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Senolcyc said:
Where did you come from all the sudden that makes you the voice of the Cyclone nation?
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The voice of the Cyclone Nation also doesn't matter, at all. The only voices that matter is Pollard's and his superiors. On that note, this seems like a fine place to discuss events and opinions.
 
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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I would never expect someone else to give up money they had coming to them. ISU offered Rhodes that contract extension, I can't blame him for signing that and for wanting to get every dollar he has coming to him and I highly doubt you would walk away from that money either.
 
IowaRealEstate said:
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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I don't because the AD at South Carolina isn't hiring Shawn Elliott full time.

Quite an example he set for his players. When the going gets tough... just quit.
 
IowaRealEstate said:
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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Sure, but it's an apples and oranges comparison. Spurrier is retirement age and ready to pack it in for good. Even if it's not as a head coach, Rhoads presumably wants to keep working in high level college football for another 10-15 years. Schools will hire the guy who had a disappointing head coaching run, especially if it's just for a coordinator or other assistant position. Who is going to want to hire the guy that just walked away at age 48 and in the process admitted that maybe he's not a good coach anymore? And don't say Dan McCarney because it was pretty well-known he wasn't actually walking away on his own.

It's nice to dream, but don't act like committing career suicide is something people should actually expect Rhoads to consider.
 
Senolcyc said:
You're posturing as if you are an elite just because you bought advertising and they let you participate in a Godawful podcast.
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I don't believe he is posturing that way at all. He simply said "my opinion" like everyone does on this site.

And don't be killing the FAWcast like that. It's the greatest podcast that I do.......
 
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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No offense but I wouldn't consider 4 years later all that quick considering how CSR pretty much instantly tanked from that moment on. Sure we we're scared, but we also were under the impression that he would manage to hold his **** together too. I think we as fans have been pretty fair with someone who looks to be just going through the motions at this point.
 
Cydkar said:
I literally don't understand this question.

All opinions on this message board carry equal weight.
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Charter can't post on here without some anonymous people showing up to put him on blast for whatever reason

Agree or disagree but don't be a d*** about it
 
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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Not to mention that Rhoads doesn't have any assistants on staff who are likely to be competitive for the head coaching job after this year. Totally different situation in SC.
 
I don't believe the assistant coaches will benefit from this either. Spurrier knows South Carolina sucks. How is that going to help them when they continue to lose? These young adults believed in him and when times got tough he quit and walked out on them.
 
IowaRealEstate said:
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.
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Coaches (& pro players) do this all the time. They just do it at the end of the season or say it in the middle of the season but still finish off the season. Just leaving in the middle of the season is a good way to grab a headline about yourself and making sure that a 3-9 record isn't the way you went out of the game.
 
cloneu said:
Coaches (& pro players) do this all the time. They just do it at the end of the season or say it in the middle of the season but still finish off the season. Just leaving in the middle of the season is a good way to grab a headline about yourself and making sure that a 3-9 record isn't the way you went out of the game.
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this is a fantastic point. Spurrier leaving now is about him saving face. He falls on the sword so he can't be fired in disgrace, later. It's not admirable. It's all about him hoping people will see it as someone who "did the right thing" instead of just being labeled a quitter.
 
501Clone said:
I don't believe the assistant coaches will benefit from this either. Spurrier knows South Carolina sucks. How is that going to help them when they continue to lose? These young adults believed in him and when times got tough he quit and walked out on them.
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I like Spurrier, but he quit. There is no excuse that will explain that he did not. He quit because he didn't want to endure the rest of a bad season. Again, I like him, but you could tell in the press conference that he was trying to give a good reason as to why he quit. He didn't quit so his assistants would be in a better place at the end of the season than if he stayed on till the end of the season. That excuse makes no sense. He quite on his players and coaches mid season.
 
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