Originally posted by _NOVA_:
Originally posted by uscbeckham:
Originally posted by GWMorris:
It was a pretty jerkish response to a fairly innocuous question. Actually, two pretty jerkish responses to two fairly innocuous questions.
This post was edited on 1/21 5:36 PM by GWMorris
He wasn't responding to the question. He was using a smart-aleck answer to tell that reporter that he's not welcome to ask questions.
Any reporter who asks a college coach about his job security, before the 3rd season even starts, is bush league. Especially a coach who took over a dumpster fire program like ours.
Yes and no. All the questions I've seen posed about job security are related to what has to happen in year three to ensure Martin remains in good standing. Which, in my mind, is a fair questions based on where Frank will be with his contract. At the conclusion of this season, he'll have three years remaining on his current contract... about the time when AD's start adding a year or two, at a minimum, for coaches they'd like to keep. If he goes into year four with no extension, that is unquestionably an indication that he's under significant scrutiny. And if he doesn't get an extension in or after year four, well, he's almost certainly gone.
On the one hand South Carolina cannot have much in the way of expectations and one could certainly argue it would take four or five years to see improvements (I don't necessarily agree with that). On the other hand, Martin was hired by the previous AD, he's had an embarrassing incident that resulted in a suspension and the team has been woeful. If I'm a reporter, just the fact that he was hired under a previous AD would have my antenna up. Throw in the suspension, the poor results and a looming decision on a contract extension, I don't see those types of questions as out of bounds at all.