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Steve Spurrier's New Interview Method

RedStar said:
That's probably what he was going for, and to an extent, I can see a little childishness there. He wanted to out the guy he thought had been negatively reporting on the football program and he wanted to do it in a public way. I definitely see that.

But if CNS had done it to Kevin Scarbinsky, we'd have stood and applauded ;) I guess that's where I see the problem.

I'm definitely no Spurrier apologist. Although I must admit he's grown on me since he's not at UF anymore. His sarcasm is as thick as anyones and it's something I can relate to.
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Yeah, I get a kick out of Spurrier at times as well, but he has done far better than this situation.
 
"As a coach, I have that right"! Still don't like the way he ran up the score on Ky. Yeah, I know...it's the deffence's job to stop them...these are not babies etc. Then, there is this thing called class. However,this has pretty well been Steve's MO.
My opinion only
 
Perhaps we should all read the Ron Morris column for a little context. We should also remember Paul Davis' run-ins with Auburn or John Adams' relationship with Phil Fulmer. or how Herbstreit was run out of Columbus.

Stating your opinion against the home-town team is never easy, which is why we often cheer it elsewhere and don't think much of it when it's our team.

Morris has his detractors, but I find his stuff reasoned in tone and opinion, and pretty brave, actually, because he writes for a paper where Gamecock football is the biggest deal in town. Spurrier has the right to handle things his own way, but I wonder if he was also drawing attention from the bomb he knew was about to land.

Trying to hurt our football program? TOBC knows better than that.
 
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CrimsonEyeshade said:
Perhaps we should all read the Ron Morris column for a little context. (clipped)
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Perhaps, but I don't know enough about their program (nor do I care, to be honest) to wade through this stuff. To me, the only important question is, did this writer purposely misrepresent the facts? We have a few writers like that in Alabama, and I am surprised that they are still gainfully employed.

Journalistic integrity should not be an oxymoron.
 
SimplyT, the story in question was written months ago. Ron Morris has his sources in the South Carolina football program. He didn't arrive in Columbia overnight. That makes the timing a little odd for SS's explosion. I read Morris' stuff pretty regularly. His coverage has always seemed balanced to me. But he definitely goes again popular opinion from time to time. That's the case with his Auburn piece, which, if you saw the end of the game, is dead-on. Hard to misrepresent facts that played out in front of our eyes.
 
CrimsonEyeshade said:
SimplyT, the story in question was written months ago. Ron Morris has his sources in the South Carolina football program. He didn't arrive in Columbia overnight. That makes the timing a little odd for SS's explosion. I read Morris' stuff pretty regularly. His coverage has always seemed balanced to me. But he definitely goes again popular opinion from time to time. That's the case with his Auburn piece, which, if you saw the end of the game, is dead-on. Hard to misrepresent facts that played out in front of our eyes.
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That's what I don't get. The article about Ellington (the only one mentioned) was written in the Spring. Why wait until now to make a big deal about it unless there's something else.
 
RTR91 said:
That's what I don't get. The article about Ellington (the only one mentioned) was written in the Spring. Why wait until now to make a big deal about it unless there's something else.
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Well the whole thing with Garcia begs the question of timing. That was my problem with the infamous blowup by Mike Gundy a few years ago. It reeked of a diversion.
 
CrimsonEyeshade said:
Smoke-screening the fact that everything the writer wrote -- in this case -- turned out to be true.
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But the question remains - Did the writer not so affectionately known as "MoRon" to the USCe faithful fabricate the story back in the spring? Just about all of the USCe fans agree that it was pure bunk, and their BB coach came out and said so publicly. So, this may be a diversion, but it also appears that this writer is a liar.
 
CrimsonEyeshade said:
Smoke-screening the fact that everything the writer wrote -- in this case -- turned out to be true.
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Says you and most Clemson fans. South Carolina fans disagree.

Just as everything Scarbinsky says is truth to most Auburn fans, and nothing but lies to most Alabama fans.

It's all about perspective.
 
Liar? Based on what? A coach's statement. That's exactly what Gundy did, and Gundy baldly brought down the house on a reporter that had written something true that he didn't like. In other words, the only liar in the room was the coach.





SimplyTide said:
But the question remains - Did the writer not so affectionately known as "MoRon" to the USCe faithful fabricate the story back in the spring? Just about all of the USCe fans agree that it was pure bunk, and their BB coach came out and said so publicly. So, this may be a diversion, but it also appears that this writer is a liar.
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Star, I was talking about the writer in the Oklahoma State situation. Her story was in fact corroborated by the very player Gundy so gallantly and publicly said he was trying to protect. Gundy started backtracking almost as soon as the cameras closed down.

As for Morris, I don't know his sources in the aforementioned story. Spurrier says it's untrue. That doesn't mean it's so. Auburn coaches say they didn't pay Cam. Like you said, it's all a matter of perspective.

RedStar said:
Says you and most Clemson fans. South Carolina fans disagree.

Just as everything Scarbinsky says is truth to most Auburn fans, and nothing but lies to most Alabama fans.

It's all about perspective.
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Not a fan of how Spurrier handled this, but agree 100% with his reasons. Spurrier and USC tried to handle this privately but the reporter and the paper refused multiple times. They ran a very derogatory article that was proven beyond question to be 100% false, but the paper and the reporter have refused to retract the story or to apologize to Spurrier, the basketball coach, and the player. The reporter has been on a witch hunt against USC football and in particular Spurrier for a while now. In this recent article he tried to create a rift between Spurrier and Horn (b-ball coach) by claiming Spurrier "poached" USC's PG for football. Turned out to be false. The player appraoched Spurrier, who immediately contacted Horn, where the two worked it out. Turns out Horn actually promised the kid the opportunity to play football if he signed with USC to play b-ball (he was all-state at both sports). Spurrier, Horn, and the player have all refuted the reporters story, yet he stands by it. And has referenced it as true multiple times.

As recently as Sunday the reporter and the paper painted a mostly negative picture of USC's 54-3 drubbing of KY. During season when Spurrier starts Shaw the reporter writes that he should start Garcia, when he starts Garcia he is lambasted for not playing Shaw, when Lattimore gets 37 carries he is overusing the RB and blasted for ruining his career, then against auburn when Lat gets less than 20 carries Spurrier is blasted for not using the RB enough. Beat Vandy 21-3 and he didn't put away a weaker opponent. Beat KY 54-3 and he ran the score up. Even the recent NCAA findings, which did not involve Spurrier in any way (it was concluded that he acrted properly in all instances - it was compliance that screwed up), have been pinned on SPurrier by this reporter.

You guys have no idea how bad this has gotten. I'm surprised it took this long for SOS to lose it.
 
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Well, you can tell the sports reporters there have never worked on a political beat or they would have banded together and told Spurrier no interviews today after Spurrier divided the media against each other. Instead, the reporters just let Spurrier divide TV guys against newspaper guys. I don't know a thing about this reporter and don't have the true story (it's he said/he said), but I think the media guys should have stuck together and told Spurrier to try and promote his team without TV or newspaper. Maybe by next week they'll have it figured out since they apparently got blind-sided this week. Spurrier may have the right, but I guess the reporters have the right to not talk about his program in a positice light, too.
 
NationalTitles13 said:
Well, you can tell the sports reporters there have never worked on a political beat or they would have banded together and told Spurrier no interviews today after Spurrier divided the media against each other. Instead, the reporters just let Spurrier divide TV guys against newspaper guys. I don't know a thing about this reporter and don't have the true story (it's he said/he said), but I think the media guys should have stuck together and told Spurrier to try and promote his team without TV or newspaper. Maybe by next week they'll have it figured out since they apparently got blind-sided this week. Spurrier may have the right, but I guess the reporters have the right to not talk about his program in a positice light, too.
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A number of the local TV and radio guys recognize Ron Morris for the boob he is.
 
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