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re: Where would you rank Steve Spurrier all time as a coach?
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:40 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:40 am to RollTide1987
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You're assuming I'm directly comparing the two. I am not
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Two things (the SEC sucked in the 70s and 90s) can be true at the same time.
You aren't? Coulda fooled me
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But as terrible as it was, three different programs managed to win conference championships (Alabama, Georgia, and LSU
WGAS? There wasn't an SECCG back then and you only played 6 occasionally 7 conference games and Bama was the only team competing for NC's.
Also,there woulda been probably
4 different teams in the 90's had AU not been on probation.
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1977 (Mississippi State had to forfeit their win against Kentucky that year), that makes four teams that won conference titles in the 70s - compared to the three that won conference titles in the 90s.
Wait,I thought you weren't comparing decades? And why are even attempting to compare a conference champion who played 6 games and no SECCG to and 8 game conference schedule plus the conference title game plus a NC game?
Also are you forgetting the Spurrier also had to go through FSU and occasionally play Miami OOC?
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Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:42 am to TrueLefty
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Never could get the east division. Pinkel took it away 2 times from him!
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:43 am to RD Dawg
He's a great coach and that's coming from a Mizzou fan.
Anyone that knows football knows that what he did at South Carolina is an achievement more than what he did at Florida. Especially at his age.
Anyone that knows football knows that what he did at South Carolina is an achievement more than what he did at Florida. Especially at his age.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:43 am to RD Dawg
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Also are you forgetting the Spurrier also had to go through FSU and occasionally play Miami OOC?
Hence why I said, as good as Florida was in the 90s they were still only the third best program in the state of Florida.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:46 am to PanhandleDawg
I love Mizzou but just like all fanbases, we get our delusional ones just as much as everyone else.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:51 am to roadGator
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What’s that have to do with his distaste of recruiting? That’s well known. You people just like to argue.
This was the quote I responded to
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quote]He didn’t like recruiting enough. If he did, oh boy
It wasn't wether he liked recruiting or not.It was the fact that he recruited very well. The "Oh Boy" implication is that he really woulda killed it had he recruited better...when he was already recruiting at a high level.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 10:54 am to RD Dawg
That wasn’t the implication. Your love of arguing led you to changing my words.
He didn’t like recruiting. If he did he would have been even better at it. Think Bobby Bowden. He loved recruiting when compared to Spurrier.
He didn’t like recruiting. If he did he would have been even better at it. Think Bobby Bowden. He loved recruiting when compared to Spurrier.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:00 am to RollTide1987
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Hence why I said, as good as Florida was in the 90s they were still only the third best program in the state of Florida
Miami wasn't better than Florida in the 90's and FSU comes no where close to the '90's success had they played in the SEC instead of the very bad ACC.
It was the reason FSU turned down the SEC invite and Bobby Bowden admitted it.
Geez,WTH is it with the Humps and admitting Spurriers success
and dominance over your program ?
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:02 am to UKWildcats
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I believe we tied Georgia or Florida that year for a share.
It was Georgia.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:10 am to roadGator
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That wasn’t the implication
It wasn't? What did it mean then?
If he did he would have been even better at it.
He finished top 5 multiple years.Are you saying he woulda been better the Bowden? Next the Saban,Bowden was probably the best of all time.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:12 am to RD Dawg
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FSU comes no where close to the '90's success had they played in the SEC instead of the very bad ACC.
And we're done.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:12 am to roadGator
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Your love of arguing led you to changing my words
What? I changed your words?
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:24 am to RD Dawg
You made up an implication rather
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:26 am to RD Dawg
If he didn’t have a distaste for recruiting would he have likely done at least a bit better?
Jeebus. You just love to argue for no good reason.
Jeebus. You just love to argue for no good reason.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:39 am to roadGator
FSU in the 90s was ridiculously stacked. As Spurrier put it, we eventually found out their schollies were worth more than ours (and anyone elses).
They consistently had the most talented rosters in the country.
Combine that with Tenn consistently being top 5-10 and Bama/AU having some great years in the early to mid 90's and Spurrier had some tough schedules, despite the SEC being top heavy.
They consistently had the most talented rosters in the country.
Combine that with Tenn consistently being top 5-10 and Bama/AU having some great years in the early to mid 90's and Spurrier had some tough schedules, despite the SEC being top heavy.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:45 am to roadGator
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If he didn’t have a distaste for recruiting would he have likely done at least a bit better?
He finished in the top 5 multiple years and was obviously good at it.Lots of folks who have a "distaste" for certain tasks can still be very good at it...which he was.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:55 am to MullenBoys
Top 20.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:57 am to redeye
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He dominated the SEC while it was down and then dominated the SEC East while it was down
You forget that Tennessee in the 90s was a top 10 team every year.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 11:59 am to bamameister
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The second mistake that followed his career was deciding to take on a historically bad, second-tier SEC team when he hated to recruit.
Yet he went 33-6 in three straight years and finished in the top four one of those years.
Your statement is invalid.
Posted on 11/18/20 at 12:23 pm to MullenBoys
Top shelf coach.
Certainly top 10 per cent all time.
Certainly top 10 per cent all time.
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