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CaneFan79
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Nope, they will use it as an excuse to cheap out with another MAC Head Coach...
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So the worst coach in America still has his job while ones who have beaten him or have actually won games that matter are losing theirs. I don't think Strong gets fired after beating UT, but if he does, there is another one who has beaten Al out of work. Frigging amazing that Al still has his job. Certainly one of these school will give Butch a look but I think Miami is his beat shot at winning. SC is not much different than UNC. Maryland is a wasteland going against two of the best coaches in football. At Miami, he gets past Jimbo and is in the playoffs. At Miami he plays for NC in 4 years.
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Georgia might be on that list if they don't win the East.
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YOu snooze, you lose.
Blake's a loser - so he'll wait until January, and have to hire a badminton coach for UM.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier told his players and coaches Monday night that he is retiring immediately, sources told ESPN.com, and the plan is for somebody else to coach the team the rest of the season.
Spurrier's retirement was first reported by SI.com.
An interim coach will be named Tuesday, sources said.
Spurrier, the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach, also informed South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner of his decision to step down, sources said. This came after the Gamecocks lost their fourth straight SEC game Saturday to LSU.
Spurrier, 70, was close to stepping down at the end of last season after the Gamecocks dipped to 7-6 on the heels of three straight 11-win seasons and three straight top-10 finishes nationally, but he elected to return. The Gamecocks have lost eight of their past nine SEC games dating to last season.
They are 2-4 overall this season and 0-4 in the SEC, sitting seventh in the SEC East.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach. He led the team to three straight top-10 finishes before last season. AP Photo/John Bazemore
One possibility to coach out the rest of the season for the Gamecocks is current defensive coordinator Jon Hoke, who is in his first season with the Gamecocks. He was brought in after South Carolina struggled on that side of the ball last season.
Other possibilities are quarterbacks/tight ends coach G.A. Mangus and co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Shawn Elliott.
Spurrier, fed up with the age questions and critics suggesting that his best coaching days were behind him, went on the offensive before this season began.
"We were 11-2 and ranked fourth in the country this time a year ago, and nobody said a **** word about my age," Spurrier said. "Now, a year later, I'm suddenly too old, and we're on our way down.
"I just want our fans to know that we're going to have a good team and recognize that it's our enemies saying these things about Spurrier being washed up and we're not going to be heard from again. Gamecocks out there need to know that I'm going to be here five or six more years, and away we go."
Spurrier said then that he wasn't going to let one down season derail the momentum the program had built since going to the SEC championship game in 2010. Before he arrived in 2005, South Carolina had only one season of double-digit wins in its history.
"I'm smart enough to know when it's time to let somebody else come in and do this, but I'm also smart enough to know that we've beaten Georgia four of the last five years, beaten Florida four of the last five years and beaten Clemson five of the last six years. We're only 3-2 against Tennessee the last five years, and they won a couple of close ones against us, but they've lost 10 in a row to Florida," Spurrier said in July. "So I'd say we've done OK and have a lot more we're going to do."
Spurrier's retirement was first reported by SI.com.
An interim coach will be named Tuesday, sources said.
Spurrier, the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach, also informed South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner of his decision to step down, sources said. This came after the Gamecocks lost their fourth straight SEC game Saturday to LSU.
Spurrier, 70, was close to stepping down at the end of last season after the Gamecocks dipped to 7-6 on the heels of three straight 11-win seasons and three straight top-10 finishes nationally, but he elected to return. The Gamecocks have lost eight of their past nine SEC games dating to last season.
They are 2-4 overall this season and 0-4 in the SEC, sitting seventh in the SEC East.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach. He led the team to three straight top-10 finishes before last season. AP Photo/John Bazemore
One possibility to coach out the rest of the season for the Gamecocks is current defensive coordinator Jon Hoke, who is in his first season with the Gamecocks. He was brought in after South Carolina struggled on that side of the ball last season.
Other possibilities are quarterbacks/tight ends coach G.A. Mangus and co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Shawn Elliott.
Spurrier, fed up with the age questions and critics suggesting that his best coaching days were behind him, went on the offensive before this season began.
"We were 11-2 and ranked fourth in the country this time a year ago, and nobody said a **** word about my age," Spurrier said. "Now, a year later, I'm suddenly too old, and we're on our way down.
"I just want our fans to know that we're going to have a good team and recognize that it's our enemies saying these things about Spurrier being washed up and we're not going to be heard from again. Gamecocks out there need to know that I'm going to be here five or six more years, and away we go."
Spurrier said then that he wasn't going to let one down season derail the momentum the program had built since going to the SEC championship game in 2010. Before he arrived in 2005, South Carolina had only one season of double-digit wins in its history.
"I'm smart enough to know when it's time to let somebody else come in and do this, but I'm also smart enough to know that we've beaten Georgia four of the last five years, beaten Florida four of the last five years and beaten Clemson five of the last six years. We're only 3-2 against Tennessee the last five years, and they won a couple of close ones against us, but they've lost 10 in a row to Florida," Spurrier said in July. "So I'd say we've done OK and have a lot more we're going to do."
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