Must read article on state of skins organization!

[theebs]

Gibbs has been the joke as well. He's the one who wanted to bring in Randle El and Lloyd, both of whom are projected to have half of the yards, catches, and TD's COMBINED than Owens this year.

He's also the guy that brought in Al Saunders.

Williams deserves some blame, but the offense isn't exactly lighting up the world either.



YAKUZA

well that was my point that is why I said gibbs was the punchline.

When you build a team like it is 1987 you will have problems, especially when it is 2006.

Two losing seasons in three years, no quarterback and a defense that is about to be cleaned out. Yet no one speaks of gibbs as anything but a nice guy who is soft spoken. Everyone in their brother though gets to have a negative opinion of Parcells everytime the guy blinks. Its ridiculous.

 

[TEK2000]

Why the media has not been tearing this organization a new one everyday since training camp started is beyond me.

That's because that Commanders fans actually want to hear POSITIVE stuff about their team and don't put up with the negativity.

A far cry from what us local Cowboys fans have to hear on the local Dallas media. You can't be positive otherwise you're a Cow"sheep".

 

[random Cs]

That is an excellent article and I'm fairly certain the "unknown source" is Shawn Springs. (some talk from a local radio show before this article came out)

No Skins fan should be shocked from reading any of that, we have one of the worst defenses in the league for a reason.

What's really sad is listening to people rave about Gibbs because he "tore into" a player in practice this week.

Excuse me, but if your head coach is unwilling and unafraid to tear into a player, there's a start of your problem right there. I wouldn't want a coach that rants all of the time either...but it's football, not a knitting class.


YAKUZA

That's just one incident that got reported. Gibbs has a history of bad temper problems, slamming tables and breaking projectors. It's just hard seeing that side of him when he's sitting up there talking about our "supersmart" players who "fought their guts out" after we get our ***** kicked. Gibbs sure as hell isn't gonna like this article coming out.

That's because that Commanders fans actually want to hear POSITIVE stuff about their team and don't put up with the negativity.

A far cry from what us local Cowboys fans have to hear on the local Dallas media. You can't be positive otherwise you're a Cow"sheep".

The media around the Commanders, the local sporting radio station and the WP are always very negative.

 

[kmd24]

"Aggressive Cover 2"

What the heck is that supposed to mean? It sounds like Williams thinks he can get the best of both worlds by using some creative wording. Anybody who truly understands the Cover 2 defense should realize that you can't truly play Cover 2 if you are expecting your safeties to key on the run. It totally defeats the purpose of the two deep safeties if you are expecting them to abandon their coverage responsibilities at the first sign of a handoff.

"We either play Cover 2 or Blitz."

This is what passes for defensive coaching genius? Williams strikes me as a one-trick pony whose strategy falls apart as soon as he doesn't have two solid cover corners to support his attacking defense.

 

[kmd24]

The best thing about this article is a response to it on ES that states, in essence, that three years into the house cleaning, it's time to clean house again. You couldn't have scripted this season any better for a Cowboys fan.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Snyder's got the "smartest guy in the room" complex; the kind of guy you hate to run into at a seminar or reunion. Jerry used to be that guy (i.e. the Galloway trade), but it'll be a cold day in hell before he pays an assistant coach head coach money.

Yeah and he'll never hire a frontline head coach either.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

The best thing about this article is a response to it on ES that states, in essence, that three years into the house cleaning, it's time to clean house again. You couldn't have scripted this season any better for a Cowboys fan.

I just read that thread at ES, with every intention of larfing my arse off at the comments.

But geez, I feel kinda sorry for them.

It's one thing being 3-7 and knowing you're playing out the season essentially evaluating for next year.

It's quite another being forced to face an institutional malaise of this apparent magnitude.

Mutinous players, pouting assistant coaches, coordinators with egos run amuck, and a figurehead impotent 65 year old Gibbs at the helm.

He said/she said, anonymous ranting, players robbed of the will to even do their jobs...what a mess...and the author of the piece can't be written off as some blog slug - Friend is a respected sports journalist with ties to the Skins organization and got lengthy if anonymous quotes, not one-liner gripes.

The next five games won't be much fun for that fanbase.

I really think Williams' scheme over personnel mania can only work when the schemes are as flexible as the Pats run... NE aimed to make players interchangable, but still drafted and signed players to suit the scheme. This article makes it sound like for all the blitz packaging Williams' genius' concocted, he later relied on forcing players to play to their own weaknesses, not their strengths.

Makes you appreciate Zim's flexibility once again...he keeps learning and adapting along with his players.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

don't put up with the negativity.

A far cry from what us local Cowboys fans have to hear on the local Dallas media. You can't be positive otherwise you're a Cow"sheep".

hell, we get it on here lol