Joe Gibbs quits Washington coaching job

Gibbs to quit as Redskins coach, president

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22553887/

Wow, Gibbs was actually a great coach back in the day, guess the spunk isn't there anymore, too bad.

WASHINGTON - Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs resigned as coach and team president of the Washington Redskins on Tuesday, the Associated Press has learned. A person familiar with Gibbs’ decision, speaking on condition of anonymity because the news had not been officially announced, said Gibbs would make his resignation known later Tuesday morning and would discuss it at 3 p.m. news conference. The official said the Redskins would begin a search for a new coach immediately. Among the certain candidates are two former head coaches on Gibbs’ staff, Gregg Williams and Al Saunders.

Gibbs went 31-36, including 1-2 in the playoffs, after emerging from NFL retirement and his NASCAR career to sign a five-year, $27.5 million contract in 2004. He had always maintained that he intended to fulfill the contract, but the 67-year-old coach wavered from that stance Monday when asked if he would return for the final year of his deal. Gibbs’ resignation brings an apparent end to a Hall of Fame career in which he twice raised the Redskins from mediocrity into a playoff team, although he failed in his goal of bringing the team back to the Super Bowl during his second stint in Washington. Gibbs won three NFL titles during his first tenure from 1981-92; the second time around he took the team to the postseason in two of his four seasons.

Well that's unexpected, to say the least. Maybe he feels it's time to retire. The dude IS old.

67 is pretty old, what's nuts is how well he did when you look at it with the Redskins this season, he is even being put in the voting for coach of the year, there's 5 selections (del rio being one) and this does come as a shock, hmph.

Bellicheat will get it. How can you not get it when your team goes 16-0....

Although I'm happy my boy Bob Sanders got defensive player of the year. Yeah boiiii