Gibbs

[Crazyhorse1]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

Indeed, this is a subject that we're beating to death. But to respond to the challenge of "can anyone say when [Gibbs] steps down we aren't light years ahead of where we were," I can't imagine I'm the only one who could very, very easily say that, if he were to step down today, we are NOT "light years" ahead of where we were. Again, we're going over and over this topic. But as that bastard Parcells proclaimed, you're as good as your record, and Gibbs overall record more than three and a half years into his second stint is below
.500, which makes him almost indistinguishable from the five coaches (Richie, Turner, Robiske, Marty, Spurrier) who preceded him (well, Marty actually had an even .500). As Boswell said in the Post last week, this team is mediocre. Period. If you're saying that Gibbs has laid a foundation for a powerhouse in the years to come, well, that's something I haven't heard too many NFL experts say. Sure, the so-called "experts" consistently show that they don't exactly have crystal balls, but I guess I'm just not as confident as you are that the current team is a youthful, soon-to-be dominator. Look, I'm not blaming anything on Coach Joe, I'm simply responding to your suggestion that he has radically turned the organization around. He hasn't.

Rabach is the only offensive lineman we have who is not in decline and he is no dominator. It's also likely Portis has only a couple of years left, Sellers is no spring chicken, Moss is inconsistent and injury prone and ARE isn't going to dominate anybody. We've got Cambell and Cooley to build a future with on offense Period.

On defense, we can build with Taylor, Landry, Carter, Rocky and maybe Montgomery. Face it. We've got very little to build a future with. Out next phrase will be a rebuilding phase-- a painfull one. The organization as a whole hasn't performed above the NFL norm. Gibbs hasn't improved it.