OT: Ole Ball Coach Retires

Tressel's OC at ISU? Sarkesian as QB coach? Edsell as DC? Beckman as Special Teams coach? Rhoads as cheerleading coach? It's all coming together.
 
I'm guessing some personal reason for retiring. Maybe medical problem. Hopefully he just felt he didn't have the desire anymore. Maybe he felt that way before the season but didn't want to let people down. Who knows. Wish him well in retirement.
 
Because he's a selfish pr!ck....all about him, always has been, always will be.

A real man would have continued through the end of the season, like he expects his players too.

No surprise.
 
Seth53 said:
Because he's a selfish pr!ck....all about him, always has been, always will be.

A real man would have continued through the end of the season, like he expects his players too.

No surprise.
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It's because he's actually an old ball coach, at 70, whose team isn't very good, and he decided to tap out and play golf the rest of his life.
 
SteveGarvey said:
It's because he's actually an old ball coach, at 70, whose team isn't very good, and he decided to tap out and play golf the rest of his life.
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He'll have plenty of time to polish and re-polish that Heisman trophy.

One of the best victories I've ever seen in person was the 31-10 dismantling of his not-so-game-coks in the Outback bowl.
 
gohawkz said:
It's weird that a coach with his career calls it quits in the middle of a season.
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I agree. What makes it even worse, is the show he put on during a press conference earlier in the year. I remember him getting really mad, and saying that he's sick of hearing the retirement rumors, and he's not retiring anytime soon. You can never tell about coaches anymore. One that really sticks out to me was Saban in 04 when he said the he was 100% committed to LSU and he's not going anywhere. Then a couple days later, he was introduced as the new coach at for the Dolphins. College football is a cut throat world! Lol
 
Just watched the show about him on ESPNU. Pretty good. Highly respected, even by his rivals. What he did at Duke was pretty remarkable.

The ol' visor throw.

Don't know if I liked him, but he was one of the greats. The ol' ball coach.
 
docholihawk said:
I'm guessing some personal reason for retiring. Maybe medical problem. Hopefully he just felt he didn't have the desire anymore. Maybe he felt that way before the season but didn't want to let people down. Who knows. Wish him well in retirement.
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That's unfortunately what I think as well...something personal with him or family is going on...a coach like that doesn't quit 1/2 way through a season, he sticks it out, maybe announcing it will be over and helping with some transition....his season may not be going great, but it doesn't appear he was forced out. Unless perhaps maybe he was in the midst of his own contract negotiations, and didn't like something and gave his AD and SC a big FU. Hopefully it's not a health thing.
 
"First of all, I'm resigning and not retiring," Spurrier said Tuesday. "I doubt if I'll ever be a head coach again ... but don't say I've retired completely. Who knows what will come in the future?

"My answer has always been the same: If it starts going south, starts going bad, then I need to get out. ... It's time for me to get out of the way and give somebody else a go at it."

"Our players need to hear a new message," Spurrier said. "Sometimes you change quarterbacks. Sometimes you need to change the head coach. We'll see if it helps out. I hope it does because this school deserves a winner."

"It's their turn to have a go at it. It's their turn to see what they can do," Spurrier said. "That's simply it, right there. It's time for me to move on and time for South Carolina to start rebuilding a bit."
 
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I think he has been a HC for 25 years and never had a losing season. (someone fact check me)

It feels like SC will have a losing season this year. Maybe his ego told him to get out before he spoiled his 25 yr accomplishment?

Regardless of our personal feelings, he is a HOF coach and excelled as a player. He took Florida and SC to new heights. If anyone can say "Football was my life", it's him. He was probably reading a playbook when he came out of the womb.
 
alexzelada said:
I think he has been a HC for 25 years and never had a losing season. (someone fact check me)

It feels like SC will have a losing season this year. Maybe his ego told him to get out before he spoiled his 25 yr accomplishment?

Regardless of our personal feelings, he is a HOF coach and excelled as a player. He took Florida and SC to new heights. If anyone can say "Football was my life", it's him. He was probably reading a playbook when he came out of the womb.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Spurrier

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and call your fact correct. His only losing season (full season) was his first CFB season where he went 5-6 at Duke in 1987. So to have 1 losing season (and not by much, 5-6 isn't really horrid at Duke, and he only had one 6-6 season) in 28 years is pretty awesome. I mean, that's easily HoF coaching stuff. I don't particularly care for him, but the dude deserves some respect for stepping down when he was clearly not coaching his team to the level of success he'd historically had (28 years????). I hope he does retire, he's earned it.
 
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