Shane's hot seat will be upgraded to "Lava" with a loss to UK

I4CtheFuture said:

Just sayin'. Gamecocks have perfected the art of squandering golden opportunities. Spurrier seemingly taking the ball out of Lattimore's hands when he was in the Heisman talks. Spurrier seemingly having the program "turn the corner" after 3 consecutive 11 win seasons - only to completely demolish any progress with his "2 or 3 more years" comment....to losing to Navy when we were ranked #2 in the country ....to now completely sinking a top #15 ranking and managing to neuter Superman at our QB position, not to mention taking him out of the Heisman talk. If there is a way to screw it up, the Gamecocks will find a way. It's truly unbelievable how many opportunities we've had to "break through" / out of mediocrity but it's like we're hell bent on staying mediocre. I've never seen anything like it. Truly. And next year, we get to start all over with a new QB, yet another undersized RB (probably), and no WR who is one of the fastest WR's in college ball ever.....not that we throw deep to him anyway, because that would make way too much sense, and of course....the consistently horrible OL. If we lose to KY (and I think we will) , we may as well just drop football altogether at South Carolina. It doesn't really matter if we beat KY or not. Win or lose that game and we're not going to win another game until Coastal. So, either way, this season is over already and changes need to be made in the coaching staff. Our only hope is that this new AD cleans house at the end of the season. I'm sorry to be so pessimistic but this team this year is a complete cluster FdmpK and the buck stops with the head coach. No excuse for it. None. Zero. And the fact that Shane *WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE* how atrocious the OL is...... that right there is the sole reason I am leaning towards : Just fire him and move on. Either something egregiously sketchy is going on with him and Teasley , or he's just plain stupid. - Maybe we can lure Saban out of retirement? Or Urban Meyer. Don't laugh. We got Holtz and Spurrier, we can get Urban.....not so sure about Saban. Probably not.

I4CtheFuture said:

Just sayin'. Gamecocks have perfected the art of squandering golden opportunities. Spurrier seemingly taking the ball out of Lattimore's hands when he was in the Heisman talks. Spurrier seemingly having the program "turn the corner" after 3 consecutive 11 win seasons - only to completely demolish any progress with his "2 or 3 more years" comment....to losing to Navy when we were ranked #2 in the country ....to now completely sinking a top #15 ranking and managing to neuter Superman at our QB position, not to mention taking him out of the Heisman talk. If there is a way to screw it up, the Gamecocks will find a way. It's truly unbelievable how many opportunities we've had to "break through" / out of mediocrity but it's like we're hell bent on staying mediocre. I've never seen anything like it. Truly. And next year, we get to start all over with a new QB, yet another undersized RB (probably), and no WR who is one of the fastest WR's in college ball ever.....not that we throw deep to him anyway, because that would make way too much sense, and of course....the consistently horrible OL. If we lose to KY (and I think we will) , we may as well just drop football altogether at South Carolina. It doesn't really matter if we beat KY or not. Win or lose that game and we're not going to win another game until Coastal. So, either way, this season is over already and changes need to be made in the coaching staff. Our only hope is that this new AD cleans house at the end of the season. I'm sorry to be so pessimistic but this team this year is a complete cluster FdmpK and the buck stops with the head coach. No excuse for it. None. Zero. And the fact that Shane *WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE* how atrocious the OL is...... that right there is the sole reason I am leaning towards : Just fire him and move on. Either something egregiously sketchy is going on with him and Teasley , or he's just plain stupid. - Maybe we can lure Saban out of retirement? Or Urban Meyer. Don't laugh. We got Holtz and Spurrier, we can get Urban.....not so sure about Saban. Probably not.

I4CtheFuture said:

Just sayin'. Gamecocks have perfected the art of squandering golden opportunities. Spurrier seemingly taking the ball out of Lattimore's hands when he was in the Heisman talks. Spurrier seemingly having the program "turn the corner" after 3 consecutive 11 win seasons - only to completely demolish any progress with his "2 or 3 more years" comment....to losing to Navy when we were ranked #2 in the country ....to now completely sinking a top #15 ranking and managing to neuter Superman at our QB position, not to mention taking him out of the Heisman talk. If there is a way to screw it up, the Gamecocks will find a way. It's truly unbelievable how many opportunities we've had to "break through" / out of mediocrity but it's like we're hell bent on staying mediocre. I've never seen anything like it. Truly. And next year, we get to start all over with a new QB, yet another undersized RB (probably), and no WR who is one of the fastest WR's in college ball ever.....not that we throw deep to him anyway, because that would make way too much sense, and of course....the consistently horrible OL. If we lose to KY (and I think we will) , we may as well just drop football altogether at South Carolina. It doesn't really matter if we beat KY or not. Win or lose that game and we're not going to win another game until Coastal. So, either way, this season is over already and changes need to be made in the coaching staff. Our only hope is that this new AD cleans house at the end of the season. I'm sorry to be so pessimistic but this team this year is a complete cluster FdmpK and the buck stops with the head coach. No excuse for it. None. Zero. And the fact that Shane *WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE* how atrocious the OL is...... that right there is the sole reason I am leaning towards : Just fire him and move on. Either something egregiously sketchy is going on with him and Teasley , or he's just plain stupid. - Maybe we can lure Saban out of retirement? Or Urban Meyer. Don't laugh. We got Holtz and Spurrier, we can get Urban.....not so sure about Saban. Probably not.

18IsTheMan said:

A loss to UK likely sets us up for a winless conference season. With uneven results in previous seasons, I would say a winless conference season in Year 5 puts all the options on the table.

Gamecock Jacque said:

Donati is a real AD. A real AD already has several candidates in mind. When a change does happen it could happen quickly.

92Pony said:

I don't foresee Shane's seat being hot this year unless we go 3-9. For some weird reason, I think we will beat Ky, and we just may beat the hicks from the upstate. They're pretty bad at the moment, somehow. That would put us at 5-7 (assuming a win vs Coastal). I don't see us beating anyone else though. If we end up 5-7, Shane *HAS* to make some real changes going into 2026 - His seat will be warm with 2026 being a prove it year - Prove you've made the appropriate changes to get the ship steered back in the right direction AND show marked improvement. Now, if we roll into '26 with the exact same bunch of coaches and no change, then I think early-to-mid-'26 that seat will be red-hot if the results mimic what we're seeing this year.

Piscis said:

If he does bring in a new OC and new OL coach, that will give him cover for another bad season, the team was getting used to a new OC and OL coach.

92Pony said:

I don't foresee Shane's seat being hot this year unless we go 3-9. For some weird reason, I think we will beat Ky, and we just may beat the hicks from the upstate. They're pretty bad at the moment, somehow. That would put us at 5-7 (assuming a win vs Coastal). I don't see us beating anyone else though. If we end up 5-7, Shane *HAS* to make some real changes going into 2026 - His seat will be warm with 2026 being a prove it year - Prove you've made the appropriate changes to get the ship steered back in the right direction AND show marked improvement. Now, if we roll into '26 with the exact same bunch of coaches and no change, then I think early-to-mid-'26 that seat will be red-hot if the results mimic what we're seeing this year.

Piscis said:

If he does bring in a new OC and new OL coach, that will give him cover for another bad season, the team was getting used to a new OC and OL coach.

92Pony said:

I don't foresee Shane's seat being hot this year unless we go 3-9. For some weird reason, I think we will beat Ky, and we just may beat the hicks from the upstate. They're pretty bad at the moment, somehow. That would put us at 5-7 (assuming a win vs Coastal). I don't see us beating anyone else though. If we end up 5-7, Shane *HAS* to make some real changes going into 2026 - His seat will be warm with 2026 being a prove it year - Prove you've made the appropriate changes to get the ship steered back in the right direction AND show marked improvement. Now, if we roll into '26 with the exact same bunch of coaches and no change, then I think early-to-mid-'26 that seat will be red-hot if the results mimic what we're seeing this year.

Cobie said:

Why would it be a weird if we beat UK? We're favored going into the game and it's at home. Likely to be tough though. UK certainly is out for revenge after last season. Talent-wise it's close to a toss-up.

kidrobinski said:

Dude. Take the football talk elsewhere please; this board is for angst, gnashing of teeth, and rending of clothing. Can’t you read good?

92Pony said:

I don't foresee Shane's seat being hot this year unless we go 3-9. For some weird reason, I think we will beat Ky, and we just may beat the hicks from the upstate. They're pretty bad at the moment, somehow. That would put us at 5-7 (assuming a win vs Coastal). I don't see us beating anyone else though. If we end up 5-7, Shane *HAS* to make some real changes going into 2026 - His seat will be warm with 2026 being a prove it year - Prove you've made the appropriate changes to get the ship steered back in the right direction AND show marked improvement. Now, if we roll into '26 with the exact same bunch of coaches and no change, then I think early-to-mid-'26 that seat will be red-hot if the results mimic what we're seeing this year.

Cobie said:

Why would it be a weird if we beat UK? We're favored going into the game and it's at home. Likely to be tough though. UK certainly is out for revenge after last season. Talent-wise it's close to a toss-up.

92Pony said:

"Why would it be weird?" - Have you seen this team play football this year? We were curb-stomped by Vandy....at home....at night.

18IsTheMan said:

Right. And we were about a TD favorite in that one weren't we?

92Pony said:

"Why would it be weird?" - Have you seen this team play football this year? We were curb-stomped by Vandy....at home....at night.

Cobie said:

After losing our starting QB in the first half when the game was back and forth. Vandy is a Top 20 Team this season. Happens once in a blue moon. You can't lose your starting QB and expect to beat a Top 20 Team with a profilic QB/Offense if you aren't UGA, Ohio State, etc.

18IsTheMan said:

Taking the likely poor record out of the equation, just look at the product on the field in Year 5: totally sloppy and undisciplined. --We are 129th nationally in penalties per game, with many of those being the inexcusable pre-snap variety. --PFF has us ranked 89th nationally in tackling grade (44 missed tackles already this season. 44 through 4 games!) --The OL is a train wreck for the 3rd year in a row. --RBs can't/won't block. How is this product defensible in Year 5. I'm open to all suggestions. Each of the above is 100% on coaching. You can bicker about the record all you want and last year's 9-win finish. Is there ANY defense for having ALL of the above issues in Year 5? I could understand if you were dealing with one of them...no team is perfect. But, basically, we are bad everything that the coaches are supposed to teach. Can anyone give just one line of defense? Anything.