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Shit, I hope this doesn't mean he's heading back to the ACC.

What a dork...great football mind my ass...

I wonder if $10M was worth giving up the status he had (and the legend he would have attained) at UF. It's not like he wasn't making some serious coin at UF anyway - not $5M, but not bad, either.

In other news from KFFL.

Falcons | Mularkey To Be Interviewed - from www.KFFL.com
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:36:52 -0800

Matt Winkeljohn, of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports the Atlanta Falcons will interview Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey for the team's vacant head coaching position later this week.

I would love to see Mularkey go to Atlanta and bring Antwaan Randle El with him.

I wonder if he's headed back to the college ranks. The Nebraska job is open, but I never seriously thought Spurrier would look at it with his contract in Washington. Now I'm not so certain.

Bad news for cthomer.

Jets | Edwards To Extend Contract? - from www.KFFL.com
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:19:56 -0800

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports New York Jets general manager Terry Bradway said talks have begun on a contract extension for head coach Herman Edwards, who still has two years left on his current deal.

The timing is perfect to still be able to land one of the vacant NCAA jobs out there.

After two more years the Jet players will tire of Herm's act...the Jets are just giving him free money at this point if they extend it...

UNC message boards are positively buzzing over the possibility that they might make a run at Spurrier.

I can't imagine him at Nebraska... no way he'd be able to be successful with the players that are currently in the system and it would take him awhile to be able to recruit the kind of players to go to Nebraska that he'd need to be successful.

Spurrier has also said that he can't imagine coaching any further north then Washington (he wasn't a fan of the cold in DC). If he goes back to coaching in the college ranks, it'll be someplace down south, IMO.

On to head coach number 5 for Danny-boy...

Thank god.

Maybe Snyder will get his head out of his ass and hire a coach that understands how to win in the NFC East.

VPI97's Wild Speculation of the Week - Saban to Atlanta; Spurrier to Baton Rouge

That's been the rumor for a couple of months. I say, "Bring Back Mack!" :p

On the Jets front, not sure if it was reported here, but Cottrell was fired.

The Post is now reporting that Spurrier is denying that he has resigned.

Interesting, seeing as ESPN's article says the club announced it:

"Spurrier informed team owner Dan Snyder of his decision Tuesday morning and the club announced the resignation several hours later."

Someone might want to mention that to the webmaster for the official Redskins site. Their site quotes Snyder as saying he accepted the resignation.

Damn. Now the Redskins have a shot at being decent again... :(

I've heard rumors that Linehan is out in MN and Spurrier may be in line to be OC

What if UF loses to Iowa in the Outback Bowl? A 5 loss season for Zook, is that enough to pull the plug on him and bring Spurrier back? I know Zook was defensive coordinator for Spurrier, but hey, life full of tough choices sometimes, and if they were going to fire Zook anyway...

From the Washington Post website:

"I have not resigned," Spurrier said by cellphone. "I've got a representative looking into some issues but I have not resigned. If they say that I have, that is not true. I'm not sure it is heading in that direction right now. We are seeing where it goes but I have not resigned."

He's already a legend at UF. Always will be. The Redskins fiasco will not change that.

They will not fire Ron Zook. Nor would I, a Spurrier fan boy, want them to.

Wow!

I wonder if this is going to show up in a 1st year law school contracts hornbook?

But he's proving himself to be only a minor leaguer...

Like Spurrier is the sole cause of the Redskins woes.

7 of their losses this year were by 7 points or less.

Thats pretty damn good, considering the shape their offense was in. Young QB, no proven RB, most of the RB's they had were injured...

now, I'm confused... :)

From the Washington Post:

Spurrier Denies Resignation

Full Story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec30.html

Clipped from the Mark Maske article:

The Washington Redskins announced the resignation of Coach Steve Spurrier today only to have Spurrier deny that he had resigned moments later.

"I have not resigned," Spurrier said by cellphone. "I've got a representative looking into some issues but I have not resigned. If they say that I have, that is not true. I'm not sure it is heading in that direction right now. We are seeing where it goes but I have not resigned."

A team source said that Spurrier's new agent, Jimmy Sexton, told the Redskins to issue the news release.

In a news release issued early this afternoon, the Redskins said Spurrier had telephoned owner Daniel Snyder and resigned "in the best interest of the Redskins franchise." In the release, Snyder said "I have accepted Steve's resignation with much regret but respect his decision."

The Redskins said in the release that they will begin their search for Spurrier's replacement immediately.

Team sources said Spurrier has informed his assistant coaches of the decision and that there had been no buyout of the remainder of his five-year, approximately $25 million contract. But Spurrier would be paid some money to cover his expenses, sources said.

Spurrier left the Washington area on Monday for his home in Florida.

I enjoyed watching Spurrier suffer in Washington. I'll miss that... :(

How so?

Sounds like somebody in the Redskins p.r. department let that release go out a little sooner than it was supposed to.

And how much of that was due to the decisions he made as GM? He brought in some questionable players and the team has suffered...

Well, he didn't help himself by chucking Stephen Davis and flip-flopping QBs on a dime last year. And when a number of players openly take issue with the lax rules, that's an issue as well.

They were outcoached in most of those close games though. Spurrier's stubborness was one of his greatest assests in the college game, but its also one of the main reasons he's failed so far as a pro coach.

The Redskins have only been to the playoffs one time since 1992 (Gibbs last season).

I enjoyed watching him in garnet and gold with an arrow on his visor. :)

For the dough and the rep he's been a disaster in Washington. Find any reason you want but the bottom line is 7-9 followed by 5-11...

He's nothing more than a great recruiting, good ol boy college coach...

I can certainly agree with that in some cases. I didn't watch each game, so can't say for sure, but there were some that I thought he handled poorly.

I am suprised that people expected himt o work miracles. He never had a chance to instal his type of people. Every loss was magnified. This team was rebuilding, who seriously expected them to compete in the NFC East this year?

You clearly don't get out much.

The very reason the Redskins sucked was BECAUSE he brought in his people...

He's more than that. National Champion coach, Heisman winner, long time NFL veteran.

It depends on how you look at the Washington situation. If you expected him to take that team to the playoffs last year or this year, you don't know much about the NFL.

Actually Jeeber, Spurrier did not have full personnel control. Snyder has final say no matter what and overruled Spurrier several times. Not to support Spurrier too much, I'm not a big fan...but it isn't all his mess either.

Yeah and if you expected 12-20 than you have a very low opinion of his abilities...

Thats the reason the Redskins have only been the playoffs once in 10 years?

I do agree that some of his coaching assistants were not up to par. But the talent on that team was seriously lacking. The Redskins were rebuilding and should not have been seriously expected to win a wild card, much less a division, given who is in their division.

They finished about where I expected them to. They have way too many holes on both sides of the ball to be a serious playoff contender. But one of the things that hurt him this season was the good start, followed by the tough losses, which magnified each of his decisions.

But as Subby alluded to earlier, he is a very poor fit for the NFC East, he would stand a much better chance of succeeding in the NFC or AFC West, where the styles of play fit his coaching better.

So explain the Cowboys success then...they weren't expected to be .500 nevermind 10-6...

I didn't expect him to go 20-12 with that team. A patchwork offensive line, no running backs to speak plus a young quarterback.

He should have been given the length of his contract given what he had to work with.

The Redskins lost their last two home games by a combined 58-7

They were so awful against Dallas it isn't even funny. That game alone would cost anyone there job.

Most of there close losses were because of stupid decisions by the coach. The one close game they did win after there 3 wins in the beginning, he didn't even call the plays.

Hello, he resigned supposedly...

Because of Bill Parcells.

I don't expect Spurrier to come from the NCAA and be like Bill Parcells in 2 seasons.

Uh...in the NFL, teams that should have no business going to the playoffs get in year after year. Look at Dallas. No one expected Dallas to make it, but that didn't stop them, did it? If anything, the "win the super bowl this year, out of the playoffs next year" parity crap that everyone thinks is great, is precisely the reason why most teams' fans have every reason to believe their team can make the playoffs in as little as two years - with the right moves. Not only did he not do that, Spurrier made a number of questionable moves, both in personnel, with team discipline, and in coaching the games. Hell, even with his specialty, the offense, he refused to stick to one type of offensive scheme and kept benching his QBs. He just flat-out blew it.