Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate?

MTK · 12-10-2009, 02:34 PM

"Listen, I talked to Dan Snyder about that job once before," Lou Holtz told Mike Wise this week, when Wise jokingly asked him whether he'd agree to coach the Redskins next season. "It was never offered to me. We were involved in a bowl game, said we could not talk until after the bowl game. By that time they had made another decision. That was several years ago when I was at South Carolina, but it was never offered to me."

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SouperMeister · 12-10-2009, 02:51 PM

Holtz was probably The Danny's Plan B if Gibbs hadn't agreed to return. When you recall that Snyder considered Pepper Rogers after abrubptly firing Norv mid-season in 2000, can anything this regime does still surprise you? (He asked rhetorically)

53Fan · 12-10-2009, 02:51 PM

Ha-ha. Didn't Holtz coach the Jets at one time? He's a good man. Love to hear him talk.

Schneed10 · 12-10-2009, 03:12 PM

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Ha-ha. Didn't Holtz coach the Jets at one time? He's a good man. Love to hear him talk.

He sounds like Wheezy from Toy Story.

SmootSmack · 12-10-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

He sounds like Wheezy from Toy Story.

Wheezy had such a silky smooth voice

53Fan · 12-10-2009, 03:38 PM

^^ LMFAO!!! Wheezy!

mlmpetert · 12-10-2009, 04:43 PM

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Im not a GW fan because of the Friend artical, so my comments are bias......

......If we have to go with a big name to sell tickets and get me excited, just to later let me down I think Lou Holtz is the man. His "pep talks" always fire me up for some reason. Plus Pitt beat WVU this weekend and that's who he did his pep talk on this week, i bet Pitt was listening

Yes i was serious back then

http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...tml#post388387

mlmdub130 · 12-10-2009, 04:48 PM

The better nugget from that coaching search? "Spurrier told the Redskins he was not prepared for the daily grind an NFL coaching job demands," Mark Maske reported. They should have believed him.)

thats the best part of the article right there

BigHairedAristocrat · 12-10-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mlmdub130

The better nugget from that coaching search? "Spurrier told the Redskins he was not prepared for the daily grind an NFL coaching job demands," Mark Maske reported. They should have believed him.)

thats the best part of the article right there

That quote confused me. It didn't really sound clear that Spurrier told the skins that BEFORE they hired him. Why on earth would Spurrier tell them that during a job interview. Makes no sense. Seems more like something Spurrier would have said during the exit interview.

mlmdub130 · 12-10-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

That quote confused me. It didn't really sound clear that Spurrier told the skins that BEFORE they hired him. Why on earth would Spurrier tell them that during a job interview. Makes no sense. Seems more like something Spurrier would have said during the exit interview.

haven't found the original interview but i stumbled upon this from oct 23 2003 when spurrier was interveiwed by maske

[I]On whether he will go back to college coaching after this season:
I don't see that happening. My old athletic director at Duke called me the other day trying to get some names. He was just halfway kidding and he said, 'Do you want to come back and coach at Duke?' I said, 'I've already done that. I've already done my time in college and at Duke.' I said, 'Nah, this is the challenge that intrigues me the most, no question about it.' This is the challenge that I have not succeeded in yet, and I'm going to try my best to succeed at this level.

SmootSmack · 12-10-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

That quote confused me. It didn't really sound clear that Spurrier told the skins that BEFORE they hired him. Why on earth would Spurrier tell them that during a job interview. Makes no sense. Seems more like something Spurrier would have said during the exit interview.

It wasn't during a job interview that he said that. The Redskins (and many other teams went after him) and he said no, I'm not ready. A year and a few million dollars later, he sang a different tune

FRPLG · 12-10-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

He sounds like Wheezy from Toy Story.

and looks like granny rom Beverly Hillbillies

sportscurmudgeon · 12-11-2009, 03:31 PM

Holtz did coach the Jets. As I recall, he lasted less than one year. The results were not pretty.

Legend has it that he wrote a "fight song" for the Jets and tried to get the team to sing it. The players didn't like that a whole lot...

redsk1 · 12-11-2009, 04:03 PM

Yes, Lou Holtz and Ceratto have ND ties. I read one of Lou's books that stated he wanted to coach the Skins.

dmek25 · 12-11-2009, 04:08 PM

that would be my worst nighjtmare

12-10-2009, 02:34 PM	#1
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Age: 51 Posts: 99,428	Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate? "Listen, I talked to Dan Snyder about that job once before," Lou Holtz told Mike Wise this week, when Wise jokingly asked him whether he'd agree to coach the Redskins next season. "It was never offered to me. We were involved in a bowl game, said we could not talk until after the bowl game. By that time they had made another decision. That was several years ago when I was at South Carolina, but it was never offered to me." Linkage __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

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SouperMeister Playmaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Leesburg, VA Age: 59 Posts: 3,419	Re: Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate? Holtz was probably The Danny's Plan B if Gibbs hadn't agreed to return. When you recall that Snyder considered Pepper Rogers after abrubptly firing Norv mid-season in 2000, can anything this regime does still surprise you? (He asked rhetorically)

12-10-2009, 02:51 PM	#3
53Fan Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Posts: 7,570	Re: Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate? Ha-ha. Didn't Holtz coach the Jets at one time? He's a good man. Love to hear him talk. __________________ Defense wins championships. Bring it!

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mlmdub130 Playmaker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Woodbridge, VA Age: 41 Posts: 3,238	Re: Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate? The better nugget from that coaching search? "Spurrier told the Redskins he was not prepared for the daily grind an NFL coaching job demands," Mark Maske reported. They should have believed him.) thats the best part of the article right there __________________ "I don't think anybody should have regrets, especially me, ... You don't regret what you do in your life. If you do it, you do it for a reason." ST21

12-11-2009, 03:31 PM	#13
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	Re: Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate? Holtz did coach the Jets. As I recall, he lasted less than one year. The results were not pretty. Legend has it that he wrote a "fight song" for the Jets and tried to get the team to sing it. The players didn't like that a whole lot... __________________ The Sports Curmudgeon www.sportscurmudgeon.com But don't get me wrong, I love sports...

12-11-2009, 04:03 PM	#14
redsk1 The Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,351	Re: Lou Holtz was a Skins coaching candidate? Yes, Lou Holtz and Ceratto have ND ties. I read one of Lou's books that stated he wanted to coach the Skins.

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