I do, and the hire that keeps biting us in the ass is the AD Ray Tanner. He has a piss poor vetting process and always waits until late in the game to make decisions
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100% agree. Hope the baseball trophies were worth it bc that domino set a chain of bad decisions related to football that got us to 3-6 today
Whoever did the hiring, did they not look at our recent history? The best success we have had in football is with coaches who were very good at X's and O's..... Spurrier and Morrison.....coaches who had prior, proven success at the FBS level. How could the hiring authority or authorities be so freaking dumb? Maybe that's why we are South Carolina.
Where are the Xs and Os coaches in the Top 30 of D1 who outperform teams with better talent on any consistent level?
Why do the top talent teams typically prevail in college football?
Where are the Malzahns' and Spurriers' of this era?
Offensive game plans are primarily computer spun now.
You play the percentages and tweak it once and awhile.
The coaches of relevance are position coaches as computers cannot each a player how to read a play, position themselves and tackle properly.
In 2011 - UK, UT, and UF and won 7 out of 24 games in the SEC.
In 2012 - UK, UT and Missouri won 3 games out of 24 in the SEC.
In 2013 - UK, UT and UF won 5 games out 24 in the SEC.
Collectively, these teams won 15 out of 72 games over the 3-yr stretch during our big run w/ Spurrier.
Now check them today.
This is why any expensive needle-in-a-haystack head coach hunt needs context.
We were living our best life under Steve Spurrier.
The stars aligned perfectly.
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Wrong. The slide started when Spurrier decided to retire while on the job and started running the program like a country club.
Most of the good years under Spurrier coincided with the arrival and departure of Ellis Johnson's defenses and recruiting. Never saw all the amazing Xs and Os from him here. Looked nothing like he did at Florida.
You are aware of the imminent arrival of Texas and Oklahoma right? We are not a mid-tier SEC program anymore, not by history, not by market, not by $$, not by any measure. I think 6-6, 7-5 looks like a good season 2 or 3 years from now. I think it also looks like the exception vice the rule. We need to soften the ooc schedule to go 3-1. No reason to play extra hard games. I know you probably think I am settling but I think I am accepting reality, crappy as it may be. I actually hope you are right but I fear I am.
I would normally disagree as I prefer playing like an ACC team as opposed to a small team. But look at UGA’s cake schedule. They’re doing it- and winning Natty’s, so why not us?
Jamey Chadwell, Liberty University, in the top 25, and was top 25 at Coastal, and was top 15 in FCS at Charleston Southern. Brilliant Xs and Os. Immediately outperformed more prestigious programs in all three conferences
That matches everything you asked. Ole Ray instead decided to pick someone to learn on the fly
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I agree. I hate to bring em up, but they are in the same state, in a literal cow pasture county, with the same money: Clemson. They did it. Their history was 1 ancient history national title. Ugly uniforms. Boring town. Weak competition.
Yet they built what they built. Theres NO reason we cant also. Actually in NIL era theres MORE reason than them that we fan bc we play bigger opponents more often to expose players to bigger stages.
If they can do it, and Baylor did it, TCU did it, Northwestern did it, Boisie did it, Va Tech did it, theres no reason we cant.
