Talk:Steve Spurrier

message: We might consider editing this article to at least include a short, general biography.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.223.4.7 (talk) 03:37, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Bio?

message: To me, the line reading, "Spurrier was an exceptional, outstanding, and multi-talented athlete in high school starring not only in football but also baseball and basketball at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee," seems a bit much, considering we don't get any statistics or awards or retired number info or anything like that.  What made him exceptional and outstanding?  YtseWolf (talk) 20:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peacock Terms? 

message: Whoever wrote this obviously HATES Spurrier or doesn't understand football, basically saying Marvin Lewis is great..... Honestly, what made the defense suffer was the fact that they had Marvin Lewis for only one year, so in effect they had 3 differant coordinators in 3 years, any young player (Arrington, Bailey) will regress with that kind of instability.
:Don't really see how the writer of this "hates" spurrier. In my opinion it's really not biased. Zchris87v 13:09, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias Writer 

message: Anyone wanna add spurrier's record of going for however many years it was without being shut out? Just because I heard this, since the shutout to UGA a couple weeks ago, 17 or 18 years I think? Zchris87v 13:09, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Shutout record

message: I removed this due to zero credible evidence at this time. Alabama's coach was just fired and currently no source is credible enough to cite here for ANY possible replacement.
==="Alabama Crimson Tide"===
On November 27, 2006, Steve Spurrier is expected to be announced as the new Head Football Coach at the University of Alabama by Bama Athletics Director Mal Moore. 
Dispute tag added. --Streyeder 08:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed it should have been, and the only source I can find is Spurrier denying the rumors.   Any claims that he is going to either Miami or Alabama should be removed. -- DiegoTehMexican 00:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: For the record, many Alabama fans worked to keep this article accurate as well. Ponzu 12:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Alabama Rumor

message: On November 27, 2006, Steve Spurrier is expected to be announced as the new Head Football Coach at the University of Alabama by Bama Athletics Director Mal Moore. 
Dispute tag added. --Streyeder 08:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed it should have been, and the only source I can find is Spurrier denying the rumors.   Any claims that he is going to either Miami or Alabama should be removed. -- DiegoTehMexican 00:09, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: For the record, many Alabama fans worked to keep this article accurate as well. Ponzu 12:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Alabama Crimson Tide"

message: I added a college coaching table for Spurrier. I filled in as much information as I could find (much of it from elsewhere on wikipedia). There are still some missing pieces of info though, notably - Coaches Poll rankings for some of the Florida years, and did SC go to a bowl in 2005? Cogswobble 19:53, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found the bowl info for SC in 2005. Still missing Coaches poll rankings though. Cogswobble 20:59, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

text: It does seem a little nonsensical, but it's official SEC policy so that's what wikipedia goes with. Zeng8r (talk) 10:28, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Coaching Table

message: Spurrier surprised a lot of people by publicly voicing a strong opinion against the Confederate Flag being displayed at the S.C. capitol. --Bobak 18:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Would this be a good item for the article? 

message: Under the Early coaching career section.  My understanding is that he gives Duke his 25th place vote and not a number 1 vote.192.88.165.35 22:58, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  I've fixed it.  Probably whoever wrote that meant that he gives Duke one vote (meaning, a single vote), rather than he gives them the #1 vote. --B 23:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voting for Duke in Pre-Season Coaches Poll 

message: I hope you South Carolina boys don't mind if I do a little clean-up on the Evil Genius' Wiki article.  I've been a huge fan of SOS since I was a little kid, and, as a 3-time Gator alumnus, I think he deserves a better written article.  I'm not altering anyone's substance, but I am on a crusade to eliminate the wordiness, passive tense and over-use of sports cliches.  The article clearly suffers from too many ad hoc edits, and the lack of a single editor.  (Of course, you could say the same thing about 99% of all Wikipedia articles, but I digress.)  Feel free to give me hell about it, if you disagree.  Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 00:22, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing for Grammar, Punctuation & Style 

message: I have consolidated the information provided in the college coaching box with the information in the NFL player box.  It was highly redundant to have both info boxes, and having two Wiki template boxes was screwing up photo placement, etc.  I hope everyone approves. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:44, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career Box Template 

message: I'm not sure if this article is stating that Steve Spurrier is doing for South Carolina what no other Carolina Panthers coach did, or that he coached for Carolina? Or are you saying South Carolina should be called Carolina for some reason that I don't know about. I'm asking because I changed two or three instances where it says Carolina to South Carolina. It was immediatly reverted to delete South. Iknow he wanted a job with the Tarheels . . . and I know he never coached Carolina. He did play against them when he was with Washington. 8panther2pride8 (talk) 21:45, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone with an IQ above double-digits understands that in a section titled "South Carolina Gamecocks" what use of the word "Carolina" is referencing for a man who never coached for the UNC-CH Tarheels or the NFL Panthers. Of course, you already realize that, right Gamecockpride123? Or should I call you Sandlap123? Or maybe Sccocksss, or SCgamecocksss, or NCPride321. It's sad that you think you're fooling anyone with these juvenile games. GarnetAndBlack (talk) 22:34, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

text: Please tell us why on the "day you decide to give back", that you just happen to be reading an article about Steve Spurrier that's been suffering the same tendentious edits from a series of editors as the one you made, and then you decide to repeat those same edits. You are a Carolina Panther fan, so what would you be doing on an article about a person who has absolutely zero connection with that franchise? I'd think that on the first day you decide to start editing Wikipedia that you'd be spending your time in the article dealing with the subject that you took your user name from. But for some strange reason, you decide to edit this article under absurd pretenses. You are the one insulting the intelligence of people who attempt to keep Wikipedia clear of your type of disruptive behavior if you think for one second that your actions aren't blatantly obvious. At any rate, we'll soon have all this cleared up when the SPI I filed is reviewed by an admin, but I imagine you and I both already know what that outcome will be. GarnetAndBlack (talk) 01:19, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spurrier and Panthers? 

message: I found out that he is now ambassador role for Florida. I don't have any sources so far, but that's all I've know about this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benroyz (talk • contribs) 02:42, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update more information 

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message: There is no reason to convert the college coach infobox in this article to a standard NFL template. Spurrier is FAR more known for coaching and playing college football than for his stints in the NFL, so that part of his career should take priority in the infobox just as it does in the article itself. His NFL stats and records are already in there, so the (reverted) conversion mostly removed info while adding ephemera like his height and weight, numbers which probably are no longer accurate, lol. The only important info added by using the NFL infobox was his draft position, so I'll see if I can find a good place to include it in the current infobox. Zeng8r (talk) 12:11, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You’re acting like the NFL bio doesn’t acknowledge his coaching accomplishments. There is literally nothing that the NFL bio Infobox has that the college coach Infobox doesn’t have. The NFL bio however does allow the inclusion of his NFL stats, his number from when he played, height, weight (still use listed height and weight even for retired players), were he was drafted. You are also underestimating how accomplished he was as a player. He won a Heisman and was an all-American.--Rockchalk717  18:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I’m gonna be straight forward here, I’m pretty sure we’re not gonna talk each other out of our opinions, that’s usually the case with edit disputes. I’m gonna post on NFL project talk and College Football project talk referring people to this discussion so we can get some more people in on this. --Rockchalk717  19:54, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Stick with the NFL infobox, it is the best way to present his accomplishments as a coach and as a player. Best, GPL93 (talk) 02:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I lean toward using the Infobox college coach since Spurrier was more accomplished as a college player and coach than as an NFL player and coach. However, I see the point about the NFL infobox servicing more data like height, weight, and draft info. Perhaps, we should think about adding such fields to Template:Infobox college coach? Jweiss11 (talk) 06:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

text: Maybe. But at the same time I still feel like the NFL Bio doesn’t take anything away from his coaching and college playing accomplishments on top of it providing more information.--Rockchalk717  06:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox format 

message: his nickname is "the old ball coach"
the article cited for "the head ball coach" is about it being an error  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.78.200.109 (talk) 20:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: For one, your characterization of the citation is incorrect. For another, "the head ball coach" is definitely Steve Spurrier's nickname - just look at the title of his autobiography as seen in the background of the infobox pic. Zeng8r (talk) 00:29, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  nick 

message: Under coaching tree, Shane Beamer was an assistant coach under Spurrier and is now a head coach. Thudson77 (talk) 19:49, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shane Beamer 

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