If Not Joe, Then Who?

[Redskin Rich]

Originally Posted by Stacks42

Then why does the military have drill sergeants? They inspire, motivate the troops, and won't accept failure. The skins dont have motivators on the coaching staff or on the field? Where is the skins Ray Lewis?

Parcells had players follow him everywhere he went "Parcells guys". Granted gibbs took some time off, but do you think that if he went to another team anyone would follow him? No! Does anyone follow Norv, No!There is a need for a decisive leader starting at head coach, players will see that and follow that person, at this point this team mulls around with no direction. When there is a time to be decisive (end of games and quarters) there is no direction and it is directly reflected upon the team and how it carries itself. False starts, penalties, turnovers, and poor clock managment are a sign of a poorly coached team.

Some coaches (ie. Bellichek, Cohwer, Schottenheimer) have a fire inside that players see and want to follow. All i hear from the Skins players is "i dont want to let coach gibbs down" and "i feel so sorry for him".

The military only uses drill sergeants in the begining of a military career. Their goal is to break down the civilian to then mold them into something different.... has nothing to do with the NFL.

But... some players respond to hard asses... and some want the "players coach".

It is just the right type of coach, with the right type of team. Last decent coach we had was Marty... took him a bit to get the team going in the right direction after Norv screwed us up... but he got it there... to bad we got rid of him for the wonderful head coach Spurrier.