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Goodbye Gibbs

1.11.08 @ 12:01AM

WHICH BROWNS?
Re: Sean Higgins's After Gibbs:

Hey Sean -- talk about heartbreak -- try being a life-long Cleveland Browns fan!
-- Red Rennie
Chesterhill, Ohio

Who would you prefer at QB, Campbell or Collins? Like many, I am relieved to see Joe Gibbs go. I hope fans will have seen last of the "we must establish the run even if we can't" attitude.

I was very glad to see Collins start and lead skins to victory over 4 straight games. Wow! Would have been nice to see lots of quick pass plays called in the 1st quarter of Seahawks game. Collins was left waiting to be knocked down and the run was stuffed over and over again, demoralizing the 'Skins offense. Collins has the skill set to handle the quick pass, to loosen a defense for the run with the pass

Please lobby for Collins; no one knows how good he really is yet. He is a young 36 and usually gets rid of the ball quick enough to avoid a rush. I recall reading a quote from a 'Skins receiver to effect that 'you had better run your route and pay attention; Todd is liable to hit you upside the head with the ball if you don't.'
-- GWM

Methinks Sean Higgins was a little tough on Coach Gibbs but he sounds like a fan who lives and dies with "his" team so be it. But Mr. Gibbs has always been a man of integrity in a world where that attribute is not very common. I remember his refusal to bid for the services of "Jr." in NASCAR because it looked as if Jr. would bring his beer sponsor with him (it did not happen). But hey, conservatives can disagree on sports manners just not core conservative beliefs.

Perhaps Sean can get behind Mr. Richardson, who has seen the light and has withdrawn from the Democrat nomination competition for president to replace Mr. Gibbs. But wait, Mr Richardson's sport was baseball not football. But wait again, he had to decide he was not drafted by a major league team after all. Better forget the whole idea and let Richardson go back to governing his state poorly to worse and being on call if Slick Willy has bimbo problems in the future (a pretty sure bet).
-- Jack Wheatley
Royal Oak, Michigan

Hey Sean! How 'bout dem Seahawks! (He he.)
-- Paul Dolittle

I read some of the coverage of Joe Gibbs stepping down and got a little irritated. He "retired," then "un-retired," and now he's "retiring" again.

As if his fielding champion NASCAR teams is somehow just a hobby...
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

Cry me a lake -- then jump in it!
-- Russ Fisher
Detroit Lions Fan

NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell's They Crack Me Up:

R. Emmett Tyrrell may be expecting too much from an electorate which virtually ignored all of the Clintons crimes and peccadilloes save one: pilfering the White House silverware.

When stealing spoons gets people more riled up than committing perjury, it demonstrates a certain lack of intellectual "rigor."

Ain't that a "cryin"' shame.
-- Arnold Ahlert
Boca Raton, Florida

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