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Si article
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:51 pm
by John Manfreda
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/w ... index.html
Lack of production was Gibbs not Coles fault. I would to see Coles have a talk with Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders, or Art Monk.
I was a never a fan of Coles, he was selfish, uncooperative, and he was always too little. I am glad he is gone. He wasn't even good when he was here. All his passes were off flanker screens. He couldn't even get seperation from Deion Sanders. 37 yr old Deion. Not the one in his prime. He made the pro bowl, but when you get the ball passed to you 50 or 60 times a game of course you are going to put up pro bowl season numbers.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:52 pm
by John Manfreda
I would have done the same thing Snyder did, Kudos to Dan for threatening to ruin his carrer.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:57 pm
by JCaptMorgan12
I agree, let him go... I wouldn't be surpirsed if Snyder said that stuff, but at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if hed didn't, and that Coles was just trying to make Snyder look bad. What can you do, had a career high in catches, and then complains about not getting the ball enough. It just shows that when he did get the ball, he obviously couldn't create any big plays with the ball in his hand, averaging only 10.6 yards per catch. Not to mention, his only TD catch came off a trick play, which proves that it took a trick play for him to gain seperation.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:59 pm
by Brandon777
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:02 pm
by The Hogster
For all of those Daniel Snyder haters out there, you have got to love his Tony Soprano approach to Coles. "I'll turn you into the next Terry Glen"...tell that punk how it is. Coles basically stole from us. Good Riddens
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:05 pm
by GoSkins
Good riddance to both Coles and Gardner. I'm sure both of them were a poisioning influence in the locker room. They showed no respect for one of the greatest coaches of all time.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:06 pm
by DESkins
Ah yes, the gospel according to St. Laverious... I wonder what the Snyder/Gibbs versions would be. That's the problem with SI, they only publish one side of the story! What ever happened to getting both sides, persenting them equally, and letting us decide which we believe, instead of taking one view and cramming it down our throats as if it's the only real truth out there?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:16 pm
by skinsfan1
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:44 pm
by riggofan
That's kind of a scary article. If true, you do have to give some credit to Coles and Gardner for keeping their mouths shut all season.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:15 pm
by Deadskins
I'm sure you were all scooped by the Redskins' news page on this site.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:32 pm
by FanofallthatisGibbs
I love how SI tried to reach Snyder, but he did not return their calls.
And how SI tried to reach Gibbs, but he was "traveling" on business...
C'mon, gimme a break - professional reporter can GET the stories. SI cannot apparently.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:40 pm
by 4bz
Redskins owner Daniel Snyder threatened Coles when the receiver's refusal to accept the trade without a contract extension thwarted the deal last month. "He said that if I stayed in Washington, he would turn me into another Terry Glenn," Coles said. (Glenn, now with the Cowboys, missed most of the 2001 season with New England as his public feud with head coach Bill Belichick resulted in various fines, suspensions and ultimately Glenn's benching). "He said he would send a flat-screen television to my home because I'd be better off watching the games there. That was his way of saying I'd be sitting for the next couple years until they cut me."
But your right they shouldn't have printed the story until conformation from both sides, but that's not the media anymore.
But Snyder wasn't the reason Coles wanted out of Washington. Joe Gibbs was. Coles never felt comfortable with the Hall of Fame head coach. He was wary of Gibbs as far back as training camp. Coles feared that the coach (who was traveling and couldn't be reached for comment) would favor a conservative, run-first offense featuring Clinton Portis -- and that's exactly what happened.
Way to be a team player Coles, I thought it was about making it to the promise land (SB), not personal stats? This is a great example that sports is truely rotten.
