[Husker] Spurrier Interview (fwd)

[Jeff Spilinek]

> Spurrier is one of a small handful of
> people that I don't think Nebraskans would have tolerated as the head
> coach here.

Yeah, you don't want a head coach who might run around calling the fans of
our rival "f-in hillbillies" in their own stadium.  That might not be
tolerated 'round this state.... (or theirs)

:-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: <husker at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Spurrier Interview (fwd)


> > I'm one who thought NU would have done well to get Spurrier as a coach,
> > though I doubted that he would be interested at that time.  It seems
> > that Spurrier ran a clean program and put together teams that were
> > successful and entertaining.
>
> Whether he would have been successful is less important than whether
> he would have been tolerated.  Spurrier is one of a small handful of
> people that I don't think Nebraskans would have tolerated as the head
> coach here.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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