The Heading for this topic is misleading . He stated he was not retiring but rather resigning

Stoops family is very tight with Spurrier.

The Heading for this topic is misleading . He stated he was not retiring but rather resigning

 

...which bothers me because he is quitting on his team. I just don't think as a coach you resign in the middle of a season unless it is due to serious family or health issues. I have always thought he was good for football but don't like him quitting in the middle of the season at all.

I hope he played a good round today and had a nice bourbon at the clubhouse.

From his quotes it seems to me that he's quitting on his team.

The Heading for this topic is misleading . He stated he was not retiring but rather resigning

 

When the story broke it said he was retiring effective immediately. He changed it to resigning when he had his press conference. Either way #hegone

With him changing it from retiring to resigning the timing of it all it makes me think he has an irreparable relationship with the higher ups at South Carolina.

I look for him to end up at "The U" or USC.

This one surprised me in the fact that it was in the middle of the season. I had thought from his body language and pc's that this season may be his last.

Having said that, Wow - what a coaching Icon and good man as well. Yes, I got very mad more than once with him running up the score on U.K. especially along with other obvious lesser teams. That was just the man's philosophy though and after all college kids aren't high school children. They should be mature enough to deal with it. All of his records and accomplishments speak for themselves. Plus, a person even if they didn't like him would've had to enjoy some of his presser one liners, they were classic.

Spurrier will no doubt go down as one of the very greatest coaches in NCAA Football History and o the mythical Mt. Rushmore of NCAA coaches with Bear Bryant, Knute Rockne, Bobby Bowden, Eddie Robinson just to name a couple in a very select few,

With him changing it from retiring to resigning the timing of it all it makes me think he has an irreparable relationship with the higher ups at South Carolina.

 

I hear you but he is still quitting on the kids on the team. Plenty of coaches with a losing record right now in college football probably have tough relationships with their higher ups. Because he is "the old ball coach" and people like him, many give him a pass. If a less liked coach did this, he would be getting KILLED by the media and fans for letting down his players. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to come across as a Spurrier hater. I am not but this just rubs me the wrong way. He could have sucked it up for another six weeks and then quit.

Who replaces him?

 

Stoops name is already being tossed around.

Am I the only one that wasn't a big Spurrier fan? I thought he was arrogant, eggotistical and everything was about him. It was his world and we were just lucky enough to live in it. That is the personality I seen from him. He was a classless winner many times and an even worse loser.

 

I came across an article this morning that only seemed to support my views of him.

 

Steve Spurrier: A great but graceless winner | www.myajc.com

Kirby Smart

 

Hearing more and more about Kirby Smart (and Major Applewhite) heading to Columbia. Would be quite a coup for the Gamecocks if that is how it plays out.

Am I the only one that wasn't a big Spurrier fan? I thought he was arrogant, eggotistical and everything was about him. It was his world and we were just lucky enough to live in it. That is the personality I seen from him. He was a classless winner many times and an even worse loser.

 

I came across an article this morning that only seemed to support my views of him.

 

Steve Spurrier: A great but graceless winner | www.myajc.com

Most high level coaches are like that, most in private though.

I hear you but he is still quitting on the kids on the team. Plenty of coaches with a losing record right now in college football probably have tough relationships with their higher ups. Because he is "the old ball coach" and people like him, many give him a pass. If a less liked coach did this, he would be getting KILLED by the media and fans for letting down his players. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to come across as a Spurrier hater. I am not but this just rubs me the wrong way. He could have sucked it up for another six weeks and then quit.

 

I'm with you all of the way. Just trying to figure out his reasoning. If an athlete quit in the middle of the season they wouldn't be getting the treatment Spurrier is getting by the media. The media is fawning all over Steve. IMO the fact that he is resigning and not retiring makes him leaving in the middle of the season even worse. If he was a younger coach he'd never get hired again.