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Spurrier Resigns From Skins (1 Viewer)
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Jason Wood
Zoo York
Great stuff, I wonder who would coach the Skins? It's a conundrum because Snyder has the money to hire anyone he wants, but I would think the very best prospects would shun the job.Cheers
classic--Now somebody should register here on FBG as "if it's too hard...just give up..." with their avatar as SpurrierI think Jimmy Johnson has been acting as if he would take the Washington job. Some have asked WHY would JJ come back now since he left Miami with out giving it enough time. Well JJ sees Parcells getting all this praise for motivating a 5-11 team to 10 wins. I'm sure JJ would also love to replace Spurrier and show-up an excollege rival coach by taking Washington to the playoffs.
Domepatrol
Footballguy
ESPN now saying it is done.
From Washingtonpost.com: Spurrier to Resign as Redskins Head Coach By Mark MaskeWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, December 30, 2003; 12:50 PM Steve Spurrier has told his assistant coaches that he intends to resign as head coach of the Washington Redskins, sources said today. Spurrier, reached today on his cell phone, said he would comment later on his status. "I don't have time to talk about that stuff right now," Spurrier said. Sources said there will be no buyout of Spurrier's contract, which still has three years remaining at $5 million a season. Spurrier went 12-20 in two seasons as Redskins coach. The Redskins will give him some money to cover some of his expenses, sources said.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Good for him.
Rayderr
Footballguy
That's actually too bad. I think in time, he could've made a good NFL coach. He was beginning to show signs of treating it more as a pro game as opposed to a college game (awarding starting position to whoever does best in weekly practices, being more flexible with the game plan) Gotta think Snyder is already on the phone with Dan Reeves.
WadeGarrett22
Footballguy
Spurrier is such a pansy.
Giantseasonticketholder
Whammy
That is awful news...for us who root for other teams in the NFC East. Lil' Danny might get lucky and hire a good coach now.
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
I always though ####### wore visors.
Frenchy Fuqua
Footballguy
No doubt! Only golfers and tennis players wear visors.
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fatness
Footballguy
Total agreement here. The Redskins management is not set up to win. Case in point: when the Redskins went into the bye week, I think after a bad loss to Buffalo. This would have been the perfect time for an owner/GM to say he has faith in his team and try to unify the team. Instead, the Redskins make a number of roster moves including cutting Rob Johnson. There was one OL that was cut, resigned, and cut again during the by week. It looked like the Redskin's management was in a panic. This cannot help the team in any way.
beermutts52
Footballguy
Yeah, but will he end up with...shall I dare say it..JIMMY JOHNSON....
Hammered Finz
Footballguy
watch out Husker fans.. here comes "Air Nebraska"...
Repressed Dennis
Footballguy
How about this scenario?Chiefs win the Super Bowl. Vermeil resigns after a tear-filled White House ceremony. Snyder kidnaps him from the South Lawn and doesn't release ol' **** until he signs a 3-year, 30 million dollar contract...Nah, that's not weird enough for the Skins... 
Mystery Achiever
Footballguy
even if he does, i don't think even a good coach can do a really good job working for snyder.
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beermutts52
Footballguy
I remember a certain TV guy said that once too. But he ended up taking it....Marty S.( not going to even attempt to spell that last name)
fatness
Footballguy
Curiouser and curiouser. The Skins say Spurrier's agent told them to make the announcement, while Spurrier is denying resigning. Is Spurrier just not abreast of the his agent's talk with the team, or are the Redskins announcing it and hoping he will then resign.
Washington Post Article being updated every 10 minutes or so
Washington Post Article being updated every 10 minutes or so
Nemesis
Footballguy
.....When Danny Woerful rejected a contract offer in mid season b/c he was tired of being jerked around by the entire Redskin organization, to me, that was the handwriting on the wall.....and you know that Ron Zook won't sleep very good until Spurrier gets another job b/c every Gator game that goes wrong, someone will say "hire Spurrier".
This is hilarious. The Redskins soap opera continues.It is really a pretty simple situation. Since there is a written contract in place, the resignation should be in writing. So if the Snyder has a written resignation signed by Spurrier, he has officially resigned. If not, his contract is still in effect.Neither Snyder nor Spurrier needs a PR campaign on this issue. Most likely, someone at the Redskins prematurely issued a press release. Oooopppps. Now they have a big mess to clean up.
scoobygang
Footballguy
It's just end game.Spurrier hired Sexson for one reason. To get him out of the contract with some chance of going elsewhere in the NFL to any owner stupid enough to hire him. *cough* Blank *cough*!So Snyder agrees to waive the compensation for Spurrier getting hired elsewhere, and Spurrier agrees to not seek a buyout on the remaining $15 million or force Snyder to fire him.
Listening to Sportstalk 980 - According to the Redskin's beat reporter, Spurrier is gone. Apparently Jimmy Sexton (his agent as of today) is putting the cabash on the resignation so that Spurrier can come out of this with some of the $15mm left on his contract. But Spurrier is gone. The only issue is will he get any money besides moving expenses.
fatness
Footballguy
OK, this is just a fight about exit money. ESPN has also backed off their initial report and now is including Spurrrier's denial of resignation. updated ESPN Article
dcgangstas
Footballguy
I wouldn't go that far, Spike. Snyder would tell Jimmy, "What better way to stick up Jones' ### than for you to coach a rival team in hsi division?"
Why does everyone hate on spurrier so bad. As a personal director the past 2 years he has brought in nothing but good talent. He has tried hard as he possibly could to shore up the o line problems (signed two of the best FA guards in consecutive years), took a chance on a potentially dynamic rb with only a third round draft pick (what a steal, even though he didnt pan out) and drafted a qb with lots of promise. He also signed a hell of a receiver in coles, and even though his contract is large, he has been playing great even with subpar quarterback play due to injuries and offensive line woes. On the D side of things he brought in 2 good vet linebackers to try and stop the run, but his owner keeps changing defensive coordinators on him. The biggest problem with the team is chemistry, and yes, that is a coach's job, but at the same time changing d coordinators every single year cant help the D chemistry out, and the O was finally picking it up under ramsey. When ramsey got hurt the team was lost, look at the jets, or the falcons, ramsey was the key to the fun and gun and it was actually starting to work, but without him hasselsuck couldnt do anything. Betts was also a huge steal that spurrier got, and taylor jacobs is still learning and has lots of potential. All in all i think spurrier had a hell of a plan, and if given enough time would have turned that team around. 2 years filled with injuries in a tough division isnt enough to get a coach fired in my opinion.
