troyster Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Sorry if this has alread been posted, but I didn't see it anywhere... http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-cowboys-gibbs&prov=ap&type=lgns Long before Parcells, Jones asked Gibbs to coach Cowboys By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer September 23, 2004 IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Five years before he considered hiring Bill Parcells, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tried luring out of retirement another Super Bowl-winning coach with NFC East ties: Joe Gibbs. Well, sort of. In early 1998, Jones was looking for someone to replace Barry Switzer. Jones knew Gibbs since the early 1970s, when Gibbs was an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, so he felt comfortable calling for advice. The way Gibbs recalled it Thursday, advice was pretty much the only thing discussed. Was there a job offer? ``Somewhere in there, he kind of joked about it,'' Gibbs said, laughing harder the more he talked about it. ``I don't think there's any way that he thought or I thought ... ``I can't get in blue. I puke when I see blue.'' Jones said earlier this week that during the conversation he asked Gibbs if he was interested in the job. He recalled Gibbs not only said no, but he wouldn't even consider it. But Jones never mentioned the word ``puke.'' ``He very quickly went to his interest and enthusiasm about being in NASCAR,'' Jones said. The main reason Jones called Gibbs was ``to go to school and learn what to look for'' in hiring a new coach. After all, Jones' previous two hires -- Jimmy Johnson and Switzer -- were people he'd known since the early 1960s, when he was playing for the Razorbacks. Gibbs talked and Jones listened for quite a while. And Jones wound up following the advice exactly. ``I hired an offensive coordinator and made him head coach,'' Jones said, failing to add that things never really panned out with Chan Gailey. When he replaced Gailey, Jones again went the coordinator route, promoting in-house candidate Dave Campo, who had been running the defense. Three years later, Jones was ready to make another drastic change and wound up hiring Parcells. Parcells came out of retirement to turn the Cowboys from 5-11 to 10-6 in his first season. At the same time, Redskins owner Daniel Snyder saw Gibbs as what his team needed. His timing was perfect as Gibbs was ready to return to the only organization he could see himself running. ``I was surprised,'' Jones said. ``I immediately thought it was an outstanding coup for Washington.'' With the story lines of Gibbs-Cowboys and Gibbs-Parcells, it's no wonder this game is being played on a Monday night -- just like Parcells' first trip back to New York with the Cowboys made for a compelling early-season matchup last year. One thing likely to come up during the ABC broadcast is how well Jones and Parcells have gotten along and whether Gibbs and Snyder will be able to, also. The early reports are encouraging, with Snyder providing the assistants and free agents Gibbs wanted, as well as building a new coaches lounge and redoing practice fields. ``Every single thing that Dan can do, he's done,'' Gibbs said. ``Our owner has done his job. It's up to me to try and do my job.'' Jones believes Snyder and Gibbs will do just fine. ``I know what Dan's goals are and Joe has outstanding people skills, unique experience and talent,'' he said. ``That'll work.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenF Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Can you imagine if Jerry Jones had lured Gibbs out of retirement to couch the Cowgirls? That would have been every Skins' fan worst nightmare come true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat~man Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 at least jones speaks about gibbs with class , dunno what else i would expect but i was expecting some kinda hidden punch in there somewhere , but it was actually ok .....i for one hate playing the cowboys cause they own us ...and leading up to every game i try to think of the ways that THIS could be the year but it never happens ...i know they cant go on beating us forever like this but i just never have good feelings about these games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBChick Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 and man it wouldn't have been pretty for Gibbs! Any Kentucky native can tell you exactly what would happen as it would have been close to the same paralell as Pitino's treason When he coached UK basketball to it's greatness, left for the NBA and then came back to Coach the Louisville Cardinals, UK's biggest instate rivals. That first year was extremely ugly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Originally posted by FBChick and man it wouldn't have been pretty for Gibbs! Any Kentucky native can tell you exactly what would happen as it would have been close to the same paralell as Pitino's treason When he coached UK basketball to it's greatness, left for the NBA and then came back to Coach the Louisville Cardinals, UK's biggest instate rivals. That first year was extremely ugly!! i don't think one TRUE redskin fan would have a problem with it, he won us 3 superbowls why would you get mad even if he did, there was a time where he might have been arizona's HC and atlanta's remember it is a game, those kentucky fans should be ashamed, it isn't like he could have gone back to kentucky the coach there is dam good it is not treason it is just a game, you should remember that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonisredskins Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I think this is old news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyster Posted September 23, 2004 Author Share Posted September 23, 2004 Originally posted by yonisredskins I think this is old news. Sure, they talked years ago, but the article is from today. Just thought it was interesting, especially since we play them this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat~man Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Originally posted by jbooma i don't think one TRUE redskin fan would have a problem with it, he won us 3 superbowls why would you get mad even if he did, there was a time where he might have been arizona's HC and atlanta's remember it is a game, those kentucky fans should be ashamed, it isn't like he could have gone back to kentucky the coach there is dam good it is not treason it is just a game, you should remember that i beg to differ .... yes he did win us 3 superbowls and he was asked to come back before he did and he declined if he woulda turned and went to dallas after that ..woah i mean im not talking violence but man it would have been hard for us to take considering we have stunk it up since hes been gone ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Joe Hog Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 That is the most sickening thought that has ever been posted on this board! :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Hey, I guess Jerrah isn't as stupid as he looks. (Although, "not being as stupid as Jerrah looks" is a really low hurdle to achieve.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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