Rumors From the Carolina message board:
The rumor within the Athletic Dept coach's that Spurrier was having memory loss... Forgetting play calls and names of players...
This makes more sense for Spurrier quitting in the middle of the season and Spurrier allowing assistant coaches to take over the coaching...
If you doubt me, then search your memory and think of all the strange things Spurrier was doing in the last 3 years and compare that the Spurrier coming in 11 years ago...
Remember when people said Spurrier was drunk on his TV show with Todd or he spent more time playing golf than going out recruiting...
Didn't go out recruiting... Forgetting to meet with recruits... I think that was what Chubb said...
Take a look of the symptoms below and think back hard when you questioned Spurrier...
And if it's a health problem, would Spurrier admit it???
Memory loss that disrupts daily life
Challenges in planning or solving problems
Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work or at leisure
Confusion with time or place
Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships
New problems with words in speaking or writing
Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
Decreased or poor judgment
Withdrawal from work or social activities
Changes in mood and personality
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Also the timing. On a day the entire Southern California Athletic Dept. and coaches are being called into question for covering and enabling health issues with their coach.
I have feared that many of the unanswerable questions regarding decision-making and how things were being done (eg. Bizarre playcalling process, failure to hide signs, recruiting) the past two years resulted from the staff and AD trying to work around issues with the HBC. He is 70 after all and getting older stinks. It's an exceptionally fast and young game and none of us are as quick as we once were. And The HBC was not going to change the way he did things. The issues, however, like a detached, ambivalent, give up attitude, seemed to be getting less manageable and more public recently.
Reminds me a bit of the final Reagan year, when everyone was trying to give the outside world the impression that things were still the same.
14 Buzzkill1,
44 minutes ago
I think you put your finger on the real problem. I have observed his behavior closely over the years, and have been commenting about it here for over two years. Some of you probably remember me saying he just seems detached, or that his mind was somewhere else. I hope it is just his age creeping up on him, like mine is. Good luck and thank you coach for all the great years!
15 cocknjax,
14 minutes ago
