richanathai Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I found this wonderful article by Mike (Un)Wise I post some exceprts of what he had said last year on losing Smoot, Pierce and Coles "Fred Smoot signed with Minnesota last night because he wasn't a Joe Gibbs guy -- meaning the team did not want to pony up the money for Smoot. The loss of a ball-hawking cornerback comes less than a week after linebacker Antonio Pierce signed with the New York Giants. Pierce was apparently not a Gibbs guy. Laveranues Coles, judging by his comments to The Post's Nunyo Demasio, is definitely not a Gibbs guy. He was traded to the New York Jets for Santana Moss, a wide receiver afraid to go across the middle." Yes Santana Moss is real scared to go in the middle esp after taking some hits and blocking for Portis. Look what Smoot is doin "cruisin" and dont talk to me abt Pierce "Seems no one is a Gibbs guy anymore. Or is this some wild scheme to rid the roster of non-believers, players who do not wholly buy into the system of the coach and team president?" Yea right "It's one thing for Gibbs to change the culture so that not every NFL player comes here to open a trust fund for his great-great-grandniece. Fine. But have we seen any signs that Gibbs actually knows what he's doing with the salary cap? After all, he's a fiscal calamity himself, having wasted millions on Mark Brunell, the worst free agent signing in the NFL last season." Dude he's been way off thrice already This one takes the cake "Already the Redskins have made some awful mistakes this offseason. A year after trading Champ Bailey for Clinton Portis, a back who will ultimately break Gibbs's heart, Smoot was deemed unaffordable" Here I attach the article for post mortem.....please MW shut the hell up and become a believer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18484-2005Mar8.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Gut Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Smoot wanted #1 money, he's a good #2 at best we had Marshall to replace Pierce, who is smaller, but better in coverage Coles didn't fit what we needed in a WR, Moss did we still don't pass across the middle, we run the ball, and always pass outside the numbers (to Moss or Cooley, or whoever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVA2Tampa Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 It's just so funny to see how wrong, wrong, wrong all the media morons are... :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRS Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 That's what you get for being opinionated. It would have been very easy for them to acknowledge that Gibbs MIGHT have a point before ripping him like that. They did not - now they pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFan63 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Dear Mike (Un)Wise If your head was any further up your ass, it'd be on your shoulders again! Portis/Moss: Team records. Redskins 11-6 and goin to Seattle. Hail!:point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 That's what you get for being opinionated. It would have been very easy for them to acknowledge that Gibbs MIGHT have a point before ripping him like that. They did not - now they pay Seriously give the coach a chance, looks like MW gets paid for selling derogatory articles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neongel Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 But seriously, who wasn't concerned when Smoot and Pierce and Coles left? Who could possibly have known that it would work out the way it did? Other than maybe Joe Gibbs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 But seriously, who wasn't concerned when Smoot and Pierce and Coles left? Who could possibly have known that it would work out the way it did? Other than maybe Joe Gibbs... I was but I wasn't trashing my coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neongel Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I agree that in retrospect the article sounds off-base, but what response did it get when it came out? This is the first time I read it, so this is an actual question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 I agree that in retrospect the article sounds off-base, but what response did it get when it came out? This is the first time I read it, so this is an actual question. I totally agree with you, the response would have been in agreement with MW, but the irony is what stands out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant15fromNJ Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 All our player that replaced Pierce, Smoot and Coles Marshall, Rodgers and Moss I say we are better at every spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neongel Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Agreed. I wonder if he's re-read it? Someone should ask him to follow it up. It would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Important lesson is that don't buy into star power it's all about team work the coaches (experienced people) know what theyre doing. Great teams have not run on just one person.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richanathai Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 woo hoo what a reading and thanks for your insights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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