It didn't take long

Former Florida Gator Head Coach Steve Spurrier hasn't coached a game yet at the University of South Carolina but he's already making people angry at him.

Spurrier is labeled ‘unethical’ by coaches

Group wants title games moved from Williams-Brice to protest USC coach’s decision to pull players’ scholarships
By STEVE WISEMANStaff Writer
Calling South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier unethical for his decision to revoke several players’ scholarships this summer, the state’s high school football coaches on Wednesday pushed to move the South Carolina High School League championship games out of Williams-Brice Stadium.

About 90 minutes before a meeting of the S.C. Football Coaches Association’s board of directors in Greenville, the group faxed a letter to Spurrier and USC athletics director Eric Hyman condemning the decision to strip the scholarships of Irmo’s Grayson Mullins and Pageland’s Trent Usher, among others.

“We, the S.C. Football Coaches Association board of directors, are all about commitment,” the letter stated, “and USC’s lack of commitment to its recruited players has prompted our action.”

The coaches said in the letter that Spurrier’s move was “unethical” because the players involved had not broken team rules and therefore didn’t deserve to lose their scholarships.

Another story in The State clearly points out

NCAA rules state that schools must inform athletes whether their scholarships will be renewed, reduced or revoked by July 1.

The school claims to have notified the athletes.

Spurrier was within his right and was being ethical but the coach in my opinion could have handled this better. Why did he wait till now to tell these players he no longer wanted them? If he had been upfront they would at least have had time to look for other opportunities.

A few things can be said about Spurrier

1- He is a winning College Football coach
2- He does things his way no matter what feathers he ruffles.
3- He has a tendency to whine when things don't go his way.

Twelve years of Spurrier coached Gator football made all of this abundantly clear to me. The State of South Carolina now has to live with him, just like Florida used to. Good luck.