ESPN: Why did Steve Spurrier fail in NFL?

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Originally Posted by redskin29633

This simple statement really captures the essence of Spurrier's problems in Washington. A very good friend of mine & myself actually knew two of Coach Spurrier's assistants. They were both candid about the lack of work ethic, the preference for golf over film study and practice, & Spurrier's arrogance with regard to "knowing more" than other coaches. Derailed his NFL career in a hurry!

It might have also had something to do with the fact that he worked for at the time the most dysfunctional team in the NFL. Spurrier also says that his second year, neither he or his coaches were even allowed to pick the players, and at that moment he knew it was over. He has said this in interviews all the time..He is also surprisingly not bitter about his time here.