Seems to be a great coach and a great recruiter.

I think a lot of our problems on offense could be cured with effective O-Line play. Hopefully, this will begin a process to stabilize that area. I can’t think of one single offseason where the line had/has NOT been a question mark. Simply put, if we keep thinking of our team as one that can challenge for an SEC East title, then that is unacceptable.

I don’t know what to think about the state of the football team right now. I like this hire, but then again, I know little about him and everyone looks like a great hire if you only see their team profile page. Joe Person of The State seems to think Ron Cooper was asked to leave. I find that somewhat suspect given the quality of DBs we have put into the NFL in recent years in conjunction with LSU picking him up. Although, if Captain’s behavior this season was any indication, maybe Cooper really was just on the receiving end of some great talent. Can’t really blame David Reaves for joining his brother-in-law’s squad, that’s just the nature of the profession. And I really really would have liked us to throw some money Mark Smith’s way to try to keep him here. A good strength coach does so much for an athletic program, not just football. Up until this year’s three game skid to end the season I have been able to take away something positive from each of Spurrier’s years here at USC. But being out-scored 118- 30 in our last four games is inexcusable. I guess I’ll need to see how the new hires shake out before making any rash statements about next year. But I swear on the Maxcy Monument if our first offensive drive ends in an interception in the Spring game, I’m going to flip my shit.