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Anyone else surprised Spurrier is returning to Columbia?
Posted on 12/17/08 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 12/17/08 at 12:46 pm
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I thought for sure he would be done (retire) after this season. I guess he still could call it quits, but since there is no buzz about it, I'm assuming he will return. Not that USCe is a dumphole or anyting, I just can't imagine that he forsees any hope of vaulting over UF or UGA anytime soon.
I thought for sure he would be done (retire) after this season. I guess he still could call it quits, but since there is no buzz about it, I'm assuming he will return. Not that USCe is a dumphole or anyting, I just can't imagine that he forsees any hope of vaulting over UF or UGA anytime soon.
This post was edited on 12/17/08 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 12/17/08 at 1:09 pm to alajones
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he forsees any hope of vaulting over UF or UGA anytime soon.
We could win 5 straight SEC championships and unlikely vault either of those 2. Its not about dominating the SEC with an iron fist like he used to. Thatll be hard for anyone to do anymore, especially at SC. He is here to do things that no coach at SC has ever done before. Including winning at least just 1 SEC Championship which could hopefully be built on by his predcessor.
Posted on 12/17/08 at 2:38 pm to alajones
Why would he quit? He's in about a no-pressure situation as there could ever be in college football. A great, supportive fanbase that always packs 80K into the stadium for a program that traditionally has only won 6 bowl games EVER.
Not that I think the program is going to go anywhere as long as he's there, but he has every incentive to not leave on his own.
All he has to do is average 7/8 wins/year and a bowl win every 3rd year and he's still easily goign to be the most successfull headcoach Carolina's had in a generation or two.
Not that I think the program is going to go anywhere as long as he's there, but he has every incentive to not leave on his own.
All he has to do is average 7/8 wins/year and a bowl win every 3rd year and he's still easily goign to be the most successfull headcoach Carolina's had in a generation or two.
This post was edited on 12/17/08 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 12/17/08 at 10:28 pm to alajones
To Spurrier, coaching at South Carolina is quasi-retirement already. South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia, is like an old folks' home where he golfs, and on the weekends he still volunteers some of his time coaching an at-risk football program that needs a father figure (just one not quite as old as Lou Holtz).
Posted on 12/18/08 at 9:04 am to alajones
I am. He looked like he just wanted to get the heck out of there last fall.
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