Brett A
09-04-2003, 01:35 PM
Wanted to see if any of you had read this and what you though.
When Steve Spurrier took over as the coach of the Redskins before the 2002 season, I was convinced he would become a star in the NFL. I might have been wrong. After watching the Redskins practice last week, and speaking to a handful of players, the Redskins look poorly coached. And Spurrier looked uninterested. During one portion of the team's practice last Wednesday, the offense was running plays against the defense. As they were, Spurrier was standing back behind some players trying to play kicking games with some of his kicking specialists. Spurrier displayed how he could kick a ball over the top of his head, turn and catch it. And he did it. They didn't. But shouldn't he have been watching the practice in front of him? After practice, several players talked about how they were concerned about the team's coaching. Those stories we heard about the Redskins last season, coming from coaches who left his staff, are not far off. Spurrier has to act more committed to the job, or else the question is going to be whether he's just cashing a check. The mind is too good for that to happen, so let's hope that isn't the case. At least he has this going for him: If he is just cashing a check, at $5 million per season, it's a heck of a check to be cashing.
Brett
When Steve Spurrier took over as the coach of the Redskins before the 2002 season, I was convinced he would become a star in the NFL. I might have been wrong. After watching the Redskins practice last week, and speaking to a handful of players, the Redskins look poorly coached. And Spurrier looked uninterested. During one portion of the team's practice last Wednesday, the offense was running plays against the defense. As they were, Spurrier was standing back behind some players trying to play kicking games with some of his kicking specialists. Spurrier displayed how he could kick a ball over the top of his head, turn and catch it. And he did it. They didn't. But shouldn't he have been watching the practice in front of him? After practice, several players talked about how they were concerned about the team's coaching. Those stories we heard about the Redskins last season, coming from coaches who left his staff, are not far off. Spurrier has to act more committed to the job, or else the question is going to be whether he's just cashing a check. The mind is too good for that to happen, so let's hope that isn't the case. At least he has this going for him: If he is just cashing a check, at $5 million per season, it's a heck of a check to be cashing.
Brett