Steve Spurrier retiring

So you say it isn't about a coach who can't coach anymore, then you say his team is going to finish 4-8. Doesn't the latter contradict the former?

 

You've obviously never covered major college football if you think these guys work a couple hours a day. It's not a cakewalk. It's seven days a week, close to 20 hours a day for guys like Urban Meyer and Nick Saban, and there's no chance Spurrier, after decades of doing it, was going to go out doing anything less. At 70, if he's no longer up for it, why half-ass it on his way out?

The Sloan comparison may not have been spot on, but it was similar in that, at his age, he simply wasn't up for it anymore, so he walked away. He was done. Good for him. People were cool with it. Don't give me "Deron Williams was sabotaging him." Sloan had as much power in that organization as anyone outside of ownership and they dumped Williams for even challenging him.

Sloan was done, so he quit mid-season. But shame on Spurrier for doing the same? That's ridiculous.

 

Spurrier for years bragged about daily trips to the course. He wasn't the workaholic that Saban, Meyer and Belichick are.

 

He never golfs during football season, homeboy. This is a well-documented fact.

Spurrier talks golf, football and family on Feherty’s show

 

Not necessarily. Good coaches have bad seasons all the time. Saban went 6-6 in his first season at Bama. I just think Spurrier is at a place in his career where he feels he doesn't have to put up with a losing season. And he's right. He has nothing left to prove to anyone. But I still think it is a gutless decision.

But hey, they beat Vandy. So maybe the Cocks will be better off after all.

 

The "he made a commitment" line rings a little hollow in CFB. When push comes to shove, any coach made a commitment to 3/4ths of his roster. He then leaves them. It's the way this works.

I kind of liked the assistant angle. Basically, if he stays, they're all out on their backsides. Halfway through, they get a (bad) chance to hang around.

 

It would be a little more hollow if players were allowed to show the same level of commitment that coaches are allowed.

 

They probably should be.