ESPN: Why did Steve Spurrier fail in NFL?

This thread makes me inexplicably feel like playing golf.

And now we have Chip Kellys of the world thinking they can take thier static college offense to the next level. An ego is a hell of a drug.

Spurrier just didn't have the work ethic a coach needs for the NFL.At the time, I thought his USFL record boded well for his NFL coaching career.

This thread makes me inexplicably feel like playing golf.

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I'll never understand why Steve Spurrier just quit like he did. There were people who wanted to see him fail and yet he could have remained and given himself time to prove them wrong. But he didn't. He left the pro game like a mongrel with its tail between its legs. Truly shameful.

His wife also hated living in the DC area. I think it was putting a bit of a strain on their marriage.

I'll never understand why Steve Spurrier just quit like he did. There were people who wanted to see him fail and yet he could have remained and given himself time to prove them wrong. But he didn't. He left the pro game like a mongrel with its tail between its legs. Truly shameful.

I would think once the owner starts telling you who to draft and play there aren't many options. Personally I would have let the SOB fire me and collect on my contract. People, some, forget Snyder is a real piece of work.

Spurrier brought the majority of the mess onto himself. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread and previously on this board, in those days Dan Snyder had much less influence than people think. His dad had more say than Dan has ever had. And Fred Drasner was the worst owner no one talks about.

It was Gerald Snyder who insisted they sign Bruce Smith Snd start him, even after Smith himself wanted to just retire.

It was Drasner who demanded Turner be fired before the season was over and who demanded Schottenheimer be fired as well

I remember Joe Theismann ten years ago saying that Spurrier didn't have the luxury of ever being an offensive coordinator in the NFL before he was a head coach. Maybe a better question should be, why did Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer SUCCEED in the NFL?

Because head coaching isn't about schemes and Xs and Os, it's about leadership. And Switzer wasnt much of a success.