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The Ole Ball Coach has been making the rounds lately, doing a lot of interviews. Good to hear from The Greatest Gator of all-time!
https://coachingsearch.com/article?...coaching-grind-Its-different-now-than-the-90s
Steve Spurrier: I don't miss the coaching grind. It's different now than the 90s
Steve Spurrier doesn’t miss the work that comes with coaching, and it’s only getting harder.
Recruiting has become year-round, and beginning next year, high school juniors can take official visits from April to late June. It ain’t like it used to be.
“I don’t miss the grind. Now it’s a bigger grind with the new recruiting rules,” Spurrier said Friday on SiriusXM College Sports Nation. “These coaches are recruiting all summer, now have official visits in June or whatever. It’s really a different style of coaching than it was in the 90s, when I was here.”
The NCAA and conferences have passed more rules to limit work time by players, whether it’s practice, academic time or other requirements. But Spurrier would like to to see more time completely away for players and coaches.
He recounted how some people used to criticize him for golfing in the summer and maybe taking more time off than most. But if there’s no time to recharge, you burn out.
“Our rules could be changed a bit to give players more off time, as well as the coaches,” he said. “I was always accused of playing a little golf during the summer and not working as hard as everybody else, but we all work hard. There used to be seasons. Football season, where we all work our tails off as hard as we can. Then there’s recruiting season, where we recruit our tails off and they sign. Then you have a little down time. Spring ball comes around, summer camps, and maybe a couple months off in the summer time.
“Now it’s turned into year-round recruiting, players visiting on their own through the summer. Then we keep the team there all summer. I think it would be fair to only have one summer school and give them time off. The NFL has changed a lot of their rules, limited practice in the offseason. I think we’d have just a good of a product without consuming all the time of players and coaches.”
https://coachingsearch.com/article?...coaching-grind-Its-different-now-than-the-90s
Steve Spurrier: I don't miss the coaching grind. It's different now than the 90s
Steve Spurrier doesn’t miss the work that comes with coaching, and it’s only getting harder.
Recruiting has become year-round, and beginning next year, high school juniors can take official visits from April to late June. It ain’t like it used to be.
“I don’t miss the grind. Now it’s a bigger grind with the new recruiting rules,” Spurrier said Friday on SiriusXM College Sports Nation. “These coaches are recruiting all summer, now have official visits in June or whatever. It’s really a different style of coaching than it was in the 90s, when I was here.”
The NCAA and conferences have passed more rules to limit work time by players, whether it’s practice, academic time or other requirements. But Spurrier would like to to see more time completely away for players and coaches.
He recounted how some people used to criticize him for golfing in the summer and maybe taking more time off than most. But if there’s no time to recharge, you burn out.
“Our rules could be changed a bit to give players more off time, as well as the coaches,” he said. “I was always accused of playing a little golf during the summer and not working as hard as everybody else, but we all work hard. There used to be seasons. Football season, where we all work our tails off as hard as we can. Then there’s recruiting season, where we recruit our tails off and they sign. Then you have a little down time. Spring ball comes around, summer camps, and maybe a couple months off in the summer time.
“Now it’s turned into year-round recruiting, players visiting on their own through the summer. Then we keep the team there all summer. I think it would be fair to only have one summer school and give them time off. The NFL has changed a lot of their rules, limited practice in the offseason. I think we’d have just a good of a product without consuming all the time of players and coaches.”