"No public search means that Jesse Jackson and/or Al Sharpton will be visiting Witt, Miles Brandt at the NCAA office and all the TV networks to get an answer why a qualified minority candidate was not even considered at a public institution. It better be Spurrier to weather that storm. And now for the first time, I actually believe it will be.
I was attending a high school basketball game tonight and I ended up sitting next to an acqaintance who is the grandfather of one of the players. I knew he had played for the Gators' and I figured he knew Spurrier. SO I asked him what he thought. He said he had actually played with Spurrier and that they usually played golf once or twice a year. He said that he hadn't talked to him recently (usually doesn't much during the season since he left Gainesville) but Spurrier had brought up an interesting scenario when they golfed this summer.
Steve was intrigued by the trend of successors being named before these coaches were leaving and was particularily intrigued by the Bob Knight/Pat Knight deal that had been made at Texas Tech. Spurrier thinks that Steve Jr. will get the next shot at Duke (Jr.'s alma mater), but Sr. didn't think he could achieve the same success there with Fla. St. & Miami in the conference as well as the improvement of a couple other schools.
Spurrier feels he could get Jr. set up at a major program if he were to take the head job for 3 - 5 years and bring Jr. as Asst. Head Coach with a future signed 5 year deal to succeed as the head coach. That will allow Sr. to back off recruitng, play more golf, and leave Jr. set up with a good coaching staff and good talent.
So I do think Spurrier will be announced as long as Steve Jr. is announced as the next HC right beside him. Perhaps Bama has been spending some time researching Jr."
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Comments:
Anyone interested in purchasing a nice bridge? It's only lightly used. # posted by Anonymous : 8:58 AM
anonymous lies. He has no bridge.....he ignores the facts posted, Bill oliver a great friend of Spurrier, intresting information, this guy clealry knows a guy ywho knows Spurruer, the information posted sounds off set and true. Spurrier concerned about his son's success etc.
Setting him up at Bama would guarantee success....or a great shot at it.
Makes perfect sense, Spurrier is looking for a big school name with a great winning tradition and resources galore. Bama is the biggest, no one compares to it.
Spurrier is coming to the cpastone, bet the house on it.
