Gibbs leaving? Not a chance

[sportscurmudgeon]

Let's try to look at this the way Mr. Spock would look at it - - logically.

Gibbs leaves only one of three ways: 1. Danny Boy fires him. 2. He steps down. 3. He dies or is kidnapped by aliens or gets caught up in some kind of monstrous government plot such that even Jack Bauer can't save him.

Let's rule out #3, OK?

Will Danny Boy fire Joe Gibbs? I put the probability of that at about .01% or one chance in ten-thousand. Snyder knows that Gibbs makes money for the Redskins and has a large loyal following amongst Skins' fans. Snyder is most unlikely to drop the hammer on him now. Despite the fan-boy rhetoric around here that all Danny Boy wants is to win, I think he's just really happy to be making a ton of money with the franchise at the moment. If they win big, that's gravy to him - - because then he'll make even more money.

Will Gibbs step down? Let me answer that question with a question. Why should he? He stands to make over $5M next year to be a CEO and watch a horde of other people coach the football team. What he has to do to put that $5M - plus in the bank is to hold two news conferences a week and wear a headset on the sidelines for about three and a half hours 16 times next year. If you had a job like that for $5M, would you "step down"?

As Mr. Spock would say, "That's illogical..."

[MTRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Let's try to look at this the way Mr. Spock would look at it - - logically.

Gibbs leaves only one of three ways: 1. Danny Boy fires him. 2. He steps down. 3. He dies or is kidnapped by aliens or gets caught up in some kind of monstrous government plot such that even Jack Bauer can't save him.

Let's rule out #3, OK?

Will Danny Boy fire Joe Gibbs? I put the probability of that at about .01% or one chance in ten-thousand. Snyder knows that Gibbs makes money for the Redskins and has a large loyal following amongst Skins' fans. Snyder is most unlikely to drop the hammer on him now. Despite the fan-boy rhetoric around here that all Danny Boy wants is to win, I think he's just really happy to be making a ton of money with the franchise at the moment. If they win big, that's gravy to him - - because then he'll make even more money.

Will Gibbs step down? Let me answer that question with a question. Why should he? He stands to make over $5M next year to be a CEO and watch a horde of other people coach the football team. What he has to do to put that $5M - plus in the bank is to hold two news conferences a week and wear a headset on the sidelines for about three and a half hours 16 times next year. If you had a job like that for $5M, would you "step down"?

As Mr. Spock would say, "That's illogical..."

If this is Gibbs' mentality I would have absolutely no respect for him whatsoever. There are two requirements to deserve the title of HC: you love football more than yourself and you want to fucking WIN! I think Gibbs passes the first bit of criterion but hasn't quite decided on the second; therefor, I basically disagree w/ you analysis - i'm kirk to your spock.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by MTRedskinsFan

If this is Gibbs' mentality I would have absolutely no respect for him whatsoever. There are two requirements to deserve the title of HC: you love football more than yourself and you want to fucking WIN! I think Gibbs passes the first bit of criterion but hasn't quite decided on the second; therefor, I basically disagree w/ you analysis - i'm kirk to your spock.

You don't think Gibbs has decided whether or not he wants to win. Unbelievable. You're not Kirk, your the bit player that gets zapped in the first five minutes.

[MTRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

You don't think Gibbs has decided whether or not he wants to win. Unbelievable. You're not Kirk, your the bit player that gets zapped in the first five minutes.

What the hell is the bit player? Are we back to Star Trek or still on football?

[Cowell]

I have to say I would be REALLY surprised if Gibbs retired. I think he will finish out his contract. After his contract is honored I think he is going to go.

[sportscurmudgeon]

MTRedskinsFan:

You say that Joe Gibbs passes your first criterion for being a head coach because he loves football more than himself.

1. How do you know that?

2. If that's true, how come he left football for NASCAR for about a decade?


My point was that there is no real motivation for him to "step down" and leave approximately $5M on the table. He has the job set up for him in such a way that it is hardly the most difficult one in the area - and the money ain't bad.

Oh, and he still has time to "oversee" his NASCAR enterprise too.