Quite the pissing match between Clemson's Tommy Bowden and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier. We're not sure who won, but here's what happened. Spurrier got a $500,000 raise and a one-year contract extension after the Gamecocks finished the regular season 7-5, which included a 31-28 victory over the Tigers. All this appeared to get to Bowden, whose team is 8-4. Said Bowden: "It's amazing how this thing works, because here I'm at a place where seven [wins] gets you fired. He's at a place where seven [wins] gets you a raise. I should have won seven instead of eight." Spurrier responded: "If Tommy Bowden wants a raise, he should just ask his A.D. and president if he thinks he's as good a coach as Mark Richt and me and Fulmer and Tuberville and those guys. That's the only reason I got a raise. They think I'm that good a coach. So if he wants a raise, he ought to go and say, 'Am I as good a coach as all them guys?' " Bowden's response? "I gave y'all one Christmas gift. No more. That's out of character for me. I gave y'all one Christmas gift last week. So you don't get anything else until next Christmas."
Monday, December 18, 2006
Tommy Bowden's Christmas Gift
Quite the pissing match between Clemson's Tommy Bowden and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier. We're not sure who won, but here's what happened. Spurrier got a $500,000 raise and a one-year contract extension after the Gamecocks finished the regular season 7-5, which included a 31-28 victory over the Tigers. All this appeared to get to Bowden, whose team is 8-4. Said Bowden: "It's amazing how this thing works, because here I'm at a place where seven [wins] gets you fired. He's at a place where seven [wins] gets you a raise. I should have won seven instead of eight." Spurrier responded: "If Tommy Bowden wants a raise, he should just ask his A.D. and president if he thinks he's as good a coach as Mark Richt and me and Fulmer and Tuberville and those guys. That's the only reason I got a raise. They think I'm that good a coach. So if he wants a raise, he ought to go and say, 'Am I as good a coach as all them guys?' " Bowden's response? "I gave y'all one Christmas gift. No more. That's out of character for me. I gave y'all one Christmas gift last week. So you don't get anything else until next Christmas."
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Tommy Bowden has no class, is a whiner and thus will never win big at Clemson. He has been there 8 long years now, and its falling apart for him as usual . Spurrier will beat him over and over most likely, in this next generation, Clemson will likely only get wins once every few years ........
8 long years and look Wake Forest is the ACC Champions .....
Spurrier is changing the whole scope of Gamecock football . Just look at Recruiting, Carlina has a top 10 Class right now and its not even over yet . Carolina has fun years ahead, Clemson will need a new coach soon .
Is it true that Spurrier suffered a stroke. I was commenting on the obvious disfigurement of Spurrier's face and asked a friend why he looked that way. My friend said she heard he had a stroke and that's why he looks a little off. If that's true then he deserved to win this season - who knows if he'll have many more.
It would also explain why he couldn't understand Bowden's comments weren't directed as an insult to him - stroke victims can become confused and disoriented - a little off as the last comment stated....
I HAVE WONDERED MYSELF WHY SPURRIER HAS TROUBLE SPEAKING AND HOLDING ITEMS IN HIS HANDS. SO MAYBE A STROKE COULD BE THE REASON. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM ALSO. MAYBE THAT IS THE REASON HE FEELS SO IMPORTANT TO USC. ACCORDING TO HIM HE IS THE ONLY COACH OR PLAYER THAT SEEMS TO MATTER. I THOUGHT USC WAS A TEAM AND NOT JUST ONE PERSON BUT I GUESS THATS NOT TRUE. YOU GO SPURRIER THERE IS ONLY "I" IN YOUR TEAM...
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