🏈 Spurrier retiring?

[RollllTide!]

We are going to miss this coach a lot.
He really has a lot of passion and
enjoys the game.

 

[TheChief]

I will miss the HBC. Like him or not, he was always entertaining.

I'll get my entertainment watching sports, not listening to him flapping his gums. I knew, two years ago, when he started talking about not having to work as long as Saban that the ol' Ball Coach was on his way out.

Goodbye. Good riddance.

 

[TerryP]

I knew, two years ago, when he started talking about not having to work as long

Bragging, coming off of a good year at UofSC, but with NO foundation for future success.

Yeah, go ahead and criticize recruiting ... find yourself at Cincy in a few years.

 

[rammerjammer]

I was thinking Spurrier has never had a losing season, but a quick look at Wikipedia shows his first year at Duke as 5-6. Guess he will bookend his career with losing seasons.

I thought that he might not have ever wanted a losing record...IDK, I do find it odd that he "retires" mid season as well.

 

[BamaFisher]

It does give South Carolina a jump on finding a coach...maybe he stepped out early to help the University land a good hire.

 

[PhillyGirl]

 

[OldPlayer]

It does give South Carolina a jump on finding a coach...maybe he stepped out early to help the University land a good hire.

It helps them evaluate and make a good list of candidates, but no coach will express interest or interview until after the season is over. If the coach is good at a bigger program, then discussions will be after the bowl game. If it's an up-and-coming coach at a school that may go to the Belk Bowl, then he might skip the bowl and leave early for USCe.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

In the off-season, there was interest voiced from the Smart family they were interested in the HC job in Cola. That leans me towards the opinion this isn't something "out of the blue," but wasn't set in stone either. (FWIW, a change in the staff at that position for the Tide wouldn't be a bad thing, IMO.)

On a little bit of an unrelated note: How many of you guys remember the talk we heard (stopped hearing it a couple/few years ago) about SOS retiring with the all-time SEC wins total? His retirement leaves him 25-30 wins short of Coach Bryant ... and I think seven SEC titles short of Bryant.

On a FWIW note: Bryant, Spurrier, Vaught, and Fulmer are the only coaches who have more conference wins than Saban (start of 2015 season) if my math is correct. Saban is roughly 10 conference wins away from passing Fulmer for 4th place, all time.

I believe that would be for fifth place. You forgot Dooley (Vince, not Derek). Vaught (106-41-10) , Dooley (105-41-4), Spurrier (131-50) and Bryant (159-46-9) are ahead of Fulmer (98-36). This year and two more really good years could have Saban (85-24 at the season's beginning) behind just Spurrier and Bryant.

RTR,

Tim

 

[PhillyGirl]

Spurrier "resigning, not retiring" .. says he was "recruiting liability" .. "I'll be former Head Ball Coach now"

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Spurrier, himself, doesn't bother me. What has always irritated me some, is they way folks (media) hold him to a different standard than other coaches. He gets away with everything, because, "He's the head ball coach... he'll say and do anything!" Any other coach would be getting roasted today, especially after walking away (in the middle of a season) just a couple months after his little impromptu press conference where he chided the media for reporting that he was near the end of his rope. He gets away with it though, because, "He's the head ball coach... he'll say and do anything!" Been that way for years... yawn...

 

[TheChief]

 

[TerryP]

Spurrier, himself, doesn't bother me. What has always irritated me some, is they way folks (media) hold him to a different standard than other coaches. He gets away with everything, because, "He's the head ball coach... he'll say and do anything!" Any other coach would be getting roasted today, especially after walking away (in the middle of a season) just a couple months after his little impromptu press conference where he chided the media for reporting that he was near the end of his rope. He gets away with it though, because, "He's the head ball coach... he'll say and do anything!" Been that way for years... yawn...

The snickers and giggles seen when Spurrier made his comments about Saban and the time he spent recruiting amused me. I find it very duplicitous to find these same people are now talking about how much he disliked (and wasn't really good with) recruiting. The notion that assistants were having to, literally, beg him to make phone calls to kids demonstrates a lazy approach to the "head ball coaching" position.

 

[UAgrad93]

He definitely made the forward pass a fun thing to watch. A lot of people skipped over the fact of what a good job he did with the Duke program. They automatically jump to UF and USCe.

 

[RollllTide!]

These are some funny quotes he made.