I knew it had to be about his family and young grandson.......
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_y...ug=ap-redskins-gibbsresigns&prov=ap&type=lgns
Just more reason to admire the man; his priorities are in the right place and always have been.
Quotes from players:
Mike Sellers, FB: "The man is just awesome. No other word is adequate. As a football coach and as a man. He's definitely a player's coach and he'll be dearly missed. We didn't do him justice on the field while he was here."
Clinton Portis, RB: "I'm shocked. The man is like my father and I didn't want to play for anyone else. All his accolades, the hall of fame......but he's more than that. He's a great man. He is the Redskins and this team is headed in the right direction only because of him."
Chris Samuels, OT: I love him and always will. You can't say anything but good things about him. As good a coach as he is, he's a better man. This team needed someone when Sean died. Thank God we had coach Gibbs. He saved us. I hope his grandson gets well. He's part of our family and always will be. It hurts to lose him but family comes first."
Greg Williams, Defensive Coordinator: The man has taught me more about football in the last 4 years than I learned in all the years prior to meeting him. More than that he's taught me about being a better human being. Joe Gibbs is simply a good man. The best. The very, very best."
Dan Snyder, owner: "I begged him to stay. Literally begged him. This team was in dissarray before he got here. He brought stability, integrity and instilled a winning culture. We are on the right track and most of the credit goes to Joe Gibbs. There was no better man to lead us, no better coach to have, particularly with the Sean Taylor tragedy. No matter who is our next head coach that will always remain true. But the best man for the job is just needed more elsewhere. We all wish him nothing but the very best. The Washington Redskins owe him everything....and a lot more."