alwaysaskin Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 After seeing the Spurrier thread and replying I got to thinking, which was a worse time to be a 'Skins fan, I ask this because I remember the Norv Years. I remember losing under Norv and realizing how soul shattering those losses were, it was like Norv had no answer, this guy defined the 1990's as the worst sports period of my life, second half collapses, inexplicable turnovers, Heath Schuler! I remember thinking why doesn't JCK or Casserly fire this clown? Norv had 6 1/2 years to prove what a disaster he was as a head coach. I mean the 7-7 tie, the 3-0 loss to the Jets, blowing leads left and right that was Norvitis. Spurrier on the other hand was two years of bad, but he couldn't do much more damage, and Gibbs came back after Spurrier left, I guess I just don't associate the pain of Norv with Spurrier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justsomeguy Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hated them both though Norv was a touch better. I mean rephrase the question to "Would you rather be shot or stabbed?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaskin Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hated them both though Norv was a touch better. I mean rephrase the question to "Would you rather be shot or stabbed?" Yeah, with the Spurrier stuff turning up again, it made me recall Norv, and thats bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGreen28reigns Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 The Norv years were terrible and seemed to drag on endlessly. At least Spurrier was in and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprintBomb Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Norv was bad, Spurrier was a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Steve "5 and 11, 'aint too good now" Spurrier. *Shudders Truth be told, I've tried to erase both periods from my memory, and I can't honestly decide which was the more cruddy, as both more or less stunk the joint up; but at least Norv did make the playoffs, shrugs. Out of the two men, I much prefer Norv. A real likeable guy who sadly just isn't HC material. He's an outstanding offensive coordinator, but it all goes to **** when he get's full control of a team. Spurrier, on the other hand, should stick to his level, college ball. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Rich Fla Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 You can't even compare the two IMO. Spurrier was just abismal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 You might want to reformat the tread title to say the same thing as your poll question - before the mod change it for you. Just a tip. I really started watching the Skins at the end of Norv era so for me it was Spurrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieF Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 After seeing the Spurrier thread and replying I got to thinking, which was a worse time to be a 'Skins fan, I ask this because I remember the Norv Years. I remember losing under Norv and realizing how soul shattering those losses were, it was like Norv had no answer, this guy defined the 1990's as the worst sports period of my life, second half collapses, inexplicable turnovers, Heath Schuler! I remember thinking why doesn't JCK or Casserly fire this clown? Norv had 6 1/2 years to prove what a disaster he was as a head coach. I mean the 7-7 tie, the 3-0 loss to the Jets, blowing leads left and right that was Norvitis.Spurrier on the other hand was two years of bad, but he couldn't do much more damage, and Gibbs came back after Spurrier left, I guess I just don't associate the pain of Norv with Spurrier I absolutely hated the Norv years. It just kept going and going and going. I felt like every single year, he'd do something, just enough, to secure his job for yet another year. I didn't care WHO took his place, he just needed to go. Like five years before he actually went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbodiesel#44 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 As horribly mediocre as Norv was, at least he wasn't a quitter. Almost every member of this board cares more about the team than Spurrier did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsBry Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I say both were equally turibble. Norv's years just dragged on forever and ever. Spurrier brought in all those Gator players that just couldn't get it done at the pro level (coach and players). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK PHILLIPS Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Norv was better IMO. I tell ya, he could put together a heck of a first drive. His first 10 plays or so were usually nice. Anybody else remember that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Norv was this dull pain, I compare him to jason Campbell, he wasn't toooo bad but he wasn't great either. Spurrier is the ryan leaf of coaches IMO. Hyped up and failed completely. so I pick Spurrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Norv gave us the term "norvous" because we would jump to leads after his brilliantly scripted beginnings. We'd be up, but we'd be "norvous" becuase we just knew the rug was about to be pulled. Spurrier was bad enough that many like me never really thought we had much of a chance after the bullets of the regular season started flying. I'm still annoyed we got rid of Marty for him. Marty can at least build a team. Failing in the playoffs means you made it. So Spurrier has the added baggage of having replaced a coach of ability. Norv was coming off some pretty bad coaching when he came to the job, and we were expecting a rebuild at that point. My expectations for the two were drastically different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighOnHendrix Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Norv was worse, if only because he had like seven years or so to prove just how much of a failure of a head coach he really was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffSchmeff Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 At least with Spurrier, you knew Snyder wouldn't have that much patience with him, so it was relatively quick, like ripping off a bandaid. Norv was long and drawn out torture, as we would continue to find ways to lose games. "These guys fought awful hard." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvkeeper19 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Norv took us to the playoffs and drafted/developed some good players like Stephen Davis, Champ Bailey, Lavar Arrington, Jon Jansen, Chris Samuels during his tenure... Spurrier did nothing but waste two years of our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailRiggoRanger Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 It took too long to give Norv the hook (and I still can't figure out why teams keep giving him 2nd, 3rd, and 4th chances). Spurrier should be erased from the history of the Redskins....literally. I'm talking Stalin-style photoshop, where he is cut out from pictures. Redskins fans should also have access to free therapy to try to get over those two god awful, tragedies of humankind years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Spurrier...during his 2nd year right after the bye week the team played Dallas in dallas and looked like they had NO clue what so ever...and that started a tail-spin. Norv at least got this team to the playoffs. Spurrier quit on this franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatsnack Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 The Norv years were way worse. Six out of seven seasons of failure and heartbreak compounded by aged Dallass rejects and "What we do here works" quotes from the coach. I hate Norv as a human being and wish nothing but failure and pain for him. Spurrier at least quit and put us out of our misery. He was a worse coach but the experience as a fan was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD5 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 The Norv years were way worse. Six out of seven seasons of failure and heartbreak compounded by aged Dallass rejects and "What we do here works" quotes from the coach. I hate Norv as a human being and wish nothing but failure and pain for him. Spurrier at least quit and put us out of our misery. He was a worse coach but the experience as a fan was better. :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxford Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Norv was the coach when the Skins won the NFC East in 1999 and they had two other years when they were at least competitive. Spurrier was just awful. Norv might have been mediocre to below average but Spurrier was just abysmal. I still get sick thinking about Stephen Davis being replaced by Trung Canidate. Excuse me I have to go throw up now.:puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo2365 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 You can't even compare the two IMO. Spurrier was just abismal. Agreed. Spurrier came to the team with all this hype surrounding him, I fell for it too, and did squat with it. He should've stayed in college ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Norv was painful. Looking back, in all but 2 seasons, it always seemed that just enough went wrong to prevent success. If it wasn't one thing, it was another. Falling apart in the second half of 1996 season and letting Dallass score 27 straight points on us in 1999 are two of my worst memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryman of the North Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 SOOOOO many Noob fans.... Norv and its not close, ffs the man screamed mediocrity, we were always just good enough to get beat, we never built anything and he left the cupboard damn near bare when he finally got tossed. Who can forget the hallmark of Norvous teams? poor special teams, TE's that couldnt block , a running game that was always decent but crap at times when we needed it, and a passing game that always started well and finished poorly. The only saving grace of this team for a long time was its defence and even that suffered from neglect as I cannot remember the last time we had any sort of presence from a DE (smith had moments but was way past his prime). I will take a couple horrid years as frankly you build your talent base with draft picks but we have never done that, our issue has been simple, as a team we would rather just barley make or miss the playoffs and be mediocre than have a few rebuilding years and then dominate, because Dan has always been a win now guy. (not Dan bashing as the little bugger has always been willing to spend the money, he just needs to learn some patience) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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