Zombie Ball Coach - The Washington Times: Sports

This pretty accurately sums it up for Spurrier. He doesn't seem like he's having a good time these last two years. I can see him coming back to try to stick it out one more year and I don't blame him for trying that. He deserves to give himself that one more shot. Honestly, do I see him succeeding? No. He's stuck in his ways. It's not to say that he hasn't tried adjusting. But the changes he makes are minor in light of his overall approach to the game. He can't adjust his game plans fast enough and isn't open to positive changes like running the ball more and rollouts to protect the quarterback. Mostly though, he can't go from his leisurely attitude this year to a military approach next year. The players that have been around the last couple years won't buy it. The lack of discipline will be his undoing again in his third and final year.

Arrington is supposedly a lifelong Skin. I feel conflicted about that. On one level, "lifelong" Skin still may not mean much. Stephen Davis was supposed to be a lifelong Skin with his last contract. On Arrington's own level, he has so much talent and I'd hate to see it go to another team. On that same note, though, he often does boneheaded things and doesn't fully utilize his talent when he doesn't play smart. Play smarter, not harder LaVar! If you can play both smart AND hard then that's the best. But if you have to choose one, smart is more important than hard. So exasperating...

McGinnis, Gregg Williams, and Jauron are all available. They would all make fantastic defensive coordinators. Edwards simply was not ready to take the reigns. On the downside, yet another defensive coordinator is tough for a team to take. On the plus side, despite the turnover with coordinators, the defense consistently finished in the top 10 with the exception of this year. Maybe Snyder should let Spurrier do whatever he wants this year and keep Edwards if he chooses to. If he succeeds, great, if he fails then bring in a top Def Coord candidate to re-shape the team like Marvin Lewis did with the Bengals.

Losing Marvin Lewis was huge. He was the heavy dose of discipline that Arrington needed. He was the medicine that Arrington hated but was good for him. And the results between the two seasons speak for themselves. You can see that Lewis is a strong and commanding presence on the sideline. Spurrier isn't.