Welcome to Flashback Friday, where we take a trip down memory lane to revisit yesteryear moments in Washington football history. From jaw-dropping plays to nail-biting finishes, Washington football has provided its fans with countless memories throughout the years. Today, we turn our attention way back to October 6, 2002, when the Washington Redskins took on the … Read more
Today’s Flashback Friday is Trevor Matich. After all, today is his birthday. 🙂
Matich played for the Redskins from 1994 through 1996, but was in Washington after his playing days, cutting his broadcasting teeth in D.C.
Perhaps the most memorable quote by Matich in his time here, was on (then) Head Coach Steve Spurrier:
“The Redskins would be better off if their head coach were a ham sandwich. A ham sandwich has no personal agenda and would at least do no harm.”
Umm, perfect.
I really don’t understand some of the backwards logic that Redskin fans tend to use some of the time… actually, make that a lot of the time. Here are some of the biggest fallacies that I see being repeated lately:
In 2003, Steve Spurrier returned for his second season as head coach of the Washington Redskins. THN continued its unique weekly feature Sun Tzu and the Art of Coaching, with writer Eric Johnson once again examining each game through the lens of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Delivered in the same distinctive “Shaolin Redskins … Read more
After only two football seasons in the Redskins organization, the ‘offensive genius’ Steve Spurrier quit. In an official press release, he apologized to Redskins fans for “not achieving the level of success that we had hoped for.” Well duh. He added that, “This is a very demanding job. It’s a long grind and I feel … Read more