Monte51Coleman said:
With all due respect- How does it sound like I am crying about being disrespected?
I am simply saying that some of you are making way too much over what you percieve as a slight by Coach Gibbs toward Coach
On the Total Access show last night, post game, Solomon Wilcots had a brief interview with Roy Williams.
# 31 mentioned that "Parcells wanted this one bad". Of course he did, and how much more so did Joe Gibbs.
Certainly any NFL fan can understand how Gibbs felt last night, losing a close game which in many areas his team statistically dominated in. In addtion, knowing not only did some calls not go his way, but his team could not overcome a couple of bad calls because of Gibbs own poor decision making and lack of creative play calling.
That game was billed asa coaching battle, and it certainly was. And Joe Gibbs was outcoached, once again, by Pill Parcells, who in his use of Anderson and Barnes alone, showed more innovation than his opponent did at any point of the game.
To my knowledge, this was the first time Parcells has ever met Gibbs head to head as an offensive playcaller. Giobs, the offensive genius, was out thought offensively by a defensive specialist, his old nemesis, true, but also a relative novice as an offensive play caller.
Gibbs had every reason to want to get off that field asap.
But for a professional, and in particular, one of that age, who must have a mature outlook and a philosophical perspective, it was disappointing to see Joe not manage to do what every fledgling coach from Pop Warner on up is professional enough to do - extend his hand in sincere graciousness after a competition.
My instinct as an NFL fan was to find every excuse possible for Gibbs, from just the dog weariness of a man in his mid-sixties after a grueling rain-soaked battle, to wanting to believe he gave Parcells short shrift because he wanted to get into the locker asap and address his team after a very difficult defeat. Both of those rationales and more, most likely apply, so call me a "Gibbs Apologist". But it would have taken only a moment to pay proper respect, not to Bill Parcells, not to the Dallas Cowboys, but to the coaching profession, the code of conduct that defines it, and the game we all know Gibbs love so much.
Gibbs chose not to do that, and a bit of tarnish will, as a result, dull his image and his reputation. A very small 'sin' over a long and illustrious career, but the "poor loser" vibes Gibbs gave off last night won't be easily forgotten.