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`You got to coach, coach, coach': the Redskins' new boss is devoting great time and effort to shape a starting quarterback out of an unspectacular assortment of candidates. And Steve Spurrier wouldn't have it any other way. (NFL).

The Sporting News

| May 06, 2002 | Attner, Paul | COPYRIGHT 2002 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

He's a quarterbacks coach disguised as a head coach. That is lesson No. 1 to remember about Steve Spurrier. The most important lesson. Everything else that comes with the bigger job--the motivational talks, the logistics, the interviews, the personnel decisions--is secondary, if not lower, in his pecking order.

That's why he was happiest this past weekend, on the field, coaching quarterbacks. And goodness knows, he has some coaching to do, trying to find a starter among the quartet of wannabes who went through two days of intimate examination by the Redskins' new boss, producing what charitably can be described as average performances. Spurrier says correctly ...

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