http://riggosrag.com/2007/07/27/notes-from-the-first-day-of-camp/ A Washington Redskins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://riggosrag.com/2007/07/27/notes-from-the-first-day-of-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-55 dwagner Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:26:24 +0000 http://riggosrag.com/2007/07/27/notes-from-the-first-day-of-camp/#comment-55 Welcome to the Rag, Otherworld.  You're sadly right, but unfortunately I think that it is a sign of the modern NFL and maybe a sign that Gibbs isn't as young as he used to be.  The more money out there, the less leverage owners and coaches have with players.  But I do think we often look back on the past with rose (or burgandy) colored glasses.  Joe Gibbs coached his fair share of head cases including cocaine addict Dexter Manley and just a few years before that brilliant '91 team, there was Timmy Smith who was such a head case after his performance in Super Bowl XXII, that he held out, got fat, got hurt and was out of football in a few seasons. We like to put myths around teams.  Either they are perfect teams without any acrimony like the Pats teams of late or they are like those 70's Oakland A's teams where they coined the phrase, "25 players, 25 limos." We like that kind of simplicity.The truth is always somewhere in between, and I think one of the reasons why Gibbs decided to step down as the play caller and be more of an executive was because he needed more time and energy to handle all the people conflicts.  This was probably something that used to take much less effort when he was younger.  Now he fights the image that he is the old man, that he is out of touch with the times and the league, and it probably takes more just to get these guys on your side. The frustrating thing for me is the number of stories about guys who are "trying harder this year," but maybe Gibbs is finally getting some traction with these guys.Let's keep our fingers crossed.-DW Welcome to the Rag, Otherworld.  You're sadly right, but unfortunately I think that it is a sign of the modern NFL and maybe a sign that Gibbs isn't as young as he used to be.  The more money out there, the less leverage owners and coaches have with players.  But I do think we often look back on the past with rose (or burgandy) colored glasses.  Joe Gibbs coached his fair share of head cases including cocaine addict Dexter Manley and just a few years before that brilliant '91 team, there was Timmy Smith who was such a head case after his performance in Super Bowl XXII, that he held out, got fat, got hurt and was out of football in a few seasons. We like to put myths around teams.  Either they are perfect teams without any acrimony like the Pats teams of late or they are like those 70's Oakland A's teams where they coined the phrase, "25 players, 25 limos." We like that kind of simplicity.The truth is always somewhere in between, and I think one of the reasons why Gibbs decided to step down as the play caller and be more of an executive was because he needed more time and energy to handle all the people conflicts.  This was probably something that used to take much less effort when he was younger.  Now he fights the image that he is the old man, that he is out of touch with the times and the league, and it probably takes more just to get these guys on your side. The frustrating thing for me is the number of stories about guys who are "trying harder this year," but maybe Gibbs is finally getting some traction with these guys.Let's keep our fingers crossed.-DW

]]> http://riggosrag.com/2007/07/27/notes-from-the-first-day-of-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-54 otherworld Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:53:56 +0000 http://riggosrag.com/2007/07/27/notes-from-the-first-day-of-camp/#comment-54 Is it my imagination, or do the Redskins have an enormous amount of payroll invested in petulant babies who lose badly while complaining about the tactics of our Hall of Fame coach? Perhaps these baying losers should review tape of the 1991 Super Bowl champs; not only was it the product of Mr. Gibbs coaching, but was ranked by Espn as one of the top 10 champions in Super Bowl history. Is it my imagination, or do the Redskins have an enormous amount of payroll invested in petulant babies who lose badly while complaining about the tactics of our Hall of Fame coach? Perhaps these baying losers should review tape of the 1991 Super Bowl champs; not only was it the product of Mr. Gibbs coaching, but was ranked by Espn as one of the top 10 champions in Super Bowl history.

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