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I understand some people are calling him a quitter, but he just gave a very real interview on Dan Patrick, which will be up later.
Summary is basically he isn't any good anymore and had become a liability. Better to give assistants a shot now, versus all of them getting fired with him at the end of the season.

Man, I wish Rhoads thought like that.
 
Makes sense. Good thought.

My favorite quote from his resignation press conference was him saying that he may coach a high school football team at some point. Can you even imagine the hilarity that would ensue?
 
IowaRealEstate said:
I understand some people are calling him a quitter, but he just gave a very real interview on Dan Patrick, which will be up later.
Summary is basically he isn't any good anymore and had become a liability. Better to give assistants a shot now, versus all of them getting fired with him at the end of the season.

Man, I wish Rhoads thought like that.
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Steve Spurrier is 70 years old, has a National championship under his belt, and is the all time wins leader at Florida AND South Carolina. He can quit in the middle of the year and get away with it. He can even come back and coach in a couple years if he wants.

Paul Rhoads is 48 years old. He's still trying to prove he can coach big time college football. If he quits in the middle of the year, it won't go over as well as it did for Spurrier who has build up 30 years of good will.

Quitting sucks. Finish the job (season) and than go from there.
 
AdamJGray said:
Steve Spurrier is 70 years old, has a National championship under his belt, and is the all time wins leader at Florida AND South Carolina. He can quit in the middle of the year and get away with it. He can even come back and coach in a couple years if he wants.

Paul Rhoads is 48 years old. He's still trying to prove he can coach big time college football. If he quits in the middle of the year, it won't go over as well as it did for Spurrier who has build up 30 years of good will.

Quitting sucks. Finish the job (season) and than go from there.
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Wonder what one of the topics will be on the Fawcast :)
 
AdamJGray said:
Finish the job (season) and than go from there.
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Agree. I honestly don't see the benefit of letting go of Rhoads in the middle of the year. It would appear the damage on this year has basically been done already. Let him ride out the rest of the mess, then clean it all up afterwards and start over next year.
 
AdamJGray said:
Steve Spurrier is 70 years old, has a National championship under his belt, and is the all time wins leader at Florida AND South Carolina. He can quit in the middle of the year and get away with it. He can even come back and coach in a couple years if he wants.

Paul Rhoads is 48 years old. He's still trying to prove he can coach big time college football. If he quits in the middle of the year, it won't go over as well as it did for Spurrier who has build up 30 years of good will.

Quitting sucks. Finish the job (season) and than go from there.
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100% agree Adam. ISU may be finished with Paul, but Paul's not finished with football. Expecting Paul to quit mid season is ridiculous. It's a bad look on Spurrier, who's 70. It would be absolutely dumb for CPR to do it.
 
IowaRealEstate said:
I understand some people are calling him a quitter, but he just gave a very real interview on Dan Patrick, which will be up later.
Summary is basically he isn't any good anymore and had become a liability. Better to give assistants a shot now, versus all of them getting fired with him at the end of the season.

Man, I wish Rhoads thought like that.
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But just so we're all clear he did quit on his team, before Halloween.
 
IowaRealEstate said:
I understand some people are calling him a quitter, but he just gave a very real interview on Dan Patrick, which will be up later.
Summary is basically he isn't any good anymore and had become a liability. Better to give assistants a shot now, versus all of them getting fired with him at the end of the season.

Man, I wish Rhoads thought like that.
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Rhoads vs Spurrier is a totally different deal.

I agree with you on Spurrier's comments.
 
I think Paul has done enough for this fanbase and school with some of the big wins he's had that he deserves the respect to at least finish the year out.


Fans conveniently forget how scared we all were we'd lose him after the Okie State win. Funny how things change quickly.
 
AdamJGray said:
Steve Spurrier is 70 years old, has a National championship under his belt, and is the all time wins leader at Florida AND South Carolina. He can quit in the middle of the year and get away with it. He can even come back and coach in a couple years if he wants.

Paul Rhoads is 48 years old. He's still trying to prove he can coach big time college football. If he quits in the middle of the year, it won't go over as well as it did for Spurrier who has build up 30 years of good will.

Quitting sucks. Finish the job (season) and than go from there.
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Always a fine line between "sticking it out" and understanding you aren't good and should quit. Clearly Rhoads won't resign, but he is not a good head coach. D line coach or coordinator are likely better fits for him.
 
farminclone said:
Rhoads vs Spurrier is a totally different deal.

I agree with you on Spurrier's comments, to an extent, but it seems like a quitter move still. What if the team were undefeated, despite him being a liability - would he still quit and say the same things? Or would he be out there taking glory for coaching the undefeated team?
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Again, I have ZERO expectations that Rhoads would EVER resign. I'm on record about him thinking the program is about him (I have my reasons for that). The larger point here is how refreshing it is for a coach to say the things Spurrier just said. No blame, just that he isn't good enough anymore. That is rare.
 
IowaRealEstate said:
Always a fine line between "sticking it out" and understanding you aren't good and should quit. Clearly Rhoads won't resign, but he is not a good head coach. D line coach or coordinator are likely better fits for him.
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That's fine, and I won't disagree. I just don't agree that you should ever quit. Spurrier should have coached the last 6 games and then resigned. He gets a free pass because he's earned it. CPR hasn't and thus it would look terrible if he quit right now.
 
It is quitting. He quit. He didn't want to walk across the field and shake Dabo Swiney's hand after getting beat by Clemson 60-6 and finishing 3-9. I like Spurrier, but it is a total ***** move.
 
mj4cy said:
I think Paul has done enough for this fanbase and school with some of the big wins he's had that he deserves the respect to at least finish the year out.


Fans conveniently forget how scared we all were we'd lose him after the Okie State win. Funny how things change quickly.
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A few nice wins for sure. But never more than 3 conference wins in a season. I'm not of the opinion we owe him anything at this point.
 
AdamJGray said:
That's fine, and I won't disagree. I just don't agree that you should ever quit. Spurrier should have coached the last 6 games and then resigned. He gets a free pass because he's earned it. CPR hasn't and thus it would look terrible if he quit right now.
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But do you agree with Spurrier's theory that if he plays out the string, they all get fired? This way, at least assistants can fight for a spot. I see some logic there.
 
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