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You need a subscription to read this, but it's classic Spurrier, pure gold! He's talking about why he left SC and what led to it:
Five years later, Steve Spurrier wants to clear up a few things
Five years later, Steve Spurrier wants to clear up a few...
(from the article):
He began to worry then that he was losing the attention of his team. He would have more reason to worry soon.
“There were some things that happened that let me know for sure that I was not as respected as I normally was as the head coach,” he said. “I had one player call me bro.”
Spurrier declined to name the player, but it was a quarterback on the team.
“I was asking why he did something. It was after a game,” Spurrier recalled. “He actually tried to throw a fade and threw it about 10 yards out of bounds. He didn’t even look at the other side of the field and the play was wide open. I asked him, ‘Did you get the signal from the sideline?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘Why didn’t you go to the 92 Hugo side? That was the play.’ He said, ‘I thought I could hit whatchacallit on the fade.’ I said, ‘You acted like you didn’t get the signal,’ and he said, ‘I ain’t stupid, bro.’ Of course, I said, ‘I didn’t say you were, bro.’ I started thinking, ‘I used to be called coach and now I’m being called bro.’”
Five years later, Steve Spurrier wants to clear up a few things
Five years later, Steve Spurrier wants to clear up a few...
(from the article):
He began to worry then that he was losing the attention of his team. He would have more reason to worry soon.
“There were some things that happened that let me know for sure that I was not as respected as I normally was as the head coach,” he said. “I had one player call me bro.”
Spurrier declined to name the player, but it was a quarterback on the team.
“I was asking why he did something. It was after a game,” Spurrier recalled. “He actually tried to throw a fade and threw it about 10 yards out of bounds. He didn’t even look at the other side of the field and the play was wide open. I asked him, ‘Did you get the signal from the sideline?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ I said, ‘Why didn’t you go to the 92 Hugo side? That was the play.’ He said, ‘I thought I could hit whatchacallit on the fade.’ I said, ‘You acted like you didn’t get the signal,’ and he said, ‘I ain’t stupid, bro.’ Of course, I said, ‘I didn’t say you were, bro.’ I started thinking, ‘I used to be called coach and now I’m being called bro.’”
