were all significantly responsible for our 5 game winning streak at the end of the 2005 season that got us into the playoffs.

This shouldn't even be debatable.

Don't forget Santana Moss, those catches against the Cowboys on Monday night set the tone for the season.