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January 8, 2008

Joe Gibbs retired. Not shocking, but interesting.

I was extremely hopeful about Joe Gibbs’s tenure when he returned to the team, and although it hasn’t been all rainbows and puppy dogs I have to say he did a pretty good job. They made the playoffs twice, and more importantly they have a stability and patience from the front office down that they hadn’t had since the last time Gibbs coached the team.

I think this is good for him and for the franchise. He gets to leave on a good note, and the team gets to move forward. I thought this post over at the Sports Bog said it pretty well—this was a reasonable decision made for the right reasons.

If they don’t promote defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, the Redskins are a bunch of dumb jerks—he’s done a great job, and it seems clear that he’s at least been implicitly promised the right to be Gibbs’s successor. That’s not to say that he’s guaranteed to be a great head coach (he was middle-of-the-road as the Bills head coach a few years back), but he definitely deserves the chance to prove himself in DC.

While we’re talking Redskins, let me just say that the Seahawks game was pretty disappointing. I thought they had a good chance of beating them and giving the Cowboys a good game this week, but I guess they had expended all the energy and planning and luck they had in the 4 weeks before the playoffs began. I can’t complain—they made the playoffs and had a chance to win, and that’s all I could hope for this year. They went through a lot of misfortune, on and off the field, and I think their season ended well.

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