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Happy Birthday Joe Gibbs!
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Greatest modern coach in the history of football! Of the three-plus SB winners:
Bill Walsh? HOF QB
Bill Bellicheck? GOAT QB
Andy Reid? HOF QB
Chuck Noll? HOF QB
Joe Gibbs did it with a bunch of JAGs. Imagine what he could have done with Dan Marino (chosen one pick ahead of us in 1983).
Bill Walsh? HOF QB
Bill Bellicheck? GOAT QB
Andy Reid? HOF QB
Chuck Noll? HOF QB
Joe Gibbs did it with a bunch of JAGs. Imagine what he could have done with Dan Marino (chosen one pick ahead of us in 1983).
On top of this, Noll had 9 Hall of Famers player under him; Walsh had 6. The tidal wave of Patriots HOFers (Brady, Gronk, Harrison, at the very least) will be coming.
Current HOFers under Gibbs: 4. Grimm, Monk, Riggins, and Green.
Current HOFers under Gibbs: 4. Grimm, Monk, Riggins, and Green.
AngryChuckT
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And the same HOF QBs. And in the case of the Bills, arguably #1 and #2 GOAT QBs with Andy having the likely #3 greatest QB.
Gibbs did it we 3 different non-HOF QBs. No doubt the Coaching GOAT.
IMO,one of his greatest moments in coaching was taking a scab team into Dallas on MNF and beating a Dallas team that had vet players that had crossed the picket line....with a QB they had gotten out of jail just a week prior!
Not just non HOF-QBs, but genuine JAGs who never really had even good careers. Rypien made 2 Pro Bowls, Williams had one good year for us. Theismann was really the best of the bunch--winning MVP in 1983, but was hardly anything near a hall of famer.
Never saw this before,maybe some of you have.Pretty neat and great memories.
Coach breaks down the Superbowl wins.
Coach breaks down the Superbowl wins.
Happy Birthday Coach Gibbs!
A HOF legend as well as a genuinely "good man."
A HOF legend as well as a genuinely "good man."
There should probably be some more representatives from those Redskins teams in the Hall of Fame; at least Joe Jacoby who was here for all the Super Bowls, a 3-time All-Pro, 4-time Pro Bowler, and one of the few members of the 1980s all-decade offense not in the Hall of Fame. He was a finalist three times but snubbed. I just saw he is a senior finalist this year, so maybe it will happen yet. You could make arguments for others, but we cannot even get Jacoby in and had to fight for Art Monk.
Anyway the point about Gibbs still stands, three Super Bowls with three different quarterbacks and three different running backs, no other coach can compare.
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Yes, his success in strike years is a testament to his leadership, as is his success in NASCAR.
I think what Gibbs did from 2005-2007 is also a remarkable achievement in context. His two playoff appearances in three years is better than any other coach during Snyder’s tenure, and he won a playoff game, a feat none of the many other notable coaches Snyder hired could manage.
He really is one of the best coaches in the history of sports, and a good man too. I greatly admire him.
Jacoby is nearly a no brainer for the HOF. You could also make arguments for Charles Mann, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders, and even Brian Mitchell.
There are a some "Ifs" in the mix too. If Dexter had not suffered from substance abuse, he may well have had a HOF career. If Theismann wins that 2nd Super Bowl, he is likely in. Sean Taylor goes without saying. Not part of the SB teams, but he was Gibbs' guy.
The great thing about Gibbs' Super Bowl teams was that they were composed of players who, while not stars as we understand the term, were solidly good team players. Pretty much everybody had something to offer. Dave Butz, Darryl Grant, Don Warren, Joe Washington, Doc Walker., Mike Nelms, Neal Olkewicz, Vernon Dean, Jim Lachey and many others may never get near the HOF. But I would love to have any of them on the team right now.
The case for Brian Mitchell as a special teams ace and Swiss Army knife running back is strong. He is second only to Jerry Rice in all-purpose yards. He was only here for the last Super Bowl though.
Gary Clark was my favorite as a kid. He was better than Monk in some ways, lead the Redskins in receiving 7 times during the glory days. He was also an All-Pro, All-Madden, Pro Bowl player. People forget how good he was. Sadly, receivers from that era are forgotten because their records were smashed when the game changed—Art Monk took multiple ballots and Henry Ellard is still waiting, so I don’t think Clark will ever happen.
Charles Mann and Dexter Manley are Hall of Fame worthy too, but I don’t think we can realistically expect anybody else but Joe Jacoby. I have hope Jacoby makes it as a senior finalist this year but he has competition from Ellard, Roger Craig, Steve Tasker, and others:
But yes, Joe Gibbs’ teams were full of hall of very good players.
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Unfortunately, pedigree matters a lot in HOF consideration. Where you went to college, where you were drafted... it factors heavily. It really hurts Joe Jacoby, Manley, and Clark. Players who emerge from nowhere and become dominant or elite players never get the credit they deserve. I also agree Manley's other issues will hurt his case.
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Happy Birthday, Coach Gibbs. 🎂
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