January 8, 2008
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SHOCKED Joe Gibbs announced his retirement this afternoon. I have mixed feelings about this one. It seemed so obvious that over the past four years Gibbs seemed to have had trouble catching up to the new NFL. Sure give him a year or so to get reacquainted but it really seemed like the old guard was confused out there on the playing field. I will say though that he’s still a great coach in terms of bringing a team together and being focused as we saw after Sean Taylor’s death. But in terms of being innovative as an offensive guru as he once was known it just seemed like that time had passed him by. I applaud him for wanting to spend more time with his family and with such a tragic season this was, I seriously think Gibbs goes out on a high note.
We won’t forget him. He’s still a legend and overall a great coach. As a very outgoing Christian I applaud him for his desire to witness and express his faith to his players, assistants and to the Redskins fans. I know I hope Snyder does the right thing and keep both Gregg Williams and Al Saunders. There’s been way too many changes for this team that finally seemed to have gotten it.
