Source:Spurrier Might Retire After Tomorrow's Game

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#26
Another pick . . . Garcia has been just awful. And the biggest problem is that SC is going to have to keep on throwing because they have no running game that they can let a young QB lean on.
 
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#29
For those of you keeping score at home, that's now 108-20 that SC has been outscored in their last 10 quarters of play. Ihateorange is somewhere under a coffee table mumbling incoherently about the program being on the way up.
 
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Funny article on Spurrier.

TAMPA — Time was, his visor would have been airborne. Time was, his veins would have bulged as if golf club shafts were imbedded in his neck.
Time was, Steve Spurrier would have chewed the face off anyone who dared suggest he kick a field goal.
A field goal? Are you kidding me? With two minutes left? With a 24-point deficit? In a medium cut of a bowl called the Outback?
Yet, there Spurrier stood, calm as a pond without ripples, sending a kicker onto the field to salvage the last three points of the season.
Why? Because, as Spurrier explained it, losing 31-10 didn't sound as bad as losing 31-7.
Oh. In that case, well, congratulations.
On the other hand, wouldn't you have expected a little more from Spurrier?
After all, this is Coach Superior, remember? This is the man who once led the nation in creativity and swagger and fire. On fourth and 10, on his last offensive call of the season, wouldn't you have expected an explosive play from a strange formation by an efficient quarterback?
And while we're asking, in Spurrier's fourth season wouldn't you have expected more than what the Gamecocks brought to Raymond James Stadium on Thursday?
I know, I know. There are easier places to win than South Carolina. It's going to be tough for anyone, including Spurrier, to be great there. By now, however, wouldn't you have expected his teams to at least be dangerous? Wouldn't you have expected them to keep a few defensive coordinators up at night?
And yet, his offense plods along, as if he had brought former Florida coach Doug Dickey's playbook along with him instead of his own. There has been very little fun and even less gun.
Consider this: South Carolina threw an interception on its second play of the game. It fumbled on its fourth. It threw another interception on its 12th play. And another on its 19th. It fumbled on its 30th. All in all, it was the worst day Spurrier has had that did not include the words "Dan" or "Snyder."
And despite it all, no visors flew.
"We did some decent things in the middle of the year, but lately we've really struggled," Spurrier said. "We've got to get back to running the ball, run the ball, run the ball and throw some play-action."
Run the ball? Spurrier?
For a coach whose teams have played for national championships, whose players have been in the running for Heismans, these must be frustrating days. More than anything, Spurrier has been known as a competitive cuss who can't stand finishing second, even in Outback Bowls.
Once, he played the big rooms. Once, he brought rock 'n' roll to the stodgy old SEC, a league that thought you had to run the ball between the tackles 30 times a game to merit consideration.
Now, Spurrier strikes you as a former rock star playing the back room at the Holiday Inn. Maybe he'll have another hit someday. Maybe not.
That's the price of coaching at South Carolina. It doesn't have the unrealistic expectations of Florida, and it doesn't have the meddling ownership Spurrier found in the NFL. But the type of success he has had? It's hard to get there from South Carolina.
Did you watch him on the sideline? Do you think Danny Wuerffel did? Or Terry Dean?
These days, Spurrier pats his quarterbacks on the back instead of screaming in their faces. That's part of the deal, too. Stephen Garcia needs a lot more nurturing than he needs screaming. With Wuerffel, Spurrier could go ballistic because Wuerffel had everything around him to succeed. Garcia? Not so much.
Eventually, perhaps, Garcia will grow into the quarterback Spurrier seeks. Eventually, perhaps, the tumblers will drop just right and the Gamecocks can have that once-in-a-lifetime season.
After all, no one wants to see Spurrier wind up as just another coach of just another team losing in just another bowl game.
With Spurrier, the expectations have always been more than that.
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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier far from his old self in Outback Bowl loss to Iowa - St. Petersburg Times
 
#38
#38
One has to wonder if he will come back another year just to see if he can help his son establish a coaching career.
 
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Lexvol said:
One has to wonder if he will come back another year just to see if he can help his son establish a coaching career.
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Thats what Bobby Knight did.

Knight came back for the sole purpose if getting the team comfortable and then resigning to give his son the job.

Another thing that won't help is that South Carolina is losing 8 starters from their "Goon Squad" defense that carried them last season.
 
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RNVol said:
Thats what Bobby Knight did.

Knight came back for the sole purpose if getting the team comfortable and then resigning to give his son the job.

Another thing that won't help is that South Carolina is losing 8 starters from their "Goon Squad" defense that carried them last season.
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It is hard to imagine that they will be anymore consistent next year than they were this year.

He looks tired.
 
#41
#41
After yesterday's disaster he should give it serious consideration. I really don't have the numbers. But i'd say steve-o has lost just about as many games at south carolina than he did his entire time at florida. Spurrier should have never took the pro gig and stayed at florida. I bet he regrets that whole deal.
 
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Cartervol said:
After yesterday's disaster he should give it serious consideration. I really don't have the numbers. But i'd say steve-o has lost just about as many games at south carolina than he did his entire time at florida. Spurrier should have never took the pro gig and stayed at florida. I bet he regrets that whole deal.
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He's 5 losses shy of tying that mark but knowing how average Sc has been I wouldn't be surprised if he reached that mark.

The sad thing about the school is that they can't blame him for not being average because hes on par or better than every former coach at Sc.
 
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RNVol said:
Thats what Bobby Knight did.

Knight came back for the sole purpose if getting the team comfortable and then resigning to give his son the job.

Another thing that won't help is that South Carolina is losing 8 starters from their "Goon Squad" defense that carried them last season.
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It's also what Lou tried to do at SCe - didn't work out too well. I don't think it works for Spurrier either.
 
#45
#45
I don't want him tired. I want him hungry and ready for a fight on Halloween!!!!

That sorry excuse is gonna take the fun out of beatin' him isn't he. Gah, I hate that man.
 
#46
#46
It’s painful watching South Carolina and The Ball Coach: I did not think it was possible for a team coached by Steve Spurrier to look so bad. We all knew that South Carolina really didn’t belong in a New Year’s Day bowl (the Outback) because the Gamecocks were so disjointed at the end of the season. Part of me thought Spurrier would rally his troops and put forth a really good effort against a decent Iowa team. Instead what South Carolina fans got was a pretty embarrassing performance. Iowa kicked South Carolina’s butts in just about every possible way and the Gamecocks finished 7-6. Now we get word that two of South Carolina’s best players—cornerback Captain Munnerlyn and linebacker Eric Norwood—are going to leave school early and turn pro. There needs to be a lot of soul searching in that football program in the offseason because something is not right.

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#47
#47
His defense is going to be gutted by graduations and early departures for the NFL. His offense is terrible, and will lose his 2 best playmakers in McKinley and Cook.

Spurrier's looking at something between 4-8 and 7-5 next year. If he returns to coach them next year, he may not have the option of "retirement" after the 09 season. They might make the decision for him.
 
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Jaytrain5 said:
His defense is going to be gutted by graduations and early departures for the NFL. His offense is terrible, and will lose his 2 best playmakers in McKinley and Cook.

Spurrier's looking at something between 4-8 and 7-5 next year. If he returns to coach them next year, he may not have the option of "retirement" after the 09 season. They might make the decision for him.
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I agree. This was the year they were supposed to have their best shot at competing with the big boys. Even without early departures they were going to take a hit. Now with those two leaving as well there are some huge holes to fill.

I see no reason to believe their offense will step it up and help out next year.
 
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Jaytrain5 said:
His defense is going to be gutted by graduations and early departures for the NFL. His offense is terrible, and will lose his 2 best playmakers in McKinley and Cook.

Spurrier's looking at something between 4-8 and 7-5 next year. If he returns to coach them next year, he may not have the option of "retirement" after the 09 season. They might make the decision for him.
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but he has some QBs returning...
 
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