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Spurrier quote about Mack Brown
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Spurrier quote about Mack Brown


Dec 19, 2013, 5:24 PM

If you read the whole article it somewhat describes the CEO coach title and what it can mean. Found it interesting since it was written by one of Brown's former players.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/colleges/post/_/id/4686398/happy-trails-to-mr-football

Here is the Spurrier stuff excerpted from the article:

The cruelest and most accurate thing ever said about Mack Brown came from Steve Spurrier. Spurrier was then the coach at Duke. Brown was at North Carolina. Spurrier was fashioning himself into a monomaniacal offensive strategist. Brown was becoming a Reaganesque CEO. When sportswriters traveled that little corner of the ACC, Spurrier would say, "I just don't think I know enough about the game to compete with Mr. Football."

Mr. Football. It was a missile fired directly into Brown's massive heart. It transformed Brown's best asset, folksiness, into softness. It spoke to a certain lack of edge. In 1989, Spurrier beat Brown's Tar Heels 41-0 in Chapel Hill. The Blue Devils stayed on the field and took a picture in front of the scoreboard.

Spurrier wouldn't let the slur go. By 1997, he'd moved to the University of Florida and won a national championship. The sportswriter John Feinstein sent Spurrier a note saying that if he thought he was so great, he should go back to Duke. "Nah," Spurrier wrote in his reply, "I don't think I could deal with the pressure of competing with Mr. Football again every year."


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Mac Brown and Spurrier's


Dec 19, 2013, 5:26 PM

resumes are very comparable

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Re: Spurrier quote about Mack Brown


Dec 19, 2013, 5:59 PM

There's a fine line between clever chit talker and smug azzhole. Spurrier crossed that line many years ago.

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... as he hit the water in the bowl.***


Dec 19, 2013, 6:44 PM



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The more I learn about Spurrier, the less I want to know.***


Dec 19, 2013, 6:49 PM



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Re: Slurrier is just a smart #### hole.***


Dec 19, 2013, 7:22 PM



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Re: Spurrier quote about Mack Brown


Dec 19, 2013, 7:32 PM

Spurrier will get his someday, and a few coaches will pile on.

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