Re: '78 Redskins, 6-0 to 8-8
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:22 pm
1. I am not that high on Pardee as HC, so I don't think a whole lot changes by 1982. I still can see Da Coach replacing him.74_75_78_79_ wrote:Three straight years, '77-thru-'79, the Bears in the season finale had something to do with Wash not making the playoffs.
Two 'what-ifs' about Jack Pardee…
1) How do Bears do '78-and-immediately-beyond had he stayed in Chi-town after leading them to that first post-season berth of theirs in 14 years? How does it ripple-effect Buddy Ryan and Ditka?
2) What if Redskins avert that classic Dallas miracle in the '79 finale thus clinching home-field? Does that buy Pardee at least another season in the event of 1980 playing out as it actually did (6-10)? Ripple-effecting Gibbs from ever making it to town?
2. I think it does because Riggo doesn't sit out the 1980 season. The 80 Skins with Riggo are an 8-8 team (at least), and Gibbs probably waits a year (maybe he ends up in NE in 1982) to be a head coach.