Team speed and poor personnel decisions

Steve Spurrier III · Post by **Steve Spurrier III** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:34 pm

RayNAustin wrote:I know I'm probably going to bring forth the rath for this next comment, but I feel letting Schottenheimer go after only one year was a mistake. After an 0-5 start, ole Marty righted the ship and went 8-3 for the remainder of the season. And Marty loved LA.

I don't think there is any question that letting Schottenheimer go in favor of Spurrier was a mistake. But let's not confuse Schottenheimer with Lombardi - there is a reason he has all those regular season wins and no rings. There is a reason so many Charger fans are calling for his job. Those Chiefs teams he had were loaded with talent, and not even coming away with an AFC Championship says a lot.

I'm not sure Gibbs is going to get the job done, but I'd much rather have him than Schottenheimer.

RayNAustin · Post by **RayNAustin** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:47 pm

And, for all those who want to blame Brunell for the Redskins ills, according to stats, he has a rating of 90.1, completing 63 percent. That's 13th out of 45 rated QB's, ahead of Palmer, Brady, Leftwich, Delhomme, B Johnson, Culpepper, Favre, M Hasselbeck, Vick, McNair, Bledsoe, Plummer, among others.

Funny, but Carr is the second rated QB in the NFL (108.9) but the Texans are still pretty bad.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:03 pm

Steve Spurrier III wrote:
RayNAustin wrote:I know I'm probably going to bring forth the rath for this next comment, but I feel letting Schottenheimer go after only one year was a mistake. After an 0-5 start, ole Marty righted the ship and went 8-3 for the remainder of the season. And Marty loved LA.

I don't think there is any question that letting Schottenheimer go in favor of Spurrier was a mistake. But let's not confuse Schottenheimer with Lombardi - there is a reason he has all those regular season wins and no rings. There is a reason so many Charger fans are calling for his job. Those Chiefs teams he had were loaded with talent, and not even coming away with an AFC Championship says a lot.

I'm not sure Gibbs is going to get the job done, but I'd much rather have him than Schottenheimer.

It's the only good thing Spurrier ever did for us. . .he was the one who prepared the way for Gibbs. With Schotty in there we may have gone through 5-10 reasonably good seasons (he might very well still be here), but I agree with you, SIII, that I don't like Schotty teams' odds in the playoffs.

I'll always remember his 8-3 run with us, for which I was pretty grateful!