Steve Spurrier – the ol’ cat
You know, I just gave the article about Spurrier’s kicker being drafted the last pick in the 2009 NFL draft. But, we really should talk about ol’ Steve himself don’t you think? I mean, he’s been around a while. And, it doesn’t appear that he is going anywhere by college football standards. I actually rooted for him for the Alabama job before we got Saban. But, we got a winner so that’s all good too, right?
Steve Spurrier has been around forever too. I remember when he coached at Florida and it was all out fight every time they took the field. I mean, this man was a college quarterback who was awesome by his own standards even. He knows the game. He knows how to win. He knows how to make it work. He was the Heisman Trophy Winner in 1966 which hey, that was before even I was born. That means he’s been at the football world for as man years as I am old. I mean come on, you don’t hang around in a job that long if you aren’t good at it, right?
He let the Florida Gators to one National Championship in 1996 which was during all the years when I remember watching him intently on the sidelines. He taught his players to be team players, to listen to their coaches but to also think for themselves. And, in my personal opinion, that’s what’s most important in the real world anyway, giving college kids the ability to think for themselves, make themselves smarter and better people in our society. If Steve Spurrier can’t do that, no one can.
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