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Steve Spurrier Writes Letter To South Carolina Fans
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Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports
After a 2-4, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier stepped down from his position. On Tuesday night, Spurrier wrote this letter to Gamecocks fans explaining his decision...
quote:You can read the rest of the letter here.
In the last few years when asked how much longer I plan to coach, I have said often that if our team is going in the wrong direction I need to resign and allow someone else to take over as head coach here. After six games, we were 2-4 with two blow-outs by Georgia and LSU. We were behind at halftime against UCF (a team that went 0-12 this year). We were definitely going in the wrong direction. I felt that I was doing a lousy job as head coach and a change would help our team become more competitive.
I told our team after I resigned that they needed new leadership, new enthusiasm and a new plan. By stepping aside, this allowed Shawn Elliott the opportunity to change our direction, change our attitude, and hopefully, he could be named head coach after the season. If this happens, some of our assistant coaches would be retained, and this was a major reason for me to get out of the way. Also, by resigning, I forfeited the buyout clause in my contract that saved our university three million dollars.
I certainly believe, as the media has said, that our team played better after I resigned. Shawn Elliott did an excellent job getting this team prepared to play with enthusiasm and effort the rest of our season. Unfortunately, the close games turned into close losses...
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Carolina_Girl's jimmies are so rustled that my jimmies are becoming uncomfortable :/
Reply•78 months
He took the damn $3 million. Frickin' lying a-hole. Pastides gave it to him and he accepted it and has remained on the University's payroll and will remain there until the end of December. And he mentions he was hoping by his stepping down that Elliott AND SOME ASSISTANTS would be retained. There's the real issue at play, boys and girls. His two sons. He was trying to secure their jobs by endorsing Elliott in the hope that Elliott, if chosen, would retain that staff. The only thing truthful in that entire damn letter is that he was doing a shitty job.
Reply•78 months
I appreciate that he acknowledges whats obvious, he was doing a shitty job. Tanner gave him the 3 mil anyway, so this is somewhat bulljive. He should have stuck around and taken his medicine with this pathetic team he put together...
Reply•78 months
Thracken13
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142and yet if he stayed there, and they tanked worse than they did and the university paid his buyout - you guys trashing him for his decision, would be trashing him for "robbing" the university of 3 mil.
Reply•78 months
pdawg411
411I see. It was either resign or be forced to receive the $3M buyout. No way would the university keep the money if Steve quietly returned it to them or simply refused it at the end of the season.
Good work trying to cover your poor sportsmanship. SoS has always been poor winner and a sore loser.
Good work trying to cover your poor sportsmanship. SoS has always been poor winner and a sore loser.
Reply•78 months
I dunno what you are talking about for three million dollars I would lose every game by 50 points and sleep like a baby.
Reply•78 months
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