Steve Spurrier is retiring, effective IMMEDIATELY.

[Silkk]

Steve Spurrier is reportedly retiring. Probably the second greatest coach in SEC history behind Bear Bryant. He completely revolutionized the game.

He was also king of the one liner. Here are some of the best:

1. On a fire at Auburn that destroyed 20 books: “The real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."

2. Playing at Tennessee: “Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.”

3. On Tennessee: “You can't spell Citrus without U-T.”

4. On Tennessee QB Peyton Manning: “I know why Peyton came back for his senior year. He wanted to be a three-time star of the Citrus Bowl.”

5. On playing Georgia early in the season. “I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.”

6. On whether Florida would beat Georgia: "Is Ray Goff still coaching there?”

7. When coaching Washington on hoping for consistent success against the Dallas Cowboys: “Hopefully [they can be] our Georgia.”

8. On Clemson: ""They’ve got a good team, but continue to not play very well when they play us for some reason."

9. On recruiting in Alabama: “In 12 years at Florida, I don't think we ever signed a kid from the state of Alabama. Of course, we found out later that the scholarships they were giving out at Alabama were worth a whole lot more than ours.”

10. On Florida State: “You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.”

11. On Jadeveon Clowney getting a speeding ticket: “I didn't know Jadeveon's car that could go that fast. He doesn't have a pretty car like those FSU guys used to drive."

12. On Vanderbilt becoming a tough game: “They're not slow guys anymore.”

13. On Bobby Petrino: “Good football coach and had about as much fun as I did in the NFL.”

14. On coaching so long: “I forgot to get fired and I’m not going to cheat.”

 

[madness]

Should've at least finished the season.

He basically quit on his players.

He also quit on the gators to try his fun-n-gun in the NFL, then also quit the NFL when he realized it wouldn't work

 

[Rigby.]

Move Spurrier to OC at Auburn, fire Lashlee, move Craig to QB coach assistant, move whoever the fukk South Carolina has at WR coach to Auburn and tell Gus to listen to whatever the fukk Steve has to say
Make it happen Jay

 

[MikelArteta]

do you blame him?
hes 70, that old bobby bowden, joe pa take em out back type of coaching is over

has a national title
has a heisman
has sec and acc titles

south carolina is ass , by the time he would rebuild them he'd be like 73-74
retire sped time with your wife and grandkids

wouldnt be surprised if it wasnt a lute olsen type health scare though

 

[Rigby.]

always wondered why he didn't get another big program job when he came back.

 

[RammerJammer]

do you blame him?
hes 70, that old bobby bowden, joe pa take em out back type of coaching is over

has a national title
has a heisman
has sec and acc titles

south carolina is ass , by the time he would rebuild them he'd be like 73-74
retire sped time with your wife and grandkids

wouldnt be surprised if it wasnt a lute olsen type health scare though

I think he realized that. South Carolina at best was gonna be 4-8 or 5-7 this year. It is rare for a coach to retire or voluntarily step down mid season though, hope its nothing with his health

 

[Taadow]

Probably was showing up to games drunk too with how red his face always is, knew they were gonna bust his ass so he got out with his name intact

Ayo ayo ayo cuzz...you remember when he got hired to coach the Redskins?
I said "Damn...this is proper as dat thang...they could use his face as the logo..."

 

[the artist known az]

HBC

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Spurrier coming back to play QB for us again. Gonna win that 2nd Heisman :gatorblessed:

But on the real, my favorite head coach of all-time. Quotables for days and a great guy. Grew up watching his offense and him build up the Gators. We were an average ass team until he came back and built The Swamp to what it is today. He's the reason we're relevant. Thank you, OBC

 

[Pitfalls0117]

Steve Spurrier is reportedly retiring. Probably the second greatest coach in SEC history behind Bear Bryant. He completely revolutionized the game.

He was also king of the one liner. Here are some of the best:

1. On a fire at Auburn that destroyed 20 books: “The real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."

2. Playing at Tennessee: “Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.”

3. On Tennessee: “You can't spell Citrus without U-T.”

4. On Tennessee QB Peyton Manning: “I know why Peyton came back for his senior year. He wanted to be a three-time star of the Citrus Bowl.”

5. On playing Georgia early in the season. “I sort of always liked playing them that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended.”

6. On whether Florida would beat Georgia: "Is Ray Goff still coaching there?”

7. When coaching Washington on hoping for consistent success against the Dallas Cowboys: “Hopefully [they can be] our Georgia.”

8. On Clemson: ""They’ve got a good team, but continue to not play very well when they play us for some reason."

9. On recruiting in Alabama: “In 12 years at Florida, I don't think we ever signed a kid from the state of Alabama. Of course, we found out later that the scholarships they were giving out at Alabama were worth a whole lot more than ours.”

10. On Florida State: “You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.”

11. On Jadeveon Clowney getting a speeding ticket: “I didn't know Jadeveon's car that could go that fast. He doesn't have a pretty car like those FSU guys used to drive."

12. On Vanderbilt becoming a tough game: “They're not slow guys anymore.”

13. On Bobby Petrino: “Good football coach and had about as much fun as I did in the NFL.”

14. On coaching so long: “I forgot to get fired and I’m not going to cheat.”

My favorite (paraphrasing): "You know, there's one type of Gator that they hate up in Tallahassee more than the Florida Gators--that would be an NCAA investigator"

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

LSU & Fournette ended that nikkas career

 

[Darealtwo1]

Do y'all think Jamal Spurrier would be getting this same treatment or would he have gotten "what a p*ssy way to go out...quit on his recruits"

 

[Rigby.]

I'm not bullshyt but I think he did it today to take the spotlighht off Grier and his Alma Mater. I'm bout 100% that's why. That mafukka a Gator through and through.

Breh that's ending his entire career just cause the Gators had fukked up personnel for like the 1000th time since he left. Dude would've been gone a long time just cause a Florida individual did something completely against the rules

 

[Rigby.]

Do y'all think Jamal Spurrier would be getting this same treatment or would he have gotten "what a p*ssy way to go out...quit on his recruits"

Retiring and quitting are two different things, there's like no black HCs that have been coaching as long as Spurrier in the power five right now, so there's no real equivalent. Hell I don't know if there's been a black HC coaching this long in the major FBS ever.

The closest example would be a complete made up situation, but if Sumlin was at Texas A for like 10 more years, then he'd earn the right to retire whenever he wants like Spurrier. I'm fairly sure SCar has contacted guys and has been contacting guys for this and last season when it was obvious they weren't returning to glory.

 

[GoFlipAPack]

Time for him to replace Corso

Nah he needs to replace Lou Holtz