Do you trust Gibbs?

[steveo395]

Originally Posted by heybigstar

If you look at Gibbs's coaching career.
He always sparks competition between QB's as his strategy to make them perform better.

Look at Mark Rypien

he didnt put him through what he put ramsey through
and yes i do trust him...just not with brunell

[DirtBagZ]

NO

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I think it depends on what you are talking about. I think Gibbs is a great man who has done wonders for our franchise. Can anyone imagine what the Redskins would be like without the Joe Gibbs I years? We'd be a speck, just another team (and a bad one at that).

However, I'm not going to swear a blind oath of unquestioning loyalty to anyone - including Gibbs. If I think his decision to put Brunell in is a boneheaded one, I'm sure as hell going to say it.

So....I think he's making a bonehead decision, but I trust him otherwise.

[itvnetop]

Yes, for the simple fact that i trust his decisions are made for the team's sake. He may make mistakes, but he's not doing them because of ego or to save face. His decisions are rooted in winning and that's what I'll stick by.

[BossHog]

If Ramsey had more class he would'nt have asked for a trade right now. Is this really the case?

[saskin]

I don't live anywhere close to Washington (San Antonio) but even I believe in the signs saying:

In Gibbs We STILL Trust

(Thats a yes)

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Gibbs still hasn't given me adamant proof to not trust his judgement and no matter what, with what he has done for our franchise, I definitely will not ever trash and disrespect the man like a couple others both here and in the press seem to be doing.

[Longtimefan]

There can be only one point of view here and it's non-negotionable. There is no way I will ever mistrust or doubt the best coach the Redskins have ever had, and a coach that has without a doubt forgotten more football than most of us will ever know. It seems so ironic as I look back to most of the posts on this forum just as little as eighteen months ago when JG made the decesion to return and coach the Redskins and see how different they looked then as opposed to now.

So often we speak of how we are blasted and criticized by the media and then I look to how critical and abrasive we can be towards our own and I can say no wonder. Eighteen months ago there was not a crumb of negative relative to the second coming of coach Gibbs. Everything was positive and everyone was convinced we were well on our way to stardome once again. I have been around long enough to know "Rome was not built in a day" and as great a coach as Gibbs is I also knew it was going to take a little time to right the ship. Granted he "may" have made a couple unpopular decisions that some of us may not have agreed with, but he made them and stuck by them. I say "may" because the jury is still out on Brunell, but I feel a few more games will shed a clearer picture of where we will go with him. I'm convinced that all this negative talk about Gibbs is completely unjustifiable, espically all the negatives in reference to his latest decision. When it comes to certain players on our team and (espically the favorite ones) we sometimes seem like Patriots saddled with an undying faith and belief we don't even understand the meaning of ourselves. When they are met with tough decesions that are not favorable to us we are bound to have differences in opinions, but I don't think we should allow those differences to destroy the love and faith we all should have for the greatest coach the Redskins organization has ever had.

[illdefined]

from the washington post:

"Brunell said yesterday that the injury was not a factor to his play last season, and that he didn't undergo any rehabilitation.

Brunell, who turns 35 on Saturday, dismissed the notion that his arm is stronger than last year."

Gibbs wasn't truthful about giving Ramsey 'every opportunity' and isn't being truthful about Brunell's 'injury'. i think the poll should be changed to do you have FAITH in Gibbs, because TRUSTING him these days should be hard for anyone.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by illdefined

from the washington post:

"Brunell said yesterday that the injury was not a factor to his play last season, and that he didn't undergo any rehabilitation.

Brunell, who turns 35 on Saturday, dismissed the notion that his arm is stronger than last year."

Gibbs wasn't truthful about giving Ramsey 'every opportunity' and isn't being truthful about Brunell's 'injury'. i think the poll should be changed to do you have FAITH in Gibbs, because TRUSTING him these days should be hard for anyone.

You're looking at this from an outsider's point of view. Gibbs never gives much to the media and I'm sure he encourages his players and coaches to do the same.

Brunell doesn't want to make excuses for his poor play last year and frankly who wants to hear it.

The proof is on the field. Brunell's passes have more zip & he's a heck of a lot more accurate. Something is different, whether he admits it or not it's obvious something changed from last year.

[jbcjr14]

I have been thinking about this again, yet another night....there really isn't a QB controversy. Gibbs made a change and that's it. Its US and the media that think its a controversy. I have not heard anyone from within the organization that has said anything about this move. Usually when there is turmoil, you start to hear reports from "anonymous" players voicing there is a problem. This HAS NOT happened. There is NO controversy and the Skins will move on regardless of who is playing QB.

So there, these threads have become meaningless...LOL.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by jbcjr14

I have been thinking about this again, yet another night....there really isn't a QB controversy. Gibbs made a change and that's it. Its US and the media that think its a controversy. I have not heard anyone from within the organization that has said anything about this move. Usually when there is turmoil, you start to hear reports from "anonymous" players voicing there is a problem. This HAS NOT happened. There is NO controversy and the Skins will move on regardless of who is playing QB.

So there, these threads have become meaningless...LOL.

not really, It is gibbs call, and the team has been great at towing the company line, but fans are allowed to voice that they're unhappy with the move, whether it changes anything or not.

but your right its not really a controversy as much as an outrage of sorts

[ladyfan06]

Do I trust Joe Gibbs?.....I am in love with the guy for goodness sakes! He has my support full throttle when any decision he makes. That is what being a FAN is all about supporting your team and their decisions, good or bad.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by ladyfan06

Do I trust Joe Gibbs?.....I am in love with the guy for goodness sakes! He has my support full throttle when any decision he makes. That is what being a FAN is all about supporting your team and their decisions, good or bad.

I agree with you there to a certain extent. We had a conversation here a while ago about the difference between being a hardcore fan and a fanatic. Most people think that the word fan truly came from fanatic.

The only different between the two is the lack of reason.

Like you, Gibbs and company have my backing and support of the Brunell move even though I don't personally approve.

However, if Gibbs decided that doing an entire roster overhaul mid-season, I might have to start questioning his motives. It's one thing to follow a team and another thing to BLINDLY follow a team. I think that most of us here are the former (and it seems like you are too). I'm basically just wondering what you would think if Gibbs decided that our WRs were terrible and we needed to release them now and sign some practice squadders.

[ladyfan06]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I agree with you there to a certain extent. We had a conversation here a while ago about the difference between being a hardcore fan and a fanatic. Most people think that the word fan truly came from fanatic.

The only different between the two is the lack of reason.

Like you, Gibbs and company have my backing and support of the Brunell move even though I don't personally approve.

However, if Gibbs decided that doing an entire roster overhaul mid-season, I might have to start questioning his motives. It's one thing to follow a team and another thing to BLINDLY follow a team. I think that most of us here are the former (and it seems like you are too). I'm basically just wondering what you would think if Gibbs decided that our WRs were terrible and we needed to release them now and sign some practice squadders.

Point taken! I guess for me my reasons for being extensively supportive of Coach Gibbs partly if not completely derives from him being there when I fell in love with this game! As a female, it is not that common that you find one with such a love for the game as I have. I am a DIE-HARD skins fan, no doubt about that....married to a DIE-HARD cowboys fan (go figure) but I just love the game and because I have such a love for the game and the coach, maybe at times I am following him BLINDLY, who knows....(just as you--I would begin to questions some changes if they appeared unfounded) but the QB change appears to me a necessity if we are trying to have a over .500 season this year!