Spurrier to stay with Gamecocks, expect purge of defensive coaches

For Steve Spurrier: “The plan is to definitely be back here and so forth,” Spurrier said according to

Spurrier will be back next year, full
of enthusiasm. Proving critics wrong
is what he lives for. 

Josh Kendall of The State newspaper.

But Spurrier refused to address the future of his assistant coaches, including Defensive Coordinator Lorenzo Ward, D-line Coach Deke Adams, LB Coach Kurt Botkin and Secondary Coach Grady Brown.

Spurrier said of the question about the future: “If it’s got anything to do with coaches coming back next year, me coming back next year, I am just going to refrain from all of that. Let’s get through this season here and see where we are all at is probably the smartest thing for all of us to do right now.”

Spurrier is no doubt at the lowest point he can be at this year. Maybe his team -including the offense -folds at this point. Because no matter what the offense does, the defense will lose the game.

It's as if the defense has put money on its opponent, and is trying to lose games on purpose. It cannot get any more inept or incompetent, if it tried. And the defensive coaching staff has totally failed in making any move to correct the futility. That is the trait of a lost coaching staff, when no improvement is made.

Once the pain and ugliness has been digested, Spurrier has come too far to quit now. No matter who he chooses to replace Ward and Co., those coaches will be (have to) be better.

There is the foundation that Spurrier has built at SC. Bad coaching hires have shaken that foundation, but not to the point Spurrier will not get invigorated for one more try. Once he has purged his program of its ailments, things will look much better.

Let's bet Spurrier embraces the challenge of proving he can move his guys back to where they were before the program was damaged by a lack of coaching talent on the defensive side of the ball.

Spurrier will be back and he will be good again.