The Ringer Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Did anyone hear this morning on the Junkies that Lurch was at a party with some Redskins coaches and they told him about when Spurrier was there? Apparently the Old Ball Coach would load up a van before the games with kegs and the coaches would drink on the drive to the games. Also in 2003, Spurrier made a deal with the players. If they beat the Bears in a December game then they would have the next week off until a walk through for their impending game against the Eagles. Sure enough, the Skins lost to Chicago and to punish the team Spurrier only gave them Monday-Thursday off. The Skins proceeded to get smoked by the Eagles 31-7 on the Sunday night finale. This guy was such a joke, I can't believe I was on his bandwagon when he came to the Skins, thank God Joe Gibbs came back to steer this sinking ship into an upright position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBleedBurgundynGold Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Jesus, that is obsurd. What a donkey that guy was. Thank goodness for Gibbs is right. :dallasuck :eaglesuck :gaintsuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeRedskins Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 While the week off I could see happening, the van full of booze i don't really see having had happened. While Spurrier was a gigantic joke as an NFL coach, he has done a pretty good job in his one year at my Alma Mater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffylookin Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Sorry, don't buy it. I know it's fashionable and fun to bash Steve Spurrier, but the guy is a professional coach. Yes he failed here, but has been a success everywhere he's been other than us, and that includes as a pro football coach in the USFL. I seriously doubt his reward to a team for winning a game is to not practice the next week until the walkthru. It sounds absurd to me even as I write it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronicdesi Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Yeah I don't buy this too much. It would explain the "drunk" play calling, but lets face it, he's a professional and knows how to act. He's been around the game long enough to know the value of practice and how to conduct himself. Sorry I just can't believe it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Does Spurrier even drink? I am expected to believe that a coach who had won at every level AND doesn't even allow swearing at practice, showed up to games with he and his staff loaded. Love the Junkies, but this is assinine. (If it was Wayne Fontes, I would believe it though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Spurrier was on the team bus to games, including home games I believe. I doubt there was a special beer van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoudMouth12thMan Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Jeeezzzuzzzz...that is hard to believe, but I don't doubt it. Yeah, Gibbs is the quintessential HOF coach. I just hope when his days are over that we have successors who know what it means to be a "coach". Hail to Joe Jackson Gibbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDSKNfaithfull Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 M. Lewis would not have let this go on in Spurriers first year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRay Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 That was a bad move from the word jump getting him as our head coach. I have never liked Spurrier . I always thought he was an arrogant, pompus jacka**. Either it was his way or else . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Look, I dislike Spurrier as much as the next guy, but even I'm not going to believe this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief skin Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Spurrier was flat out not a NFL caliber coach, even worse then Turner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovellj Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 People think that Snyder would have let this go unnoticed and unpunished? HIGHLY unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirtyfive2seven Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I almost want to believe it, that way Spurrier would have some defense for how awfully the team was prepared In all fairness to Steve though, I seriously doubt that it happened. I concur with what a lot of people have said about SS: He is a great coach, a professional and I seriously doubt he would have done something like that. He failed here in the NFL, but I'm sure he gave it his all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdarugar Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 We need a good Spurrier photoshop on this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAsBeachBoy Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 OMFG what a joke this is. Now possible way in hell is this "beer" rumor thing true. I highly doubt the week off thing for losing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM A REDSKIN FAN Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 lol at BEER VAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockeryfan Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Lurch Papa needs to get some pliers to pull that fish hook out of his cheek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNatsFan Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 :bsflag: total bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxSpearheadxX Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 While the week off I could see happening, the van full of booze i don't really see having had happened. While Spurrier was a gigantic joke as an NFL coach, he has done a pretty good job in his one year at my Alma Mater. Yeah but there is no comparison between that and the NFL. For one - it is much easier to get your players respect in college where as in the NFL if players think they know even close to as much as you they most likely won't respect you. Not to mention the preparation and humongous size of most playbooks (obviously not Spurriers) He did go play golf *all* the time. I could see him drinking b4 games. edit: Do people really think that was Spurrier's all? I guess it might be, but that is sad if that is his all, when other coaches seem to work so much harder on scouting, planning, play design etc.... and less hard on golfing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wskin44 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Spurrier was on the team bus to games, including home games I believe. I doubt there was a special beer van. I was in the beer van. I don't remember seeing Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onedrop Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Sorry, don't buy it.I know it's fashionable and fun to bash Steve Spurrier, but the guy is a professional coach. Yes he failed here, but has been a success everywhere he's been other than us, and that includes as a pro football coach in the USFL. I seriously doubt his reward to a team for winning a game is to not practice the next week until the walkthru. It sounds absurd to me even as I write it. the story IS absurd. however spurriers success isnt surprising that every team hes coached besides our beloved Skins was college. and yes i count the usfl as college, call it AAAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Kao Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I don't believe it. Spurrier was a joke as an NFL head coach, but as others have pointed out, he has been an amazing success at every other coaching level. You don't achieve that level of success without being professional. I personally believe that if he hadn't become disillusioned with the whole experience, and simply put his nose to the grindstone he would have eventually achieved success in the NFL as well. His "fun-n-gun" offense could have been tweaked to work at the pro level. Unfortunately for us the the Redskins organization, he simply didn't have that extra bit of fire left in his belly to work things out. He really should have come to the NFL as a coordinator first...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canethang 305 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Does Spurrier even drink?QUOTE] Oh yeah, he is famous for having a fridge full of Coor's Light in his office and drinking a bottle of Hieneken at black tie functions so he could drink and store the bottle without spilling it in the inside pocket of his sport jacket. This came from his college coaching at Florida so his hands would be free to sign autographs and shake the hand's of booster's. I have heard many rumor's of Spurrier going in hung over, so there may be no validity to this one but he definitley exhibited some absurd behavoir while coaching here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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