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Steve Spurrier Rumor
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:23 pm
Is it true that when LSU hired Mike Archer as head coach, Steve Spurrier tried really hard to get an interview and was denied. That was the reason he was on a mission to embarrass LSU as much as possible and did so by accomplishing this:
When he coached Florida from 1990 to 2001, he was 11-1 vs. the Tigers against four coaches (1-0 vs. Mike Archer, 4-0 vs. Curley Hallman, 4-1 vs. Gerry DiNardo, 2-0 vs. Nick Saban).
When he coached Florida from 1990 to 2001, he was 11-1 vs. the Tigers against four coaches (1-0 vs. Mike Archer, 4-0 vs. Curley Hallman, 4-1 vs. Gerry DiNardo, 2-0 vs. Nick Saban).
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Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:24 pm to cajun craig
Yes
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:24 pm to cajun craig
Yes I believe this is true.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:25 pm to cajun craig
He had 1 interview
Wasn’t invited back and LSU hired archer.
Wasn’t invited back and LSU hired archer.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:25 pm to cajun craig
Didn't Ansparnger torpedo his chances at LSU because he left LSU to become the Florida AD and knew he wanted to hire him there? Or something like that.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:25 pm to cajun craig
He was interviewed and didn't do well in it by his own admission. Didn't make it to a second interview and took the Duke job.
He spoke about it last year.
He spoke about it last year.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:26 pm to bstew3006
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He had 1 interview Wasn’t invited back and LSU hired archer.
and as a thank you, spurrier went on to whoop our asses for the better part of a decade.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:26 pm to cajun craig
I believe it's true that he wanted the job. I doubt that's what motivated Spurrier, because he was a winner, and winners are motivated by winning.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:27 pm to jlovel7
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Didn't Ansparnger torpedo
No
But if so, that’s one hell of a 3 year plan to get him to fla
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:28 pm to TigerFanNKaty
Yes
Talk about bad decisions coming back to haunt us
Talk about bad decisions coming back to haunt us
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:28 pm to bstew3006
quote:
He had 1 interview Wasn’t invited back and LSU hired archer.
Could've been so beautiful
Could've been so right
I'll never hold what could've been
On a cold and lonely night
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:30 pm to cajun craig
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Talk about bad decisions coming back to haunt us
Yes. We should've hired someone who interviewed poorly because a decade later, he won a title.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:30 pm to cajun craig
quote:
Is it true that when LSU hired Mike Archer as head coach, Steve Spurrier tried really hard to get an interview and was denied.
he interviewed
nobody met him or picked him up at the airport
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:31 pm to cajun craig
In fairness, a LOT of teams whipped our arse under Archer and Hallman, so I do not take it personally that Spurrier did so.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:33 pm to cajun craig
Yes, our AD at the time made a HUGE mistake
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:33 pm to cajun craig
Spurrier wasn't even the best of the three candidates that LSU interviewed. The third coach interviewed was Mike Shanahan.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:34 pm to cajun craig
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he was on a mission to embarrass LSU as much as possible
Spurrier enjoyed running up the score on everybody back then. It was not just LSU.
It would have been nice had we hired Spurrier, but he would not have stayed long. He would have left the minute Florida called.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:35 pm to cajun craig
He was a Head Coach in the USFL when it went under in early 1986 and needed a job I’m sure he was interested. The idea that he held a grudge seems more like urban legend. His experience at that point was an OC at Duke and the USFL basically. There were other jobs open that offseason like Texas and Alabama and he was hired by Duke so this idea that LSU “blew it” is pure 20/20 hindsight. He was not a hot commodity. LSU also did it have an AD at the time and promoting from with in was still the most common way of hiring a HC.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 3:37 pm to caliegeaux
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and as a thank you, spurrier went on to whoop our asses for the better part of a decade.
Think he was 11-1 vs LSU.
Fk
Posted on 10/9/19 at 6:30 pm to cajun craig
Hopefully you read the comments that explained some of it. He was interviewed. While he had been successful in the USFL Archer was actually a hot name in college football at the time having been the DC for Arnsparger of a very good defensive team at LSU. His first two seasons actually show he could coach IMO, his next two show he could not recruit.
Spurrier had turned down the Mississippi State job to pursue the LSU job but Asperger's recommendation for Archer probably sealed the deal TBH. And honestly, unless Spurrier won a title in his first three years, who's to say he doesn't take the Florida Job anyway when they came calling?
Ancient history now.
ETA: We also reportedly interview Mike Shanahan, and Mack Brown.
Spurrier had turned down the Mississippi State job to pursue the LSU job but Asperger's recommendation for Archer probably sealed the deal TBH. And honestly, unless Spurrier won a title in his first three years, who's to say he doesn't take the Florida Job anyway when they came calling?
Ancient history now.
ETA: We also reportedly interview Mike Shanahan, and Mack Brown.
This post was edited on 10/10/19 at 6:57 am
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