JimmiJo Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/02/AR2007010201192.html Coordinator Assumes Old Defensive Crouch Some Blame Arrogance for Redskins' Struggles. For Williams, It's a Familiar Battle of Perception. By Les Carpenter Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 3, 2007; Page E01 As a young man growing up in the Kansas City suburb of Excelsior Springs, Mo., he was always the most important athlete -- the quarterback, the pitcher, the point guard. This mattered to Gregg Williams because each role came with prestige, a trust in his leadership that was implicit even if those outside the game never understood the subtleties of his charge. And yet these were the ones he worried about, the ones who saw him hanging around the locker room every day, sized him up in his cleats and dismissed him with the phrase he hated most. "Dumb jock." The Washington Redskins' assistant head coach for defense, the man who holds the option of being the next head coach when Joe Gibbs leaves, carries the scar left from those two words. He refers to it as "a chip on my shoulder." He says this one night last week as he sits in his corner office at Redskins Park with the blinds pulled down, surrounded by tidy shelves of binders and notebooks. His desktop is impeccable, scrubbed gleaming clean with prim piles of books and papers. If a machine playing game tapes didn't sit on a shelf behind him, you might think he doesn't even use this desk. But Williams is organized. He keeps background on every assistant coach in the league, tucking the information into blue folders that hang without moving in his desk drawer. He keeps these, he says, in case he "ever gets stupid" and wants to be a head coach again in the NFL, as he was for three seasons in Buffalo. Not that he does. No way, not now, he says in his clipped western Missouri accent, in which words such as "you" come out as "ya." He is here for Gibbs because he wants to be around Gibbs, because he sees Gibbs as the best person at pulling men together that he has ever known. He wants to learn from this. Click on link for full article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
authentic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 this is some crazy stuff, especially the part about how Saunders came to the Skins. ..wow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiJo Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 Money Quote: "the man who holds the option of being the next head coach when Joe Gibbs leaves" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiJo Posted January 3, 2007 Author Share Posted January 3, 2007 Mods please merge, I looked and did not see the other thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
authentic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Money Quote:"the man who holds the option of being the next head coach when Joe Gibbs leaves" yeah i noticed that as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
authentic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 "Gregg Williams is a very tough, very verbal coach. When I was there, I respected him a lot," said Pierce, now with the Giants. "He may be killing his players in practice, but he was the first guy patting you on the back after you've made a big play." He said his friendship with Pierce is so close he's surprised no one has accused him of tampering because they speak on the phone so often. "Over half the teams around the league have players who have called me about getting back with us and miss the opportunity to be coached the way we coach," Williams said at another point. ok is it me or does Pierce wants come come back to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSF Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 ok is it me or does Pierce wants come come back to play? That would be very awesome, but doesn't seem to jive with all of the terrible things Pierce has had to say about the Skins since he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
authentic Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 That would be very awesome, but doesn't seem to jive with all of the terrible things Pierce has had to say about the Skins since he left. aww man, i absolutely forgot about all of that stuff, oh well it doesn't hurt to dream... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar The Nifty Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Possibly worse, if Coughlin is fired, Pierce will probably lobby for the Giants to hire Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishomelette Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Mods please merge, I looked and did not see the other thread. http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186868 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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