Not much chance of Lorenzo Ward being retained

SC's offense will have to out-muscle
 opponents. The D is non-existent. 

It will be very surprising if Lorenzo Ward, and his whole staff, are not let go at the end of the 2014 season.

It is worth mentioning because some media people are instructing fans not to blame Ward.

Brad Crawford of Saturday Down South (SDS) says: It’s obvious Ward does not have talented players.

That's difficult to buy, but even if true, It's Ward's fault there is no talent on D. He's the defensive coordinator, charged with bringing in players he can win with.

Link: Pundits think it's clever to oppose the obvious

Crawford also says: “Firing Ward comes as a massive overreaction following a single underwhelming season and would, at least temporarily, disconnect South Carolina's recruiting pipeline in the greater Atlanta area.”

The prospect of losing, and losing UGLY with the type of defense SC is playing this year will hurt recruiting more than anything, especially if players think Head Coach Steve Spurrier will do nothing to address it.

Crawford opines: “It’s a down year for the Gamecocks defensively and it won’t be fixed until South Carolina welcomes a number of potential early-impact replacements on National Signing Day in February.”

"Wait'll next year" will not work, when you have NO GOOD REASON for the nosedive THIS YEAR.

Let's be honest; pundits, and media experts, are looking for some reason to draw readers and listeners. Maybe they think that stating the obvious - FIRE WARD - is not unique enough to sound expert. So they try to be clever. Sadly you discredit yourself, in an attempt to be different. I think Spurrier is going to try to 'offense' wins for the rest of the year, with no confidence in the D. Then he can make the changes on the D staff in the off-season.

There is just not much reason to have any faith in Ward doing the job, when you consider how bad the Gamecocks' D is, without any signs it is improving with two-thirds of the season gone.