Spurrier in depressed mood as he comments on the Gamecocks vs ECU

Will the Gamecocks look like a Spurrier team of late? 

On Tuesday USC head Football coach Steve Spurrier spoke to the media.

You can discern a lot from his personal communication and based on how he answered questions.

On Defense

Spurrier said the practices had not been conducted well for the D before the Texas A&M game. He seemed to say there has been a lot of standing around when the D practiced. Spurrier indicated he is getting  more involved in the job of coaching the defense. May be  mading it more of his responsibility.

He there would be more competition and that the first-team players would scrimmage versus the first-team offense more. Had the defensive coaching staff been running the No. 1s versus the No. 2 offense? If so, that may explain one of the problems of not being ready for an SEC offense like A&M's.

Spurrier said there would not be a lot time for the defense to be standing around watching each other. Had they been practicing like that? Why?

Motivation seems to be a problem too. Spurrier said the team was “lackadaisical.” He said the there needed to some “fire” and players needed to “act like we like playing.”

All fans knew, from watching the game, that there was little pass rush and little pass protection. Spurrier alluded to the protection issues. Playing ten yards off the receives may have been what he was referring to. The whole stadium could see that was a problem, down after down vs A&M.

Also: Spurrier was down. It's he believed he was to the level that he would not have to deal with the type of debacle of the A&M game. He said he was embarrassed, as we are all for him.

He said he has to stay positive, but that is likely not easy after last Thursday.

Of all games, that ridiculous performance seemed to take a lot out of the “Head Ball Coach.”

It may take a while to get his spirit back.