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Tom Herman was quite interested in the South Carolina job
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:23 pm
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"I'm not gonna say he begged for the job, but my sources say he was quite interested." --@Sapakoff reports that before the Gamecocks hired Shane Beamer, Tom Herman was pushing himself for the job.
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:27 pm to RLDSC FAN
Why not go for Tom Herman? If I'm Auburn that's not a bad choice; seems better than some of the names I've seen rumored.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:37 pm to RLDSC FAN
Good Lord working at UT must be a miserable existence.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:41 pm to RLDSC FAN
He entertained South Carolina while at Houston too.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:45 pm to jrodLSUke
If he can’t do it at Texas with all the resources at his disposal he would fail miserably at usce
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:45 pm to jonboy
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Good Lord working at UT must be a miserable existence.
No shite. No wonder they throw money at coaches...they have to.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:48 pm to mattz1122
He turned down South Carolina at houston I believe
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
auburn shouid be all over Herman
Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:56 pm to RLDSC FAN
UT has a UT booster problem. Not a Tom Herman problem
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:03 pm to RLDSC FAN
If I were a coach that was more concerned with living my life and growing my family somewhere nice and peaceful, South Carolina would be one of my top choices.
It's a beautiful state and on the coast, in the best conference, fairly low pressure with decent resources, a pretty long leash for a coach, and near fertile recruiting grounds.
SCar is a "sleeper" if there ever was one, all it takes is for UF and UGA to have down years (which they do plenty) and you're right there in the hunt for the division. Even if only ONE of them aren't on the top of their game (which seems to happen every year), you can fairly easily finish second in the division and the fans love you. Simply finish with a winning record yearly and you can enjoy life while making plenty of money, and still keep a job while competing for an SEC East title every so often when the stars align.
It really is an attractive job for a "family man" type coach.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
Grab a lifeline while you can Tom.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:18 pm to jrodLSUke
I’d love to beat Tom Herman’s arse for a few years before Auburn fires him.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:21 pm to RLDSC FAN
He knows that unless he makes the playoffs next year (unlikely) he is done at UT. Just trying to get out ahead of being fired to a place where expectations aren’t through the roof.
10 wins at UT and they want you fired. 10 wins at USC and they have a parade
10 wins at UT and they want you fired. 10 wins at USC and they have a parade
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:28 pm to nicholastiger
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If he can’t do it at Texas with all the resources at his disposal he would fail miserably at usce
It's easy to say that, yet Texas only has one national title since DKR was running the wishbone. There's a reason they had to settle on Charlie Strong. Most coaches can't or won't deal with that circus of a program.
If Herman won 63% of his games at South Carolina like he's done in Austin, he'd be a hero.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:32 pm to RLDSC FAN
Entertaining that Texas tried to get Urban Meyer and Herman reached out to South Carolina. The divorce is coming.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:37 pm to jonboy
Has Texas had a coach to leave on his own accord in the last 100 years? Hell, even Royal was forced into retirement when he really didn't want to. Mac Brown won a title but was still fired, for having a better record his last few years than his 2 replacements have had.
For a school who only has 1 title since the US left the gold standard, they think they are college football royalty and should compete for titles every year.
You'd have to be a moron to want to coach there.
For a school who only has 1 title since the US left the gold standard, they think they are college football royalty and should compete for titles every year.
You'd have to be a moron to want to coach there.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:39 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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UT has a UT booster problem. Not a Tom Herman problem
Culturally a soft school. Would be badass to attend, just doesn't breed the type of player that you get at an Alabama, Auburn, UGA or LSU et al
This post was edited on 12/15/20 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 12/15/20 at 8:24 pm to nvasil1
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If Herman won 63% of his games at South Carolina like he's done in Austin, he'd be a hero.
Lol no.
Posted on 12/15/20 at 8:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
I’m pretty sure he thought he was gonna get fired
Posted on 12/15/20 at 8:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
I've always thought of South Carolina as a program with plenty of upside if they get the right coach. Their state is actually #6 for NFL players per capita. They compete with Clemson, UGA, and I guess maybe Auburn and Florida to the south and west for recruiting. But there is a decent talent pool with a large population up the coast and the ACC schools for the most part suck and/or don't care about football. Maybe not 1999 LSU level of sleeping giant, but certainly a program with a lot of potential. Outside of strength of conference, no innate reason why Clemson can thrive and they can't.
Herman has proven to be incredibly unlikable and weird, but if his prior track record from UH is any indication, it may have been a good fit and a nice spot for him to park for a while and build up a program with more reasonable expectations. Maybe not too dissimilar from what Kiffin did to rehabilitate his image.
Herman has proven to be incredibly unlikable and weird, but if his prior track record from UH is any indication, it may have been a good fit and a nice spot for him to park for a while and build up a program with more reasonable expectations. Maybe not too dissimilar from what Kiffin did to rehabilitate his image.
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