Steve Spurrier Shocks South Carolina
Football coaches should coach football, not make political statements. Unless you are Steve Spurrier.
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I do not like Steve Spurrier.
I can hardly stomach that he went to the University of Florida and played quarterback. I do not like the fact that he won a Heisman Trophy while there. I do not like how he went to the NFL and had a nice career. I do, however, like that he was the last NFL quarterback to lead a team to a winless season.
It makes me angry to think that Steve Spurrier deserves a lot of praise. I hate that he paid his dues along the way to glory. Most of all, I grow queasy every time I think of his successful career while coaching at Florida. Becoming the first Heisman winner to coach a Heisman winner made my stomach rollover. The six SEC titles make me want to pull my hair out. Eleven straight bowl games? I still get nauseous.
And then, in January of 2002, there was a day of hope. Spurrier was leaving Florida. Angels in my personal heaven sung out with joy. Imaginary church bells rang. The sun, that day, was just a little bit brighter. No longer would I have to listen to the cocky coach from the University of Florida speak. The short stint in the NFL, frankly, made me giggle. Then he came back to the ranks of college football, and I cringed a little, but at least he was only at South Carolina, and not likely to get the national coverage that he had at Florida.
Then, today, I as I am reading my news, I see something that makes my heart stop. Steve Spurrier thinks the Confederate flag at the South Carolina Capital should come down. Conflict rages within me. I do not like Steve Spurrier. But he’s right. I could not agree with him more. There is no need for that flag to be there.
I have never met Steve Spurrier. Probably never will. But I owe him an apology. I may not like how he coaches. I may not like how he speaks to the media. If we ever met, I might not even like the way he would speak to me. But I like that he is willing to stand up for something that might make him unpopular with a lot of people. Hopefully, this will be the push that finally brings that flag down.
From this day forward, I like Steve Spurrier.
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I disagree in that the flag should remain. I do not see it as a pro-slavery Civil War emblem, but as a remnant of time when people fought for what they believed… especially since the Civil War was not really about slavery, but about the desire of the South to secede. Yes, they lost, but it is a part of their heritage. The argument should disappear along with all the people crying for reparations. If you weren’t alive then you have no right to complain. Where anyone is has to do with what they’ve made of their lives… not what the country did years back. You choose and make your path. Let the emblem of southern pride stand.
My big hang up with it is that 99% of the places you see the Confederate flag, it’s about racism. What good reason is there for their to be a Confederate flag painted on the roof of a barn in Ohio? (I-71 between Columbus and Cincinnati) While the flag at the Capital may be about heritage, it’s in the 1%. It’s just so hard for me to see past the other 99%.
I still hate Steve… actually, all Steves.
Steve is the man! The gamecocks are going to win a championship soon http://www.sportales.com/Football/Reasons-the-South-Carolina-Gamecocks-Will-Become-Champions.277193