October 13, 201511 yr Interested to see how this hiring process shakes out. South Carolina is a decent job, but certainly not a great one. Spurrier made it better with a run of 11 win seasons, but the school has zero SEC titles. This season and last have been a return to the old USC, so those 11 win seasons are going to be tougher sells on the recruiting trail. USC has gotten some high profile guys as coaches in Holtz and Spurrier. Both made the program better, but has it reached its ceiling. Pros: It's an SEC job with good facilities. It's in the SEC East, which helps a lot. Spurrier has given the program name recognition nationally. Warm weather. Near the ocean. Cons: Zero SEC titles. Spurrier couldn't get it done with a lot of time and talent. Holtz couldn't either. No stable recruiting homeland. The Carolina's are a battle-ground, you border Georgia and Florida, good luck there. Although the East is the easier path to an SEC title currently, you still have to go 2-1 or better vs. Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee to do it. My opinion, decent job with a program that has had some very good seasons. But those aren't every year things. It's a job to take if you can win for a couple years and move to a UT, UGA, or another power school. It's also a job you take if you have Spurrier's resume and want to retire somewhere.
October 13, 201511 yr The fact that it's effective immediately makes me concerned that it's due to health issues.
October 13, 201511 yr The fact that it's effective immediately makes me concerned that it's due to health issues. Agreed....he is sick of losing.
October 13, 201511 yr I hate to see him retire simply because I want to see him lose more. Seeing the cocky ole ball coach suffer on the sidelines brings a smile to my face.
October 13, 201511 yr Why now? This is quitting unless there are health concerns with him or a family member. He only has a few months before the season ends. Retire at the end of the season and don't quit on kids mis season. He always seemed kinda selfish to me. Good ball coach, I understand, but finish it out.
October 13, 201511 yr Why now? This is quitting unless there are health concerns with him or a family member. He only has a few months before the season ends. Retire at the end of the season and don't quit on kids mis season. He always seemed kinda selfish to me. Good ball coach' date=' I understand, but finish it out.[/quote'] It was either health or marketing. If it's health well we all get that. If it's marketing, they want to get the job out there early and see how much competition/interest they can generate. This decision was likely made weeks ago.
October 13, 201511 yr It was either health or marketing. If it's health well we all get that. If it's marketing, they want to get the job out there early and see how much competition/interest they can generate. This decision was likely made weeks ago. I think it is marketing of the job and towards the recruiting. Like him or not, he had a great run.
October 13, 201511 yr One of my all time favorite coaches. All-Time Interview team as well Same here. I love watching his SEC Storied documentary (w/ the help of Kenny Chesney). It gets better every time. He was and is a big time family man who loved to have fun outside of the game as much as he did in it. One of the coolest stories during the documentary was when they were interviewing Bob Stoops, who had been his DC at FLA as most know for some time, and here it was their OPEN week (I want to say they had Tennessee or somebody BIG the following game) and an hour or so into practice (let's call it a Monday); he looks over at Stoops and goes "What the hell are we doing here?" So....he called practice right then and there. Called it for the rest of the week, and he/his family, his staff/their families all went to the beach for a few days. He did things his way. He wasn't a conformist. He was, but he wasn't worried about perception...win or lose, he was going to do things his way. I'm definitely going to miss him.
October 13, 201511 yr Some Spurrier quotes: On Tennessee missing out on the Sugar Bowl during his Florida years: "You can't spell Citrus without U-T." On Peyton Manning: "I know why Peyton came back for his senior year. He wanted to be a three-time star of the Citrus Bowl." On a fire at the Auburn library that destroyed 20 books: "The real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet." Jabbing at the Georgia ... "I don't know. I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended." "Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game, we have all the great players? I don't understand that. What happens to them?"
October 13, 201511 yr Hate to see him leave so suddenly, but in the two SC games I've seen this year it looked like the spark was gone, at least that's what it looked like to me. Hope it is not health related, would love to see him in the booth.
October 13, 201511 yr Have to respect the man he stood up today and accepted responsibility and knew it was time! Going to miss see him!
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