Spurrier Jr. coming to UK?
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That horse farm his dad bought in Lexington many years ago will now come in quite handy! [laughing]
HBC Jr. would be an incredible get for us. That's why I can't believe it, but so was Vince Marrow and we got him. Dear football coach in the sky, please let us be this lucky.
Would be an amazing hire! He coached pretty much the best wide receivers ever to play at South Carolina including Sydney Rice, Kenny Mcclinley, Alshon Jeffery and now Pharoh Cooper. Also had stops at Florida, Oklahoma and Arizona. Couldn't have asked for a better wr coach if we pull this off. The guy knows wide receivers and he knows how to win!
I think it would be a great hire as well. Plus, it would allow us an inroad into bringing the elder Spurrier around more in a consultant role (which is something he said he would be willing to do when he left USC) I know Stoops, had a very cordial relationship with Spurrier and the Stoops were well respected by Spurrier. So win- win on a number of levels.
And how would that work, exactly? You really believe Stoops would accept having Steve Spurrier second-guessing him? I can't think of any head coach who would tolerate that.
Stoops regularly brings in his brothers to ask for advice and talk about philosophy. I don't know if elder Spurrier would actually come and help us succeed, but whether you tolerate advice/constructive criticism or not, you listen to one of the most successful and hard-nosed SEC coaches in history. If I was struggling and my *** was on the line, you bet I'd take advice from Spurrier and bounce ideas off each other.
I wonder why he wasn't retained by Muschamp? The guy is one helluva WR coach. Or was it simply a case of Spurrier Jr. not wanting to work for Muschamp? I couldn't say I would blame him in the least if that were the case.
Ah well, if their loss can become our gain, I'll take it. I don't think one could find a WR coach with a better resume than Spurrier Jr. He's had some amazing receivers while at South Carolina. What I am curious about is his recruiting ability. Being he was the recruiting coordinator down there, he must have been pretty good in that capacity. Maybe he can give us additional inroads into places like the Carolinas and Florida when it comes to recruiting.
Ah well, if their loss can become our gain, I'll take it. I don't think one could find a WR coach with a better resume than Spurrier Jr. He's had some amazing receivers while at South Carolina. What I am curious about is his recruiting ability. Being he was the recruiting coordinator down there, he must have been pretty good in that capacity. Maybe he can give us additional inroads into places like the Carolinas and Florida when it comes to recruiting.
Actually, it's kind of a trend right now in college football. This past season TCU and Bama basically opened each other's doors for each coaching staff to take a look inside. If Saban is willing to take advice I wouldn't think that's it's below Stoops, especially coming from a hall of fame coach like Spurrier.
GOCATS!!!!!
You probably need to go and look at the USC board. USC had recruited pretty well up until the last couple of classes and for some reason they dropped down some. SOS was a great coach, I give him as much credit as anyone for making the SEC what it is today, it was get better or get embarassed when he went to UF. I don't know if he just got tired or got too comfortable at USC the last couple of years, many USC fans think Jr got too comfortable working for his father and slacked off on his recruiting.
But when a new coach comes in, sometimes they just want to clean house and start over. Many UGA fans are upset we didn't try to keep Bryon McClendon, but Smart didn't make any effort to keep him, so he went to USC. Very good recruiter, but very average WR coach, Thomas Brown our RB coach is following Richt to Miami, our TE coach is looking to the NFL, our OC and OL coach were told to just leave. Looks like we are going to keep 2 from the defensive side of the ball and none from the offensive side. But thats not a big surprise with a new coach. No idea who we are replacing those with, right now we have 5 of 9 assistants hired.
You cannot keep the old coach's son on staff. That would be a bad move, unless he was a very close friend. Heck, in most cases, you cannot keep anyone significant off the last staff. Ask Kragthorpe how that works (talk about locker room dissension). Spurrier's son needed to go, regardless of his coaching skill and recruiting ability.
Spurrier Jr. And the rest of the staff got canned BECAUSE of their lack of urgency on recruiting. Sr. Even admitted that they mailed it in these last few years on recruiting because they thought the success of those years of 11 win seasons would sell itself. I live in Columbia and have been on this train ride for the last 2 seasons. The staff consistently failed on evaluations and development of skill players. USC had one maybe 2 options last year on offense. I feel bad for Cooper because playing for that damn team hurt his draft position I think. Perry Orth walked on through one of the Carolina QB camps here.
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It wouldn't work. It's amazing what some of these people come up with.
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Sounds like he'll fit right in with our current coaches.
This...just because this guy is Spurrier's son doesn't mean he is a chip off the old block...look at the difference in the Stoops brothers...
I know you probably don't want to keep the former coach's son on staff but TOBC was really adamant about wanting Muschamp to get the job. I would think Will would be more grateful and want to keep him on staff as a favor because Spurrier Jr is a good position coach himself. Maybe Muschamp wants to build it his way.
Plus add in the fact that most recruits don't want to walk into a situation where a coaching change is imminent. It was pretty common knowledge that Spurrier was in his twilight and would likely be retiring soon, so I think a lot of recruits wouldn't want to walk into that uncertainty.
No it wouldn't. The people in SC can't wait to get rid of him, if that tells you anything....
USC fans didn't like him, I'm not going to get excited over a last name.
Perhaps an administrative role...Executive AD/Football Development or something...would actually be really great for the program to start bringing in some elder football minds...
always thought that is what we needed...thought Papaw Brooks would have been great in that kind of role, still wish they would bring him aboard in the Admin...
how great would it be to have those two just to help out in the film room, scout team, and individual drills?
I don't know that CMS would have to worry...Ole ball coach retired...if he has any inkling of coaching again I highly doubt he would want to wear himself out here...perhaps this would be just the gig...he could take it easy as a consultant/admin. and maybe wait for a gig to pop or transition into the booth...
This may all be gossip...but it's exactly the kind of step UK needs to take...bringing in football people to help...
Jr. has gotten where he is on his father's name. Sr. is not the type of coach that made football his whole life. He had his practice and film time, then he would play golf or go out on his boat.
So why would we want a coach that has been taught to give the bare minimum and has gotten where he is on Daddy's name?
So why would we want a coach that has been taught to give the bare minimum and has gotten where he is on Daddy's name?
It takes people at UK being serious about our program. We haven't tried to actually compete in the sec in a meaningful way in a long time. Spurrier knows this about UK that's why he laughs at us and our administration and puts us down. Change th people in charge and it will change the program. The only way.
That's exactly what he said. It's amazing how some of these people translate that into he wants to hang around the UK football offices when he isn't playing golf. It's as if that would be their dream job so it should be HBC's too.
Never know about him, think that had more to do with Curry. These UT fans where I live feel they were #1 on his hate list!
Nobody said it would be his dream job lol. You're such a tool, but at least you're consistently a tool. You certainly don't stray away from your real personality.
By the way, for the record, I'm pretty sure he said he would "coach high school ball, or be an offensive coordinator or QB coach somewhere, or something"
I've got an idea. Barhart could save a fortune and put it into a nursing building or something.
Be the first program to have no head coach, and no offensive coordinator. Hire spurrior as a QB coach, and let him to everything. I'm sure he'd do it for a reduced salary.
Fans get:
A winner on our sideline
No more embarrassing HC's.
Possibly a vandy win
Barnhart and his boss get
New nursing building
Save HC salary for said building
No more hard things, like having to hire HC's. Barnhart is off be hook.
Sounds like a better plan than we currently have.