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Why Spurrier won't take Auburn job
Auburn is still looking and now comes the most delicious rumor of the silly season: that Steve Spurrier could be in the mix. Yes, I know. It's hard not to laugh. But out of compassion let's resist the urge and provide three logical reasons why that won't happen: No. 1: The Head Ball Coach is not going to move any further away from Crescent Beach, Fla., than he is right now. He and wife Jerri are building a beautiful retirement home on the ocean. They have a bunch of grandchildren around them. They ain't moving again until it is time to go to the beach. No. 2: Why would anybody want to spend the final years of a Hall of Fame career butting heads with Nick Saban? In coaching and in life, timing is everything. And for a lot of reasons, the timing is not right for a veteran coach to go to Auburn. No. 3: He's 63. He's the youngest 63 I know and the most competitive man I know. But he doesn't need, nor would he tolerate, the aggravation that comes with the Auburn job. And right now there is a lot of aggravation at Auburn.
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Esti Ginzberg
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You forgot number 4: Every Auburn fan and graduate over the age of 20 can't stand Spurrier
AUfan4life
Monument , CO
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Spurrier has already stated USC will be his last stop. This is a non-story!
Cowboystar
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AUfan, you and every other War Tiger on the planet would "celebrate" (throw toilet paper all over campus) if Spurrier became your coach.
DrBudGreen
High Springs, FL
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REason #5 - If he stays at S. Carolina he has the very good chance of joining an elite groupd of coaches that include Woody Hayes, Barry Switzer, and Lou Holtz. Care to guess how?
81TIGER
Greenwood , SC
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He'll have loose dentures installed?
Lifetimesooner
Moore, OK
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Complete non-story. Spurrier is going to either end his career at South Carolina, or hope that Urban Meyer tires of winning at Florida so that he can reclaim his beloved Gators.
J. HOVA: PRIMETIME
Brooklyn, NY
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#6 - Olive Tuberville will whip his butt for taking Tommy's job!
GatorBaitor
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#7. It's going to be a dead end job for the next few years and he doesn't need that aggravation. At least at SC, they're somewhat happy with 7-5.
Joekidd1992
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#8 - Auburn is the only school with a worse QB situ than SC.
GatorBaitor
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Oh, please. SC fans hated Spurrier when he was at FU, but now they love him. Auburn would be the same way. Not that it matters, though, because it isn't going to happen.
jaxman
Middleburg , FL
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He'll get involved (physically) with Clemson players?
Spaceman Spiff
Richmond , VA
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He will be regarded as an ICON?????
BUCKGUY
Marshville , NC
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What are the names of some good coaches that decided not to go and coach at Auburn, Alex?
Joekidd1992
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Former NC Coaches who made poor career choices?
GatorBaitor
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This sounds like Tony Barnhardt. I think he said the exact same thing in a radio interview.
He sounds like Captain Obvious. Obviously, Auburn would be overjoyed at this point to get someone like a Spurrier, but he's got 5 years at best left in him. He hates working long hours and if he's going to hope to compete against Meye and Saban for the recruits coming out of Florida and Alabama, he'll need to work as hard as them or harder. And he just isn't willing to do that.
Joekidd1992
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He's got a great gig now, go 7-5 and beat Clemson once every 4 yrs. They'll erect a statue of him in Columbia.
GatorBaitor
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Did you watch any UT Vols QBs play this past season?
jellicobilly
Knoxville , TN
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Yep, I saw the Auburn vs. Tennesee game and you're right. Tennessee's QB situation is bad, BUT, at least one of theirs was highly recruited so maybe if the new coaches coach them up decently, the QB situation will be better.
Joekidd1992
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throw vandy' in the mix along with lsu,msu, and kentucky.
sethgator
Tallahassee , FL
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He ain't leaving usc bc he charishes his future membership of the augusta national too much.
Good'OlRebel
Savannah , GA
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