Ex-coach Gibbs: Redskins name ‘proud’


Former instructor Gibbs considers name 'proud'

Matter previous Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs among those that has no problem with the team's name.

The NFL group that Gibbs resulted in 3 Super Bowl titles in the first of 2 stints as trainer has been greatly criticized for its nickname that's viewed as derogatory towards Local Americans. A group of U.S. senators and Head of state Barack Obama have proposed it should be transformed, which group proprietor Daniel Snyder emphatically declines.

Asked about the controversy just before the NASCAR race Sunday at Kentucky Speedway, the Venue of Fame coach and competing group owner shielded the Redskins name.

" Never once did I listen to any person ever say anything negative concerning the name Redskins," Gibbs said regarding his time with the team." It was always proud, it was guts involved. We have a tune, 'Hailstorm to the Redskins," and so every little thing, every little thing, about that name has actually been positive for me and my past.".

Growing up in North Carolina, Gibbs stated the Redskins were the only NFL group on TELEVISION which he" pulled for them my entire life" and claimed he never imagined training them from 1981-92 and once more from 2004-07.

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Washington won Super Bowls in the 1982, 1987 and 1991 seasons. Gibbs also ended up being a NASCAR team owner throughout that duration and has actually taken place to gain 3 Sprint Cup titles and also the 1993 Daytona 500.