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Great poll on Athlon web site - Best coaching jobs in
Apr 14, 2015, 4:46 PM
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the SEC. Love the first part of the first line under USC (ranked 8th by the way). Also the end.
"South Carolina has little to no history of success but has shown it has the makings of a powerful program. The fan support has always been excellent despite traditionally bad football teams. The stadium is one of the best in the nation, the athletic department has proven it wants to provide the necessary support financially and the recruiting base is fertile. However, the complete lack of high-level winning keeps this job from being elite. The Gamecocks were the most polarizing program in this poll, getting one first-place vote, a third-place vote and five votes of 10th or worse."
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So you're saying Spurrier would make more money coaching
Apr 14, 2015, 4:48 PM
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Clemson?
I'm not sure what your point is..
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Re: Great poll on Athlon web site - Best coaching jobs in
Apr 14, 2015, 4:52 PM
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I dislike them but they do have great support for a perennial doormat. I give them that. Of course I attribute it to them being delusional
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They are the same kind of people who would continue.....
Apr 14, 2015, 4:57 PM
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to buy Happy Meals even if McDonalds starting putting glass fragments and razor blades in the ground beef.
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LOL..."the stadium is one of the best in the nation" ?!?!?
Apr 14, 2015, 4:55 PM
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The writer lost all credibility with that rediculous statement.
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Re: LOL..."the stadium is one of the best in the nation" ?!?!?
Apr 14, 2015, 7:26 PM
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Their fan base creates great atmosphere at WB but the stadium itself is a concrete monstrosity in a rundown, ugly ### area.
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Yea....
Apr 15, 2015, 7:44 AM
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I'm particularly impressed by all of the mullets, the chicken in a dress, the fake smoke, the cheesy high school entrance, and especially their traditional third quarter mass exodus.
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maybe Wes "Darius" Rucker?***
Apr 15, 2015, 8:27 AM
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8th place in the SEC ? Bout right ?
Apr 14, 2015, 5:12 PM
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They should order the rings now !!!
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Re: Great poll on Athlon web site - Best coaching jobs in
Apr 14, 2015, 5:16 PM
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> the SEC. Love the first part of the first line under > USC (ranked 8th by the way). Also the end. > > "South Carolina has little to no history of success > but has shown it has the makings of a powerful > program. The fan support has always been excellent > despite traditionally bad football teams. The stadium > is one of the best in the nation, the athletic > department has proven it wants to provide the > necessary support financially and the recruiting base > is fertile. However, the complete lack of high-level > winning keeps this job from being elite. The > Gamecocks were the most polarizing program in this > poll, getting one first-place vote, a third-place > vote and five votes of 10th or worse."
I would agree...except that the stadium, while large, is more than a bit of a dump. And given the school's physical location and lack of upper-echelon academics, there's a bit of an...element there that tends to scare the really good kids away.
South Carolina's a good gig. It pays well and you do get a very large fan base that doesn't have a lot of expectations, even if they do tend to bail on you at halftime.
Against, that, you have to balance that against the fact that you're playing UGA, UF, Tennessee, and Mizzou every year, and you're sharing a state with another big-time program like Clemson. It's a tough, tough place to win consistently at and it does tend to draw in older coaches like Holtz and Spurrier whose coaching stock and energy maybe wasn't what it used to be.
Who follows Spurrier? Don't know, but given their recent run on JUCO's and the overall run-down talent level of their roster - along with the fact that UT is now clearly on the rise again - I do think it might be a bit of a tough sell to a younger hot-name coach. Unless they're willing to roll the dice with a younger guy already on staff like we did with Dabo, it's a full-on rebuild for them. Probably with another older guy who's been out of the game for awhile.
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Which begs the question - how do we ever
Apr 14, 2015, 6:05 PM
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lose to that bunch?! Ever?!? Especially 5 in a row....
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Re: Which begs the question - how do we ever
Apr 14, 2015, 6:21 PM
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Out of sympathy
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Re: Which begs the question - how do we ever
Apr 14, 2015, 7:58 PM
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Two things:
1. Spurrier 2. An unusually strong run of Palmetto State players with premium talent and Gamecock leanings
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Orange Blooded [4896]
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"gamecock leanings" = Rock Hill booster
Apr 15, 2015, 12:18 AM
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And jobs for key player's dads. The instate talent is a little lower and maybe since Whitneygate the cash isn't flowing as freely. They also lost Lawing and Ellis.
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Re: Great poll on Athlon web site - Best coaching jobs in
Apr 14, 2015, 6:27 PM
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And your point is?
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"One first place vote...."
Apr 15, 2015, 8:15 AM
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Uhhh.....what?!?!?
Best coaching job in sec?!?! Over Bama, lsu, auburn, uga, florida, tennessee...???
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