re: A young Steve Spurrier would be an 8 win/year coach in the modern SEC?

Do the people who point out Spurrier wasn’t as successful at South Carolina as he was at Florida ever realize that part of that likely had something to do with the fact that one of those jobs was at FLORIDA while the other was at SOUTH CAROLINA?

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For example, look at how Spurrier did as the SEC evolved. At S.Carolina he won 8 or less in 7 of his 11 seasons and 7 or less in 6 of 11

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I can’t believe that he typed this out like this was some glaring proof that he couldn’t keep up when the SEC “evolved.” He was winning at fricking South Carolina. Give him the athletes that Florida was pulling in and he has more NC.

As was stated earlier in this thread, his offenses were the reason why SEC opponents had to have fast defenses. The typical SEC OLB in a 4-3 defense was going to get eaten alive by the slot receiver playing zone and definitely man when Spurrier brought in the Fun n Gun.

The Star position and recruiting for players with that versatility are a direct result of Spurrier's offense and its impacts.

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Spurrier forced teams to abandon using mushcamp and smart on defense when they played at uga

You had to put athletes on defense to matchup with athletic spread wr concepts

All spurrier did was matchup on some slow white lb and it took awhile for defenses to adjust

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So....football.

Kind of like in 2019 when LSU repeatedly abused Shane Lee with wheel routes he couldn't cover.

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Maybe I go over the top at times but I just expect Florida football to be halfway decent

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You're more negative than I am, but this twitter person you're quoting is an idiot. Their arguments make 0 sense.

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Some people say I’m a “NeGator”

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Since the article is talking about a "young Spurrier", I will focus on his time at Florida. Spurrier's teams lit up SEC defenses back when that actually meant something.

Let's look at Spurrier's offensive scoring per game average, where it ranked in the SEC, and how close his was to the next team (either below or above) each year.

1990 - 2nd, 0.6 ppg behind Tennessee
1991 - 1st, 3.1 ppg ahead of Alabama
1992 - 4th, 6.9 ppg behind Georgia
1993 - 2nd, 0.8 ppg behind Tennessee
1994 - 1st, 8.8 ppg ahead of Auburn
1995 - 1st, 6.4 ppg ahead of South Carolina
1996 - 1st, 10.6 ppg ahead of Tennessee
1997 - 1st, 3.1 ppg ahead of Tennessee
1998 - 4th, 4.2 ppg behind Kentucky
1999 - 1st, 0.2 ppg ahead of Tennessee
2000 - 1st, 3.5 ppg ahead of Mississippi State
2001 - 1st, 9.3 ppg ahead of Ole Miss

In 12 seasons as the coach of Florida, he led the league in scoring in 8 of them. This is in a defensive league that was pretty much solely focused on shutting down his offense the whole time he was there.

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I would argue that proximity is still somewhat important. One thing will never change in this game and that’s the youth of the players. These are still teenagers who haven’t been far away from their families before. Many of them still want to be in easy driving distance from mom and dad.

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It will be interesting to see how it works out.

UGA under Smart has morphed from being Georgia centric with recruiting to being nationally focused for their top recruits and then falling back on GA players for the bottom half of the roster. And that changed prior to NIL. Bama was that way a decade before Georgia, going national for top players and local for roster depth.

UGA under Richt and before would have 2/3rds of their class come from GA. THis past year it was 10 out of 29... or about 1/3rd... from the state of GA.

Usce has three 10 win seasons in it’s history, all coached by spurrier