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Does anyone see South Carolina as a destination job for any other reason than us being in the SEC? There is no upside here, except for the fact you'll have a guaranteed job for 4-5 seasons. We can't be expected to compete with Clemson and Georgia right away and even in our best years we won jack shite. How do we shake our reputation as a place where coaches go to die/retire?

If you're a real sales personality you do. I can sell The University of South Carolina to any coach in college in less than 10 minutes. We could have had Leach, Kiffen or any one else we wanted if we had the right person shaping and highlighting the narrative.

2.5 hours to the mountains (lifestyle and family)
1.45 to Charleston (lifestyle, family and recruiting)
3 hours from ATL (recruiting)
2 hours from CLT (recruiting)
2.5 hours from Triangle

SEC Money and Facilities

Lake Mansion (lifestyle and recruiting)
Condon in CHS or Ocean Front House in IOP/Folly or Kiawah

Any coach in the SEC would prefer to build steam in the East (UGA/Fla) vs the West (Bama/LSU/now Miss State and Ole Miss both will build)

A level of loyalty and patience from a fanbase that is unparalleled in NCAA football. Most coaches are coaching for their jobs today in years 2/3/. Which may actually be our biggest drawback. We don't complain and still show up when we suck and suck and suck. Therefor the football money machine keeps producing.

This post was edited on 9/27/20 at 2:10 pm