Adam Schefter twitter: Alex Gibbs resigns!

[authentic]

Wow!!

Adam_Schefter

Seattle OL coach Alex Gibbs, an all-time great assistant coach, abruptly resigned a week before Seahawks opening game. More at ESPN.com.

[Hitman21ST]

That'll be rough on Pete Carroll...

[Califan007]

Holy cow...!!

[TotalRecall]

OUCH. I'm glad I changed my division winner to the 49ers. Seahawks look to be in trouble again this year.

[dreamshatterer]

I guess Pete Carroll couldn't get away from USC sanctions. He lost his O line coach. Surprising news though!

[authentic]

can we please bring him in as a consultant?

[Redskinzfan30]

JasonLaCanfora

The more coaches I speak to around the league the more I hear that Alex Gibbs's decision to leave the Seahawks was indeed health related.

[ACW]

Man that division is the WORST.
St. Louis should be better, but still not yet a contender (though, who knows?)
Arizona lost Warner and some of their D
Seattle=yuck

[ddub52]

Man that division is the WORST.
St. Louis should be better, but still not yet a contender (though, who knows?)
Arizona lost Warner and some of their D
Seattle=yuck

I agree. Which is why I think San Fran will win the division

[Park City Skins]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...9_gibbs05.html

Seahawks' offensive-line coach Alex Gibbs retires

The Seahawks' most significant departure Saturday may not have had anything to do with the 20 players who were released.

Alex Gibbs, the offensive-line coach Pete Carroll considered a critical part of the staff, told the team he was retiring.

"We wish Alex the best in his retirement," Carroll said in the team's announcement of the move. "We're grateful for the time we had with him, and we're all better for it."

There's no way to minimize the magnitude of his departure, coming just eight days before the team's season opener.

Gibbs, 69, was described as "worn out" by a team spokesman. He is a coach known for his intensity and demanding style. Gibbs is one of the league's foremost experts on the zone-blocking system that Seattle will continue to use. What Seattle does in Gibbs' spot remains uncertain. Art Valero, hired from St. Louis in January, is the assistant offensive-line coach. Pat Ruel, Carroll's offensive-line coach the previous five seasons at USC, is now working in the UFL.

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[SkinsFanMania]

can we please bring him in as a consultant?

First, we don't need him and that would be a mistake.

Second, Chris Foester has a very good reputation and it would be a mistake to bring him on to consult him.

Third, and most importantly, back in Denver, when Shanahan dismissed Gibbs' sun, it caused a riffed between the two that to this day hasn't been repaired.

[Spartacus87]

First, we don't need him and that would be a mistake.

Second, Chris Foester has a very good reputation and it would be a mistake to bring him on to consult him.

Third, and most importantly, back in Denver, when Shanahan dismissed Gibbs' sun, it caused a riffed between the two that to this day hasn't been repaired.

Foerster isn't 1/3rd the OL coach that Gibbs is.

[SkinsGuy]

Foerster isn't 1/3rd the OL coach that Gibbs is.

Doesn't really matter who is the better OL coach is. Gibbs is retiring cause he is burned out. I doubt he wants to come to another team.

I'm not even sure if the Redskins could do that.

[SittingBull]

It would be as a consultant not as a coach. Foerster will still coach and Gibbs can just watch and give his perspective on certain plays/techniques/players.

[SkinsGuy]

It would be as a consultant not as a coach. Foerster will still coach and Gibbs can just watch and give his perspective on certain plays/techniques/players.

As I said, I'm not sure the Redskins can do that.

I know that, for players, if they resign from a team, they have to wait at least a year before they can sign with another team.

It may be the same way for coaches.