Cowher Talking to Skins about Job in '08?

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by BigSKINBauer

when he retired there was talk of him taking over after gibbs. I would be happy for this to happen except for the fact that we already have two cordinators that could be coaches and there is no reason to bring in another system. GW should be coach after gibbs as long as he can put up a good defense these next couple years. Saunders and GW would be pissed off. GW would get a million dollar signing bonus. This is just a rumor right now. No need to take any substance out of it.

I don't think GW will finish his tenure here. His stock fell a little last year, and if he fields a good defense this season, teams will throw some money at him. The NFL is all about timing and striking while the iron is hot.

That being said, my gut tells me Williams won't wait for Gibbs to finish his last year, and another team makes Williams forget about the $1MM clause in his contract. Gregg Blache will eventually take over the defense.

[BigSKINBauer]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I don't think GW will finish his tenure here. His stock fell a little last year, and if he fields a good defense this season, teams will throw some money at him. The NFL is all about timing and striking while the iron is hot.

That being said, my gut tells me Williams won't wait for Gibbs to finish his last year, and another team makes Williams forget about the $1MM clause in his contract. Gregg Blache will eventually take over the defense.

I think he will. Gibbs is here next season and at the most one more. I don't think GW would stick around this long and not stay. Last off season he could have gotten out of here and maybe the off season before. He chose to stay. I think he will pull it out for one more season, if he is promised the job. Even more, his stock did fall. He was a great D cordinator but 31st in the league won't draw up much interest. Even if he has a top 16 D, teams won't be throwing themselves at him. He'll need to have a top 8 Defense to draw the same kind of interest again.

We'll be able to keep GW if we want to. But we might not want to. He didn't do well in buffalo and if the defense is in the bottom half of the league again, i don't see snyder passing up on an opportunity to get a coach liek cowher. Also, if we want cowher we will get him. Its up to Snyder.

[GMScud]

I heard very similar speculation months ago. It's an interesting thought. Gibbs has 2 seasons at best left in him, so why not? Cowher is what, 48? That's almost 20 years younger than Joe. And his style fits a Joe Gibbs footprint. Discipline, character, etc, etc. If it happens we'll probably get laughed at for "bribing" G.Williams by offering him $1M if we didn't make him Gibbs' successor and then choosing someone else.

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I don't think GW will finish his tenure here. His stock fell a little last year, and if he fields a good defense this season, teams will throw some money at him. The NFL is all about timing and striking while the iron is hot.

That being said, my gut tells me Williams won't wait for Gibbs to finish his last year, and another team makes Williams forget about the $1MM clause in his contract. Gregg Blache will eventually take over the defense.

He will split. A lot rides on the '07 campaign for GW and any chance of being the HC. I agree with you that I don't think he will stay here. None of the major preseason publications( S & S, Athlon's, or Sprting News) has us higher than 3rd in our division. IF that becomes a reality, it will because of zero pass rush, etc. GW will be toast and probably will not be considered top HC material, ending up with a team like the sorry ass Lions if they fire Marinelli and get him on the "cheap". I don't see Gibbs wasting time and sticking around either. A failure this season means that rebuilding will take 2-4 seasons( that sucks, but it probably is close to reality if we really stink this season). That is more time than Gibbs had anticipated. Cowher is a proven motivator and winner, a no nonsense type of guy that will be a nice follow up to Coach Gibbs.