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re: Why is nobody calling Spurrier out on his bitch move?
Posted on 10/13/15 at 3:56 pm to PocketAces
Posted on 10/13/15 at 3:56 pm to PocketAces
no no trust me. i do
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Posted on 10/13/15 at 3:57 pm to PocketAces
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No. i know how they feel because as a former college athlete and professional athlete i know what it means to be a team and i know the role that coaches play in that team.
All coaches have to leave someday, right?
When do you think a good time to leave is?
After the regular season is over? November? In February?
There's recruiting to think of. There's finding a replacement coach. There's a lot of variables at play. It's extremely high stakes. There's a lot more at stake than just the feelings of the players.
It would be a bitch move by Spurrier to leave now if he was doing it to *intentionally* hurt South Carolina. I've heard absolutely zero indication that this is the case. Ray Tanner, a guy you should respect as basically the Skip Bertman of South Carolina, has given zero indication that Spurrier meant to hurt Carolina or that he has.
If Ray Tanner isn't calling out Spurrier, why are you?
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:00 pm to PocketAces
no - you are speaking of your experience - but as each person is different, and each situation is different - you cannot say for sure you know exactly how the other people feel - which is what the other guy was saying.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:01 pm to BrerTiger
there are ZERO studies that show that leaving at the end of the year is any more detrimental then one who quits mid season. I guess many of you just don't know or understand the concept of a commitment. when Spurrier shook the hand of his future players and said come play for me next season...or did he say half season bc I'm gonna quit if we start losing....
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:02 pm to PocketAces
quote:youre right. this is totally the same situation that you had as an athlete and you know exactly what is going on in the heads of the 85 members of the south carolina football team because you played baseball
. I guess many of you just don't know or understand the concept of a commitment. when Spurrier shook the hand of his future players and said come play for me next season...or did he say half season bc I'm gonna quit if we start losing..
This post was edited on 10/13/15 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:04 pm to PocketAces
Maybe Spurrier is sick and has a health issue that he hasn't told anyone about?
Ever think about that, OP?
Ever think about that, OP?
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:06 pm to PocketAces
Damn...did some coach frick you over?
Cause you sure are taking this personally.
Cause you sure are taking this personally.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:09 pm to PocketAces
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I guess many of you just don't know or understand the concept of a commitment.
Oh, for crying out loud.
That's what you're getting at?
Sales pitches that coaches make to recruits in your mind equal ironclad commitments?
At the end of the day, the most important thing to an athletic director is the trajectory of the program. Spurrier recognized where things were heading and did himself and the AD a favor. Commitments made to players during recruiting sales pitches matter very little in these decisions.
This is business, not personal.
Perhaps it's no accident Spurrier indicated he might enjoy coaching at the high school level. Precisely the level where he would be free to coach without having to prove anything to keep his job. He recognized the level of excellence required to compete in the SEC and assessed that he could no longer get his team to compete at that level.
You call him a coward and say it's a bitch move because he made that assessment and said to the AD I think it's time. I say it's a sign of maturity.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:14 pm to Carolina_Girl
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Damn...did some coach frick you over?
Cause you sure are taking this personally.
No not personally.... but have known athletes personally throughout my career who have been. And its honestly something i don't expect the large majority of people to understand...but recruitment process(especially in top tier programs) is intense. These coaches come into players houses and do everything they can to gain a players trust and the WORST thing a coach could ever do is leave mid season. And for Football players.. a head coach becomes a father/mentor figure for many of the players.
This post was edited on 10/13/15 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:16 pm to Carolina_Girl
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And he didn't retire...he resigned.
True. I found it sort of interesting that he made that distinction.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:18 pm to montanagator
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Just because Kentucky's greatest coach is best remembered as the villain in a real life sports movie doesn't mean you have to be a bitch.
whine some more Nancy. Shouldn't you be juicing for the big game anyway? 
Posted on 10/13/15 at 4:23 pm to PocketAces
Posted on 10/13/15 at 5:28 pm to BrerTiger
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I guess many of you just don't know or understand the concept of a commitment.
Oh, for crying out loud.
That's what you're getting at?
Sales pitches that coaches make to recruits in your mind equal ironclad commitments?
At the end of the day, the most important thing to an athletic director is the trajectory of the program. Spurrier recognized where things were heading and did himself and the AD a favor. Commitments made to players during recruiting sales pitches matter very little in these decisions.
This is business, not personal.
Perhaps it's no accident Spurrier indicated he might enjoy coaching at the high school level. Precisely the level where he would be free to coach without having to prove anything to keep his job. He recognized the level of excellence required to compete in the SEC and assessed that he could no longer get his team to compete at that level.
You call him a coward and say it's a bitch move because he made that assessment and said to the AD I think it's time. I say it's a sign of maturity.
Quitting IS cowardly. He created this mess, and IS leaving his kids to deal with it alone. There is nothing productive being accomplished by him not finishing the season.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 5:44 pm to Sweets
He did it for the betterment of the program. It's much easier to start the coaching search NOW than it is in December. Teams that have a coach quit or be fired mid-season have a much easier time.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 5:48 pm to AUstar
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December. Teams that have a coach quit or be fired mid-season have a much easier time.
can you document any of this or is this just your own idiotic conjecture? And you really think a month and a half is really is that significant in the hiring process for a college football coach? they could have a qualified coach picked out in less than a week.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 5:59 pm to PocketAces
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can you document any of this or is this just your own idiotic conjecture? And you really think a month and a half is really is that significant in the hiring process for a college football coach? they could have a qualified coach picked out in less than a week.
Carolina is one of 5, that's FIVE, FBS teams hunting for a new coach. And it's only October 13.
Timing matters a great deal. It's huge.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 6:20 pm to PocketAces
quote:Because it isn't a bitch move.
Why is nobody calling Spurrier out on his bitch move?
Posted on 10/13/15 at 6:34 pm to PocketAces
It was a bitch move. His mother raised a quitter. Pathetic.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 7:01 pm to The Tide Rises
I don't know what some of you are talking about. Spurrier is doing what is best for this program. He always has. Count me as one grateful Gamecock fan.
Posted on 10/13/15 at 7:08 pm to PocketAces
I'm sure he's heartbroken by your lack of respect.
Learn to spell Petrino, go get yourself a blow job and fricking relax.
Learn to spell Petrino, go get yourself a blow job and fricking relax.
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