[sportscurmudgeon]

I have no idea if Spurrier quit or was nudged out of the nest. But since others here declare it as a fact that he quit, I wonder how they know that.

The Eagles have played in the NFC chanmpionship game three years in a row and are 10-1 this year. If you want to feel a little less bad about the Redskins' miserable performace this year by saying that the Eagles have not played a monstrously difficult schedule, hold onto that fact. I think that most Redskin fans would love to have been in the playoffs in each of the last three years let alone to have advanced in the playoffs in all of those years. And I believe that the Redskins have been "home for the Holidays" in each of the last three years.

The Redskins victories this year have come over Tampa, Detroit and Chicago. Those teams do not have winning records either. In fact, they are all 4-7.

The Redskins have played 4 teams with winning records. Their record is 0-4. It makes little sense to try to pick nits with the performance of a team that is 10-1 in order to try to build up the stature of a team that is 3-8.

BTW, I have no problem with firing Norv Turner; I do not think he is a very good coach and he had a much longer run here than I would have preferred. but to fire him in December when your team still has a real shot at the playoffs because he would not play the QB Danny Boy went out and got is a demonstration of ego being more important than winning. And you'll notice how long Jeff George survived the next season...