Will Spurrier's Staff Return Intact? (P&C)

[Flameout12]

Five questions | Next in line

Quarterback will dominate speculation, but USC has plenty of questions on its docket for next season

By JOSEPH PERSON - jperson@thestate.com
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WILL SPURRIER’S STAFF RETURN INTACT?

Probably not.
Spurrier has made staff changes in each of his first two seasons at USC, and he did not exactly quash the notion that a couple of assistants could be moving on when asked about it Sunday.

“Whatever changes happen within the next month or so, we’ll certainly let you all know when they happen,” Spurrier said.

Defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix has interviewed for the head-coaching position at Southern Miss, where Nix played linebacker and coached for 10 years. Nix’s defense ended the year on a downswing, surrendering a combined 1,188 yards and 99 points against Arkansas and Florida and allowing Clemson to drive for the game-winning field goal as time expired.
“Tyrone is up for that Southern Miss job and maybe some of our other coaches will get some other opportunities,” Spurrier said.
Special teams co-coordinator Fred Chatham and offensive line coach John Hunt oversaw units that were erratic, at best, although both men have known Spurrier for years.

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[Gamecock_4life]

Five questions | Next in line

Quarterback will dominate speculation, but USC has plenty of questions on its docket for next season

By JOSEPH PERSON - jperson@thestate.com
_________________________________________

WILL SPURRIER’S STAFF RETURN INTACT?

Probably not.
Spurrier has made staff changes in each of his first two seasons at USC, and he did not exactly quash the notion that a couple of assistants could be moving on when asked about it Sunday.

“Whatever changes happen within the next month or so, we’ll certainly let you all know when they happen,” Spurrier said.

Defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix has interviewed for the head-coaching position at Southern Miss, where Nix played linebacker and coached for 10 years. Nix’s defense ended the year on a downswing, surrendering a combined 1,188 yards and 99 points against Arkansas and Florida and allowing Clemson to drive for the game-winning field goal as time expired.
“Tyrone is up for that Southern Miss job and maybe some of our other coaches will get some other opportunities,” Spurrier said.
Special teams co-coordinator Fred Chatham and offensive line coach John Hunt oversaw units that were erratic, at best, although both men have known Spurrier for years.

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sounds like SOS is sayin "hey i hope they get offers so i dont have to fire them like a dick"

i give sos a big :woo:

[CaptainCrunch]

sounds like SOS is sayin "hey i hope the get offers so i dont have to fire them like a dick"


haha

[COCKROCK]

I just honestly can't see how SOS would not make some changes to his current staff after this years melt down....

If he is planning on winning here like he has stated then its time to stop screwing around with guys not getting the job done.

[Flameout12]

If he is planning on winning here like he has stated then its time to stop screwing around with guys not getting the job done. Something tells me someone will be along in a little bit to remind you of all the reasons it's not staffing. I think I hear a pump starting up now.....

[Will4144]

John Hunt hasn't had much to work with. A bunch of 1 and 2 stars that Lou Holtz left him. Next year is his year. Do or die, IMO.

Tyrone Nix did decently, but he'd be better suited as a DB coach. He couldn't get the DL or LB to tackle anyone.

[Click]

John Hunt hasn't had much to work with. A bunch of 1 and 2 stars that Lou Holtz left him. Next year is his year. Do or die, IMO.

Tyrone Nix did decently, but he'd be better suited as a DB coach. He couldn't get the DL or LB to tackle anyone.

Good post, but I disagree about Nix being a DB coach. He's a LB at heart himself. The team will be much better in 2 years than it was this year... more talent, more depth and more experience. I don't think its really necessary for SOS to make any staff changes just yet. In fact doing so may hurt the program more than helping it.

[TalkingHead]

Coach Spurrier will be making changes if jobs don't turn up for a couple of coaches on the present staff.

[Championshipcock]

Nix needs to go PERIOD

[OLDCOCK]

Nix will remain as DC but chatam will get the boot or be demoted for Beamer! I am hopeimg OBC brings Tanneyhill on to help with QBs and add another offensive mind! He wouls also help recruiting out a great deal.

[uscnoklahoma]

The fact is Spurrier hires almost all of his buddies...he has to quit doing this. Get the best out there....not your buddy from a decade ago. Thomson and Womack are prime examples...Arkansas hated em...we found out why.

[bcgibson75]

I am hopeimg OBC brings Tanneyhill on to help with QBs and add another offensive mind!

Now that is a good idea, who else could help guide Garcia/Smelley/McCollum through the hype of being an SEC QB than our favorite "outlaw" QB of all time!! Taneyhill is proving himself in the high school ranks as an up-and-coming coach.

Wouldn't that be a trip 15-20 years from now if he took over as Head Coach at USC?/? LONG LIVE THE MULLET!!! :woo:

[LegalCock]

someone on special teams must go...they were simply dreadful all year. I don't buy they crap about hunt not having talent.

[greenvillespur]

Now that is a good idea, who else could help guide Garcia/Smelley/McCollum through the hype of being an SEC QB than our favorite "outlaw" QB of all time!! Taneyhill is proving himself in the high school ranks as an up-and-coming coach.

Wouldn't that be a trip 15-20 years from now if he took over as Head Coach at USC?/? LONG LIVE THE MULLET!!! :woo:
My thoughts exactly Taneyhill would be the perfect addition.

[atrain3067]

I think that some staff changes should be made. But you have to remember, it's not just firing someone - you have to find a replacement. Anytime you fire someone, you have to have a decent shot at landing someone to replace them that you think will do a better job. If SOS has some names in mind, then great, but don't fire just for firing sake.

[atrain3067]

The fact is Spurrier hires almost all of his buddies...he has to quit doing this. Get the best out there....not your buddy from a decade ago. Thomson and Womack are prime examples...Arkansas hated em...we found out why.

Exactly.

[treys1986]

I don't see how he would keep Nix another year. To offer some perspective just look at the past three years, since Nix has been here. In those three years, we have never shown that we can stop the run on any sort of a regular basis. McFadden is averaging something like 250 yards a game against us in the past three years...all years that Nix has either been DC or co-DC. Now I know a lot of people say that injuries have killed the defense, but what about last year when we played Arky and we were healthy. Brinkley was in the game, and D-Mac still had 200+ against us. I will be shocked if Nix is here next year.

[Stillwearingmyjoehat]

An SEC defense has to do two things:

Stop the run
Stop the slant pattern.

Does Carolina's defense do either of these things? What's more is Carolina doesn't give up tremendous yards to some shifty Barry Sanders wannabe. No, the 'Cocks give up yard between the tackles. I have yet to figure out how an offense can have five down lineman and a fullback and yet still find 10 guys to block Carolina's D. It's frustrating.

We keep hearing about heart, desire, concentration, blah, blah, blah. It's time Carolina has a Defensive Cooridinator who can identify talent, identify intensity and most importantly analyze film so we know what's coming next week.

Is that Tyrone Nix? Well, it hasn't been him yet. Will that change in the next nine months? If it does then great. If not then there needs to be a change.

[Championshipcock]

I will be very depressed if Nix stays our D. Coordinator. I wouldn't mind seeing what Cooper could do as our coordinator.

[Gamecock Rob]

I agree that you have to stop the run and the slant. In my opinion we were able to do this early in the year, but if you look at our team later in the year, we had no real experience at the LB position, which is crucial to stopping both. Granted we have a lot of potential at LB, we played 2 SO and 1 FR most of the season, not to mention we had 2 FR DTs to end the season.

Can you legitimately say that we did not have the best players on the field at the end of this season? Our best players are very, very young. I mean when you look at our front 7 at the end of the year, only one of them was above a sophomore. While our best players are young, experience is always something that is very beneficial. In watching games this season, the young guys were the best talent we had, because they had to go through the gauntlet of the SEC, some of them at the age of 18 and less than 6 months from graduating high school, it was a trial by fire and granted our D struggled, but there were flashes of brilliance and the fact that so many young talented players got to go up against UT, FL, ARK, CU will make our coaches jobs a lot easier next year when we get to the final 5 game stretch next year.

[doccock]

I agree that you have to stop the run and the slant. In my opinion we were able to do this early in the year, but if you look at our team later in the year, we had no real experience at the LB position, which is crucial to stopping both.

ULL got 252 yards rushing in game 1
UGA 128 in game 2
SC State 196 in game 3
LSU 290 in game 4

I'm not sure how that translates to stopping the run early in the year.

I don't have stats for the slant patterns or passes to TE's in the flat, but I haven't seen us truly defend either since we joined the SEC.
doc

[uscnoklahoma]

ULL got 252 yards rushing in game 1
UGA 128 in game 2
SC State 196 in game 3
LSU 290 in game 4

I'm not sure how that translates to stopping the run early in the year.

I don't have stats for the slant patterns or passes to TE's in the flat, but I haven't seen us truly defend either since we joined the SEC.
doc

:bow::bow::bow::bow::bow:

[chfforrest]

At the beginning of the year everyone talked about how the gators wouldn't repeat because of the youth on their defense. True they didn't but they are pretty much as young as we are. Maybe a lil older. Here are there stats(rushing yards givin up per game). So we can't blame it on experience. They are getting the job done down there. It has to be scheme or coaching!! Besides ken, ga, and lsu they were STOUT against the run!! As we need to be!!

West Kentucky-48
ga-196
troy-53
lsu-247
ole miss-80
kentucky-171
vandy-93
tenn-37
florida atl.-75
usc-68
flor st.-99

[Freehawk]

If he is planning on winning here like he has stated then its time to stop screwing around with guys not getting the job done.

How do you know those coaches didn't get the job done. Should Nick Saban be fired? Kirk Ferentz? Jeff Tedford? Steve Kragthorpe? The Colorado coach? Steve Spurrier? All of their teams all were 6-6 as well.

If you say our season means the coaches didn't do their job, how can you say Spurrier did?

Changing coaches is just chicken soup for the wounded fan

[Freehawk]

I don't have stats for the slant patterns or passes to TE's in the flat, but I haven't seen us truly defend either since we joined the SEC.
doc

Oh, that goes WAY back.

On the other hand, I love it when we run the waggle play to the TE.

[TalkingHead]

How do you know those coaches didn't get the job done. Should Nick Saban be fired? Kirk Ferentz? Jeff Tedford? Steve Kragthorpe? The Colorado coach? Steve Spurrier? All of their teams all were 6-6 as well.

If you say our season means the coaches didn't do their job, how can you say Spurrier did?

Changing coaches is just chicken soup for the wounded fan

Coach Spurrier stated that he did some poor coaching at times this year. NOBODY that I have seen is asking for him to step down.

Coach will make changes to this defense and probably to his offense in the off-season. That is what a good coach does.

[Slacker USC]

Bring in a young assistant with USC ties. Someone who understands how important that game against the upstaters is... *cough*TANNEYHILL*cough*

[Stillwearingmyjoehat]

Why is Taneyhill so much farther up on everyone's list than Phil Petty?

[COCKROCK]

How do you know those coaches didn't get the job done. Should Nick Saban be fired? Kirk Ferentz? Jeff Tedford? Steve Kragthorpe? The Colorado coach? Steve Spurrier? All of their teams all were 6-6 as well.

If you say our season means the coaches didn't do their job, how can you say Spurrier did?

Changing coaches is just chicken soup for the wounded fan

Unfortunately we are graded in society on the performance of those that are underneath us. At my workplace, I see it every year, month and even daily. It starts at the top and fizzles down, but ultimately someone has got to be held accountable.

If you or I fail to perform our duties that we we're hired to do at work then it would be our supervisors responsibility to either correct the problem or give us the pink slip. His failure to do so would simply be a disservice to the company.

1,188 yards and 99 points in consecutive weeks.

[TalkingHead]

I hope one day that Steve is coaching in some capacity here. he has proved he is a winner on a level he competed and coached. I'd love for Phil to come back some day as well.