ESPN: Why did Steve Spurrier fail in NFL?

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NC_Skins
12-13-2012, 09:32 AM
College football - Unhealthy culture contributed to Steve Spurrier's failure in NFL - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8735835/college-football-unhealthy-culture-contributed-steve-spurrier-failure-nfl)



Pretty good read and interesting. Can't say that I'm shocked to see some of these things. Hope our owner never gets involved with making draft picks again. **** him.


But several games into his first season with the Redskins, Spurrier was playing rookie quarterback Patrick Ramsey even though he didn't want to. Owner Daniel Snyder had pushed to draft Ramsey in the first round.


"Because Spurrier was so hands-off on defense, it got to the point where guys on defense were doing whatever the heck they wanted to do," Hasselbeck said. "You had LaVar Arrington freelancing and Jeremiah Trotter doing his own thing. I think they even tried to bench Bruce Smith at one point because he wasn't the same player, but [Smith] went above Spurrier and started the following week.

donofriose
12-13-2012, 09:52 AM
So basically he was a typical college coach that could control the lives of 20 year old students but not the lives of 30 year old men. That is usually why college coaches fail in the NFL, cause you can't control a nfl player like a college player.

53Fan
12-13-2012, 10:05 AM
I'm not sure any coach would have succeeded with this organization at the time...but I don't think Spurrier was prepared to coach an NFL team either. No discipline..inexperienced coaches etc. A bad situation all around.

GoSkins!
12-13-2012, 10:08 AM
To much ego, to little work ethic.

Chico23231
12-13-2012, 10:12 AM
More about the Snyder and Vinny's dumbass football decisions than Spurrier coaching...but the mix of the two were lethal. But yet we continue the same coctail of ingnorance and stupidty under Snyder, Vinny and Zorn.

Glad its all in the past. I still pull for Spurrier at South Carolina.

NC_Skins
12-13-2012, 10:19 AM
I'm not sure any coach would have succeeded with this organization at the time...but I don't think Spurrier was prepared to coach an NFL team either. No discipline..inexperienced coaches etc. A bad situation all around.

I agree. Even with the best GM and personnel guys, Spurrier would have failed because he didn't adapt or game plan all that well.

MTK
12-13-2012, 10:35 AM
He didn't want it bad enough and he was woefully underprepared.

NC_Skins
12-13-2012, 10:35 AM
Ross Tucker tells hilarious Steve Spurrier stories - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/ross-tucker-tells-hilarious-steve-spurrier-stories/2011/07/22/gIQAmjhXTI_blog.html)

Came across this old gem about Spurrier too. LOL Good stuff. So glad we don't deal with this kind of Mickey Mouse crap anymore.

SmootSmack
12-13-2012, 10:38 AM
This is right in my wheelhouse. Believe I've shared many of these stories over the years here

Chico23231
12-13-2012, 11:03 AM
This is right in my wheelhouse. Believe I've shared many of these stories over the years here

any favorites you like to humorous with?

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