Joe Gibbs said Friday that he was unaware of the bounty program players say then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams conducted during Gibbs’ second stint as the team’s head coach according to Jason Reid of the Washington Post. Had he known, Gibbs said, he never would have permitted it. “Just let me say this: I’m not aware of anything like this when I was coaching there,†the Hall of Fame coach said in a phone interview. “I would never ask a player to hurt another player. Never.†Williams, Gibbs’s top assistant on defense for four seasons, ran a pay-for-big-play system in which players were rewarded for, among other things, knocking out opponents from games. Five players and one former Washington assistant confirmed that Williams’s bounty program was operated under Gibbs, who said he was surprised by the news. The information about the bounty system, according to the players and coach, was widely known at Redskins Park. Considering that, Gibbs said he could understand why many would believe the head coach would also know, “but I didn’t,†Gibbs said. “In my life … I wouldn’t ever tell a player to hurt somebody." Source: The Redzone
I Believe gibbs did not know,but as smart as he is and as observant of a man he is,he had to suspect something that he could not prove.He reads people better than any coach i have ever heard of,so i know he had to suspect something was wrong.
