Gibbs vs. Spurrier -- stats about even?

matty why dont you run a poll to see who the fans want to coach the skins?my vote goes to coach gibbs,no question.ill take him against anyone,bar none

Yo Matty, (these remarks are not bout your post dmek) Don't forget to include Jack Pardee, Don King, The Duke of Earl, Pope John Paul, and the Marque de Sade. These would make as much sense as compairing Joe to Spurrier. They should not be mentioned in the same NFL breath. Spurrier was a fish out of water

i take offense,the duke of earl was the man ha ha hey hog1 your an old timer like me,been a fan since 1969

spurrier may have had a better team when he was hired than gibbs did at his hiring...

I also think the strength of schedule this year is seriously affecting some of the stats.

[QUOTE=That Guy]spurrier may have had a better team when he was hired than gibbs did at his hiring...

I also think the strength of schedule this year is seriously affecting some of the stats.[/QUOTE

I certainly agree. Our 9-7 win over Chicago looks pretty damn good when you consider who the sports writers are comparing them to. If we had closed games as well as we had started them we would have only 1 loss. The Giants are the only team that dominated the Redskins for the enitire game unlike the Cowboys whose misfortune in the 4th quarter has seem to rub off on us.

No one disputes that Spurrier's team was an absolute mess. The point of this thread was to demonstrate that even while Gibbs' team is putting forth its "maximum effort", there's been only the slightest improvement.

I'm not even sure you can use the term 'improvement' with the way this team has performed lately.


I do see vast improvement over Spurriers teams. The record does not tell the whole story. I believe this team is 100% better than anything spurrier ever put on the field. The division is much better now also. Spurrier coached when the NFC East was maybe the worst division in the league and now it is possibly the best. If Gibbs current team has won 5 games through 11 games, Spurriers team probably would have won 2 games against the schedule the skins have played this year.

By now, we’re all well aware of the fact that Gibbs thus far has only been able to match Steve Spurrier’s record of 11-16 at this point in his second stint as head coach. But according to my local paper this morning, the Virginian-Pilot, here are some other troubling stats you may not be aware of…

In games decided by seven points or less, Spurrier’s team was 7-10. Under Gibbs, they’re 8-12.

In two seasons, Spurrier’s Redskins were penalized 240 times. Gibbs is on pace for 224.

With Gibbs at the helm, the Skins average 116 yards per game rushing. Under Spurrier – it’s 111.

Spurrier’s offensive line allowed 81 sacks over two seasons. With Gibbs and Bugel as coaches – with a more mobile quarterback -- they’re projected to allow 79.

I don’t know how anyone can’t be disappointed at this. Would we all have given Steve Spurrier another year to work things out since many appear to give Gibbs a free pass at this point?


Beems you forgot maybe the most lopsided stat of all and that's our defense under Gibbs, SS never had a D like what we have had the last 2 years under Williams, Gibbs defiently has had a huge advantage to put more victories in the win colum than SS had and is basically in dead heat with the old ball coach.

Let's not play it like Gibbs lucked himself in to a top defense. He knows how to surround himself with quality coaches.

Spurrier did have Marvin Lewis and a quality defense, but Lewis was brought in by Snyder, not Spurrier.

We let the wrong guy go when Lewis left.

Ironically, Spurrier did better with key members of Marty's team (Davis, Gardner) in his first year than he did with his own key players (Trung, Coles) in his second year. Anyhow, let's break it down even further per Hog1's request: (ranks based on points scored and allowed):

Spurrier Year 1:

7-9
Offense Rank-#25
Defense Rank-#21
W-L (games decided by 7 points or less): 3-3
W-L (games decided by 21 points or more): 0-2
Yards rushing/game: 118
Yards passing/game: 220
Yards rushing allowed/game: 109
Yard passing allowed/game: 205

Spurrier Year 2:

5-11
Offense Rank: #22
Defense Rank: #24
W-L (games decided by 7 points or less): 4-7
W-L (games decided by 21 points or more): 0-3
Yards rushing/game: 103
Yards passing/game: 204
Yards rushing allowed/game: 138
Yards passing allowed/game: 209

Gibbs Year 1:

6-10
Offense Rank: #31
Defense Rank: #5
W-L (games decided by 7 points or less): 4-7
W-L (games decided by 21 points or less): 1-1
Yards rushing/game: 110
Yards passing/game: 180
Yards rushing allowed/game: 82
Yards passing allowed/game: 186

Gibbs Year 2 (through 11 games):

5-6
Offense Rank: #21
Defense Rank: #16
W-L (games decided by 7 points or less): 4-5
W-L (games decided by 21 points or more): 1-1
Yards rushing/game: 113
Yards passing/game: 212
Yards rushing allowed/game: 97
Yards passing allowed/game: 175

It's not that "we" didn't give Spurrier another chance. He left in frustration.
Spurrier came to the NFL to see if his football principles would work at the professional level. It's pretty obvious that they don't. Spurrier is a good enough football guy to have adapted, but he disliked being "NFL-ized." I'm not commenting on his frustration with the owner. However, Spurrier ruined Patrick Ramsey as an NFL-ized quarterback.
Joe Gibbs is the only coach that Danny Snyder will not hinder. That alone make him more valuable than Spurrier.
In five years, Gibbs will have remade the Redskins from the inside out, with a stronger salary cap position and better evaluation of talent. Spurrier wouldn't have been able to do that. Remember he wanted Danny Wuerffel on the roster. :stop:

Im tired of hearing about the ruining of patrick ramsey. WTF!!! was he joe montana or john elway and spurrier became coach and made him patrick ramsey?

It's clear that Gibbs doesnt like Ramsey. We love his arm but i bet jeff george can still throw farther than ramsey.
I personally fell in love with ramsey during the titans game his rookie year. we were behind big and ramsey comes in and takes monster shots but keeps tossing the ball around. He is Tough and Strong. Unfortunately he is as dumb as dog shit.

Spurrier is a good coach. every coach needs time. no one turns a team around that quickly in the salary cap era.

Even gibbs is having major issues adjusting...
the irony is that spurrier put everyone in a passing route while gibbs is putting everyone to block and they both are about even statistically.


now if you are one of those fools that goes by stats/records to measure success, barry switzer wants to show you his superbowl ring....