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re: Spurrier only had one measly national championship.
Posted on 4/22/23 at 11:36 am to Uga Alum
Posted on 4/22/23 at 11:36 am to Uga Alum
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And he is commonly considered to be on the Mount Rushmore of SEC football coaches? I don't think so. And let's not forget the cowardly way he left South Carolina.
He is probably the most under-rated and over-rated coach at the same time. I would say that he probably should have one another national title during his stint at Florida. Had he worked the entire season like he did in preparation for UGA or Florida State, he likely would have.
Make no mistake about it, he left South Carolina mid-season to not have a worse winning percentage then Vince Dooley. He laid awake all night concerned about it, and decided to hang it up.
Regardless of being a Georgia fan, the guy is one of the greatest of all time when he was focused on a team he hated, and he was a national treasure for the media and fans.
This post was edited on 4/22/23 at 11:37 am
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Posted on 4/22/23 at 12:34 pm to JCdawg
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Make no mistake about it, he left South Carolina mid-season to not have a worse winning percentage then Vince Dooley. He laid awake all night concerned about it, and decided to hang it up.
It’s comical how many fans of different teams try to take credit for “making Spurrier quit.” None of them actually paid attention to what Spurrier himself said.
The fact was he had lost his “give a damn.” He had enough self-awareness to recognize it and make his own decision.
As a Gamecock fan, I wish he had left at the end of the previous season- and left us in better shape. His last full season showed that we were declining. He made some poor coaching hires and backed off on being involved in recruiting. Fact is he was getting old and slowing down, plus missed on his best shot at a championship when he had Clowney, Jefferey, Shaw, Lattimore and other star players on the roster.
He wanted to leave earlier but Ray Tanner talked him into staying. And it wasn’t that LSU, Georgia, Clemson or A&M beat us. It was that neither Spurrier nor the roster had any gas left in the tank. Never mind that our AD then completely screwed the pooch by hiring Muschamp.
Spurrier was an amazing coach. He changed the entire conference for the better. He may not have had the record of Saban or even Smart, but he also didn’t have their advantages.
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