Sellout Theory
01-26-2004, 10:57 PM
Hell yea my fav team is going all the way now. He has always been one of my fav coaches in the NFL. When I heard this I creamed my pants.
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The Oakland Raiders have named Norv Turner Head Coach. Turner, 51, has 19 years of pro coaching experience.
Turner was Head Coach of the Washington Redskins from 1994-2000. The Redskins enjoyed winning campaigns in four of the seven seasons that Turner was head coach, including two in a row in 1999 and 2000.
His 1999 Redskins claimed their first NFC Eastern Division title since 1991. They went on to defeat the Detroit Lions, 27-13, in an NFC First-Round Playoff game, before dropping a one-point decision (14-13) at Tampa Bay in the Divisional round. Turner has an 8-6 record versus coaches who were in the playoffs in 2003.
Turner, who grew up in Martinez, California, has been regarded as one of the NFL's finest offensive coaches in his role as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins as well as head coach of the Redskins.
Turner was on Jimmy Johnson's Dallas Cowboys coaching staff from 1991-93, where as the offensive coordinator he helped lead the Cowboys to two straight World Championships with wins in Super Bowl XXVII following the 1992 season and a Super Bowl XXXVIII following the 1993 season.
Turner spent the past two seasons on Dave Wannstedt's Miami Dolphins staff as Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator. With Turner handling the play-calling for Miami in 2002, running back Ricky Williams rushed for 1,372 yards with nine touchdowns. It marked the 10th time in Turner's 13 seasons as either a head coach or a coordinator that a running back surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark.
In Turner's first season with the Dolphins, Miami ranked second in the NFL in rushing with an average of 156.4 yards per contest. The 2,502 total rushing yards were the third-highest total in Dolphins history. Ricky Williams led the way with a Dolphins single-season record and NFL-high 1,853 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Turner spent the 2001 season as the offensive coordinator with the San Diego Chargers. Under Turner's guidance, the Chargers' offense improved to the 11th-best unit in the NFL after having finished 28th overall the season prior to his arrival.
From 1994-00, Turner was the Head Coach with the Washington Redskins, where he also served in the role as offensive coordinator. During Turner's seven-year tenure in Washington, he led the Redskins to a regular-season record of 49-59-1, including a 10-6 mark in 1999 as the Redskins claimed their first NFC Eastern Division title since 1991. The Redskins went 1-1 in the postseason.
That season, the Redskins' offense finished the year as the league's second-ranked unit. He guided the Redskins to a record of 7-6 in 2000 before being released with three games to play in the season. The Redskins' final three losses under Turner were by a total of six points, while their six losses over these first 13 games came by an average of less than four points.
Turner began his NFL coaching career as an assistant with the Los Angeles Rams in 1985. Serving as the team's receivers coach, the Rams' offense finished third, fourth and third, respectively, from 1988-90, his final three seasons with the club.
In 1991, Turner took over a Cowboys offense that ranked 28th the previous season and helped lead them to consecutive NFL rankings of fourth overall in 1992 and 1993, as they captured back-to-back Super Bowl titles.
Throughout his coaching career, Turner has helped to mold some of the top skilled position players in the NFL. As receivers coach with the Rams (1985-90), wide receiver Henry Ellard twice surpassed the 1,000-yard receiving mark, with an NFL-high 1,414 in 1988 and 1,382 the following year, placing him fourth in the NFL. In his final three years with the Rams (1988-90), tight end Pete Holohan averaged 53 catches a season and finished second among NFC tight ends in receiving in two of those three years.
As offensive coordinator with Dallas from 1991-93, running back Emmitt Smith led the NFL in rushing all three years. In addition, both quarterback Troy Aikman and wide receiver Michael Irvin finished in the top three in the NFL in passing and receiving, respectively, twice apiece. Also during Turner's tenure in Dallas, Jay Novacek led all NFL tight ends in receiving twice and averaged more than 57 receptions a season over that three-year period.
During his seven-year stint as Head Coach with the Redskins, the team had a 1,000-yard rusher four times and a 1,000-yard receiver on five occasions. In 1995, Terry Allen rushed for 1,309 yards while Henry Ellard compiled 1,005 receiving yards. In 1996, Allen totaled 1,353 rushing yards while Ellard gained 1,014 receiving yards.
Under Turner, three different Redskin quarterbacks surpassed the 3,000-yard passing plateau, including Brad Johnson, who finished fourth in the NFL with 4,005 yards in 1999, the second-highest total in Redskins history. That same year, running back Stephen Davis led the AFC with 1,405 yards rushing, while two different receivers went over the 1,000-yard receiving mark. The other 3,000-yard passer were Gus Frerotte's 3,453 yards in 1996 and Trent Green's 3,441 yards in 1998.
In 2001, Turner's lone season as offensive coordinator for the Chargers, running back LaDainian Tomlinson led all NFL rookies with 1,236 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns on 339 attempts, while also catching an NFL rookie-best 59 passes. His rushing total ranked fifth in the AFC and ninth in the NFL. In addition, quarterback Doug Flutie threw for 3,464 yards and wide receiver Curtis Conway had 71 receptions for 1,125 yards, marking just the second time in team history that the Chargers have had a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard receiver and a 1,000-yard rusher in the same season.
Turner began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Oregon in 1975. The following year, he moved on to the University of Southern California where, for the next nine seasons, he served as the Trojans' receivers coach (1976-79), defensive backs coach (1980), quarterbacks coach (1981-83), and offensive coordinator (1984). In 1980, Turner tutored what is regarded as one of the finest defensive backfields in college football history. It included Ronnie Lott - who played for the Raiders in 1991-92 - and Dennis Smith, both NFL first-round draft choices in 1981, and Jeff Fisher, a seventh-round draft pick in 81.
During Turner's nine-year tenure at USC, the Trojans won all four Rose Bowls in which they appeared, and took part in six bowl games overall, winning five of them. The 1978 team went 12-1, including a victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and claimed the National Championship.
Turner was a three-year letterman (1972-74) as a quarterback at the University of Oregon, spending two seasons behind NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts. Turner and his wife, Nancy, have three children, Scott, Stephanie and Drew.
Turner becomes the 14th head coach in the history of the Raiders. Five of those coaches have been named Coach of the Year.
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The Oakland Raiders have named Norv Turner Head Coach. Turner, 51, has 19 years of pro coaching experience.
Turner was Head Coach of the Washington Redskins from 1994-2000. The Redskins enjoyed winning campaigns in four of the seven seasons that Turner was head coach, including two in a row in 1999 and 2000.
His 1999 Redskins claimed their first NFC Eastern Division title since 1991. They went on to defeat the Detroit Lions, 27-13, in an NFC First-Round Playoff game, before dropping a one-point decision (14-13) at Tampa Bay in the Divisional round. Turner has an 8-6 record versus coaches who were in the playoffs in 2003.
Turner, who grew up in Martinez, California, has been regarded as one of the NFL's finest offensive coaches in his role as offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins as well as head coach of the Redskins.
Turner was on Jimmy Johnson's Dallas Cowboys coaching staff from 1991-93, where as the offensive coordinator he helped lead the Cowboys to two straight World Championships with wins in Super Bowl XXVII following the 1992 season and a Super Bowl XXXVIII following the 1993 season.
Turner spent the past two seasons on Dave Wannstedt's Miami Dolphins staff as Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator. With Turner handling the play-calling for Miami in 2002, running back Ricky Williams rushed for 1,372 yards with nine touchdowns. It marked the 10th time in Turner's 13 seasons as either a head coach or a coordinator that a running back surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark.
In Turner's first season with the Dolphins, Miami ranked second in the NFL in rushing with an average of 156.4 yards per contest. The 2,502 total rushing yards were the third-highest total in Dolphins history. Ricky Williams led the way with a Dolphins single-season record and NFL-high 1,853 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Turner spent the 2001 season as the offensive coordinator with the San Diego Chargers. Under Turner's guidance, the Chargers' offense improved to the 11th-best unit in the NFL after having finished 28th overall the season prior to his arrival.
From 1994-00, Turner was the Head Coach with the Washington Redskins, where he also served in the role as offensive coordinator. During Turner's seven-year tenure in Washington, he led the Redskins to a regular-season record of 49-59-1, including a 10-6 mark in 1999 as the Redskins claimed their first NFC Eastern Division title since 1991. The Redskins went 1-1 in the postseason.
That season, the Redskins' offense finished the year as the league's second-ranked unit. He guided the Redskins to a record of 7-6 in 2000 before being released with three games to play in the season. The Redskins' final three losses under Turner were by a total of six points, while their six losses over these first 13 games came by an average of less than four points.
Turner began his NFL coaching career as an assistant with the Los Angeles Rams in 1985. Serving as the team's receivers coach, the Rams' offense finished third, fourth and third, respectively, from 1988-90, his final three seasons with the club.
In 1991, Turner took over a Cowboys offense that ranked 28th the previous season and helped lead them to consecutive NFL rankings of fourth overall in 1992 and 1993, as they captured back-to-back Super Bowl titles.
Throughout his coaching career, Turner has helped to mold some of the top skilled position players in the NFL. As receivers coach with the Rams (1985-90), wide receiver Henry Ellard twice surpassed the 1,000-yard receiving mark, with an NFL-high 1,414 in 1988 and 1,382 the following year, placing him fourth in the NFL. In his final three years with the Rams (1988-90), tight end Pete Holohan averaged 53 catches a season and finished second among NFC tight ends in receiving in two of those three years.
As offensive coordinator with Dallas from 1991-93, running back Emmitt Smith led the NFL in rushing all three years. In addition, both quarterback Troy Aikman and wide receiver Michael Irvin finished in the top three in the NFL in passing and receiving, respectively, twice apiece. Also during Turner's tenure in Dallas, Jay Novacek led all NFL tight ends in receiving twice and averaged more than 57 receptions a season over that three-year period.
During his seven-year stint as Head Coach with the Redskins, the team had a 1,000-yard rusher four times and a 1,000-yard receiver on five occasions. In 1995, Terry Allen rushed for 1,309 yards while Henry Ellard compiled 1,005 receiving yards. In 1996, Allen totaled 1,353 rushing yards while Ellard gained 1,014 receiving yards.
Under Turner, three different Redskin quarterbacks surpassed the 3,000-yard passing plateau, including Brad Johnson, who finished fourth in the NFL with 4,005 yards in 1999, the second-highest total in Redskins history. That same year, running back Stephen Davis led the AFC with 1,405 yards rushing, while two different receivers went over the 1,000-yard receiving mark. The other 3,000-yard passer were Gus Frerotte's 3,453 yards in 1996 and Trent Green's 3,441 yards in 1998.
In 2001, Turner's lone season as offensive coordinator for the Chargers, running back LaDainian Tomlinson led all NFL rookies with 1,236 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns on 339 attempts, while also catching an NFL rookie-best 59 passes. His rushing total ranked fifth in the AFC and ninth in the NFL. In addition, quarterback Doug Flutie threw for 3,464 yards and wide receiver Curtis Conway had 71 receptions for 1,125 yards, marking just the second time in team history that the Chargers have had a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard receiver and a 1,000-yard rusher in the same season.
Turner began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Oregon in 1975. The following year, he moved on to the University of Southern California where, for the next nine seasons, he served as the Trojans' receivers coach (1976-79), defensive backs coach (1980), quarterbacks coach (1981-83), and offensive coordinator (1984). In 1980, Turner tutored what is regarded as one of the finest defensive backfields in college football history. It included Ronnie Lott - who played for the Raiders in 1991-92 - and Dennis Smith, both NFL first-round draft choices in 1981, and Jeff Fisher, a seventh-round draft pick in 81.
During Turner's nine-year tenure at USC, the Trojans won all four Rose Bowls in which they appeared, and took part in six bowl games overall, winning five of them. The 1978 team went 12-1, including a victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and claimed the National Championship.
Turner was a three-year letterman (1972-74) as a quarterback at the University of Oregon, spending two seasons behind NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts. Turner and his wife, Nancy, have three children, Scott, Stephanie and Drew.
Turner becomes the 14th head coach in the history of the Raiders. Five of those coaches have been named Coach of the Year.
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