Gibbs vs. Spurrier -- stats about even?

[skinsguy]

Just more hatin' on ol' Joe Gibbs. If it was up to the fans, we'd have a different coach and quarterback each week.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Just more hatin' on ol' Joe Gibbs. If it was up to the fans, we'd have a different coach and quarterback each week.

Thats a new idea we could have coach and QB by committee. Every Monday all the players and front office could vote for QB, head coach, offensive and deffensive coach and they would run pratice and the game on Sunday. If we win they keep their jobs for another week and if we loose we have another vote on Monday. They could even have 25% of the vote come from fans that would log on to the Skins site and cast their votes.

[celts32]

You can find stats to support any argument. However, all you need to do is watch the games (which I am pretty sure we all do here) to see which team is more competitive and which is headed in the right direction. Spurriers teams were an absolute mess. The last few weeks have been rough, but with the possible exception of the Giants game Gibbs has had this team putting forth maximum effort with every player on board every single week. They all believe in Gibbs and are united as a team. I just never felt that way under Spurrier. The wins are going to follow eventually...

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by celts32

You can find stats to support any argument. However, all you need to do is watch the games (which I am pretty sure we all do here) to see which team is more competitive and which is headed in the right direction. Spurriers teams were an absolute mess.

Agreed.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by celts32

You can find stats to support any argument. However, all you need to do is watch the games (which I am pretty sure we all do here) to see which team is more competitive and which is headed in the right direction. Spurriers teams were an absolute mess. The last few weeks have been rough, but with the possible exception of the Giants game Gibbs has had this team putting forth maximum effort with every player on board every single week. They all believe in Gibbs and are united as a team. I just never felt that way under Spurrier. The wins are going to follow eventually...

No one disputes that Spurrier's team was an absolute mess. The point of this thread was to demonstrate that even while Gibbs' team is putting forth its "maximum effort", there's been only the slightest improvement.

I'm not even sure you can use the term 'improvement' with the way this team has performed lately.

[celts32]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

No one disputes that Spurrier's team was an absolute mess. The point of this thread was to demonstrate that even while Gibbs' team is putting forth its "maximum effort", there's been only the slightest improvement.

I'm not even sure you can use the term 'improvement' with the way this team has performed lately.

I do see vast improvement over Spurriers teams. The record does not tell the whole story. I believe this team is 100% better than anything spurrier ever put on the field. The division is much better now also. Spurrier coached when the NFC East was maybe the worst division in the league and now it is possibly the best. If Gibbs current team has won 5 games through 11 games, Spurriers team probably would have won 2 games against the schedule the skins have played this year.

[dmek25]

matty why dont you run a poll to see who the fans want to coach the skins?my vote goes to coach gibbs,no question.ill take him against anyone,bar none

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by dmek25

matty why dont you run a poll to see who the fans want to coach the skins?my vote goes to coach gibbs,no question.ill take him against anyone,bar none

Yo Matty, (these remarks are not bout your post dmek) Don't forget to include Jack Pardee, Don King, The Duke of Earl, Pope John Paul, and the Marque de Sade. These would make as much sense as compairing Joe to Spurrier. They should not be mentioned in the same NFL breath. Spurrier was a fish out of water

[Daseal]

Just more hatin' on ol' Joe Gibbs. If it was up to the fans, we'd have a different coach and quarterback each week.

a) Most people supported Gibbs.
b) Gibbs has a much better staff around him.
c) We have much improved players from Spurrier's stint. If a team with Trung Candidate (see McDonalds drive through) can average 111 yards on the ground that says something.

I think as fans we should look objectively at our coaches. While everyone was willing to give Spurrier another year, you sure as hell weren't spouting the "I trust the coach" type crap that every thread has twenty boring posts filled with.

This coaching staff isn't doing any better than Spurrier, and I must say. That's disappointing. Hopefully one more year will turn the tide.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Daseal

a) Most people supported Gibbs.
b) Gibbs has a much better staff around him.
c) We have much improved players from Spurrier's stint. If a team with Trung Candidate (see McDonalds drive through) can average 111 yards on the ground that says something.

I think as fans we should look objectively at our coaches. While everyone was willing to give Spurrier another year, you sure as hell weren't spouting the "I trust the coach" type crap that every thread has twenty boring posts filled with.

This coaching staff isn't doing any better than Spurrier, and I must say. That's disappointing. Hopefully one more year will turn the tide.

Coach Gibbs has earned our trust with having prior experience and success in the NFL. Steve Spurrier had no prior experience or success in the NFL. It's not that hard to figure out why people trust Joe Gibbs over Steve Spurrier, regardless of the current accumlated win-loss stat.

Of course it's disappointing that we're slumping. It's disappointing to me that we don't win the Super Bowl every year. Luckily, we have a coaching staff who is willing to put for the work ethic that it takes to turn things around. Steve Spurrier wasn't winning to do that.

[MTK]

Of course we didn't trust Spurrier, why should we have?

Gibbs has the resume and trophies, along with that comes trust and much respect.

[dmek25]

i take offense,the duke of earl was the man ha ha hey hog1 your an old timer like me,been a fan since 1969

[That Guy]

spurrier may have had a better team when he was hired than gibbs did at his hiring...

I also think the strength of schedule this year is seriously affecting some of the stats.

[SUNRA]

[QUOTE=That Guy]spurrier may have had a better team when he was hired than gibbs did at his hiring...

I also think the strength of schedule this year is seriously affecting some of the stats.[/QUOTE

I certainly agree. Our 9-7 win over Chicago looks pretty damn good when you consider who the sports writers are comparing them to. If we had closed games as well as we had started them we would have only 1 loss. The Giants are the only team that dominated the Redskins for the enitire game unlike the Cowboys whose misfortune in the 4th quarter has seem to rub off on us.

[offiss]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

By now, we’re all well aware of the fact that Gibbs thus far has only been able to match Steve Spurrier’s record of 11-16 at this point in his second stint as head coach. But according to my local paper this morning, the Virginian-Pilot, here are some other troubling stats you may not be aware of…

In games decided by seven points or less, Spurrier’s team was 7-10. Under Gibbs, they’re 8-12.

In two seasons, Spurrier’s Redskins were penalized 240 times. Gibbs is on pace for 224.

With Gibbs at the helm, the Skins average 116 yards per game rushing. Under Spurrier – it’s 111.

Spurrier’s offensive line allowed 81 sacks over two seasons. With Gibbs and Bugel as coaches – with a more mobile quarterback -- they’re projected to allow 79.

I don’t know how anyone can’t be disappointed at this. Would we all have given Steve Spurrier another year to work things out since many appear to give Gibbs a free pass at this point?

Beems you forgot maybe the most lopsided stat of all and that's our defense under Gibbs, SS never had a D like what we have had the last 2 years under Williams, Gibbs defiently has had a huge advantage to put more victories in the win colum than SS had and is basically in dead heat with the old ball coach.