Brad Lawing is the new Florida DL coach (former Gamecock DL coach)

[Tebowism0823]

Originally Posted by Gatorrick22

Especially this kind. The Mods already warned us about that sort of crap. The truth is no one knows which coach has which coaching responsibility except for Muschamp.

Yeah I just don't like it when one says something that's bound to stir the pot without any shred of evidence.

[Jaggator]

Originally Posted by adamgator96

Why would he take a lateral hire in the same conference? That has to piss off SOS, right?

http://southcarolina.rivals.com/show...d=1017&style=2

[Jaggator]

LMAO!

"Our DL Coach, Brad Lawing, is running away to Florida. He's afraid that coaching Jadeveon Clowney will make him an accessory to murder."

[Spleezy]

UF has had a few down years the last 15 years while South Carolina has had a few good years. While they have gotten better of late they haven't even achieved what UF did in the 90's yet, let alone what we accomplished on the 00's.......this is not a lateral move UF is a much better program.

[GatorJeff]

Originally Posted by Spleezy

UF has had a few down years the last 15 years while South Carolina has had a few good years. While they have gotten better of late they haven't even achieved what UF did in the 90's yet, let alone what we accomplished on the 00's.......this is not a lateral move UF is a much better program.

Lateral move? No way. In the last 20 years or so, the Gators have the best winning percentage in college football, eight SEC championships, four trips to the national championship game, and three national championships. Over the same period, USCe is way down the list of winning percentage, has no SEC tiles and has never played for the national title.

[theologator]

Originally Posted by Jaggator

http://southcarolina.rivals.com/show...d=1017&style=2

Note the flow of comments. Message board dynamics are fairly consistent.

I was interested to see the conversation turn to UF. For example, Urban's tenure "was like crack cocaine" and "Was it worth it?" That is hilarious. Sure - much better to he mired in mediocrity. How noble. Has SC ever been in a BCS bowl game? (Some of their folks posted very fair assessments.)

I guess home is home, but I wouldn't pick many places ahead of Gainesville to live. Columbia may be a nice place - state capital plus a major university, close to the Smoky Mountains, etc. But do they not realize IT'S IN FREAKING SOUTH CAROLINA - ONE OF THE MOST PAROCHIAL, BACKWARD, INBRED CESSPOOLS IN THE COUNTRY?

Hell no, I ain't fergittin' either.

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by theologator

---snip---ONE OF THE MOST PAROCHIAL, BACKWARD, INBRED CESSPOOLS IN THE COUNTRY?

Hell no, I ain't fergittin' either.

I dunno - we have our share of trailer trash, backward inbreds, and cesspools too!

[SkyChimp]

Originally Posted by GatorAvatar

Bad...using us as a stepping stone. Gone in two years to be a DC somewhere.

He won't be able to go elsewhere if he doesn't contribute to our wins. With that said, I think its a good hire because it will give us strength in the DL which we need to uphold.

[UGator]

Leaving SCe for personal reasons is no big deal. He is an outstanding coach for the DL's or DE's, take your pick. I do hope Young stays for the DL though, as few can match his NFL credentials.....period!

Coaching Clowney at SC would look good on anyone's resume but he can flat out recruit and might sway some talent to us in the last couple of weeks before NSD. Being a career position coach ain't bad either as a 300K salary or so would interest many medical or legal professionals out there.

Best of luck to him on his move here and hope SOS is not too pissed......however who really cares.

[the_yancey]

He has my best wishes. Brad has been a very good coach for us. He brings less to the recruiting table. It is telling that SOS did not offer any inducements to get Brad to stay. Most insiders in Columbia think that we can upgrade that position.

[theologator]

Originally Posted by Bazza

I dunno - we have our share of trailer trash, backward inbreds, and cesspools too!

Every state has its sad and great places, but there isn't any comparison overall. Not even close. I'm biased but I think it's actually true, all things considered. SOS has done more than I expected. It's like winning big at Ole Miss.

[wiene2003]

He has my best wishes. Brad has been a very good coach for us. He brings less to the recruiting table. It is telling that SOS did not offer any inducements to get Brad to stay. Most insiders in Columbia think that we can upgrade that position.

Reading cockytalk it looks like most knowledgeable posters think there are only 1 or 2 coaches in the country that would be equal or an upgrade. Perhaps this is a case of the ex not looking so hot after she dumps you?

[the_yancey]

Originally Posted by wiene2003

Reading cockytalk it looks like most knowledgeable posters think there are only 1 or 2 coaches in the country that would be equal or an upgrade. Perhaps this is a case of the ex not looking so hot after she dumps you?

Most of the Cocky Talk posters are not exactly in a position of knowledge. It is much the same on every board at every school. CT is much better than other Gamecock boards however. Try to sift the chaff and get info from more mature posters. FWIW, I am told that Lawing's text and phone behavior is what caused Carlos Dunlap to switch to UF. I am hoping that a fresh start away from personal distractions will be good for Brad though.

On another topic I am at Shands every couple of months. It has been fun finding new places to eat, particularly those with discounts through sites like Groupon and Gator Daily Deals. Y'all got any suggestions for my next trip up?

[wiene2003]

Originally Posted by the_yancey

Most of the Cocky Talk posters are not exactly in a position of knowledge. It is much the same on every board at every school. CT is much better than other Gamecock boards however. Try to sift the chaff and get info from more mature posters. FWIW, I am told that Lawing's text and phone behavior is what caused Carlos Dunlap to switch to UF. I am hoping that a fresh start away from personal distractions will be good for Brad though.

On another topic I am at Shands every couple of months. It has been fun finding new places to eat, particularly those with discounts through sites like Groupon and Gator Daily Deals. Y'all got any suggestions for my next trip up?

Fair enough, I just tried to weed through all of the posters whose only response was of hatred for Florida or Muschamp, then whittled down from there lol. To me it seems we are getting a great coach and a recruiter whose better days are behind him. That's fine with me, he is replacing Dan Quinn's spot and he wasn't much of a recruiter from what I hear. We need some solid coaching, as we appear to be fine on the recruiting side.

By the way, being a Gamecock, I hope you stick around. I like the Gamecock fan base as a whole (married to one and all of my in laws are gamecocks and i live in Greenville) and we don't have enough of them on this board. I enjoy rival posters, it's hard to get perspective on your team from fellow fans. Just don't bring over any of those Clemson fans, please.

[wiene2003]

Originally Posted by theologator

Every state has its sad and great places, but there isn't any comparison overall. Not even close. I'm biased but I think it's actually true, all things considered. SOS has done more than I expected. It's like winning big at Ole Miss.

This is a case of you believing stereotypes. I live in Greenville SC and there is more culture and class here than most (maybe all) cities in Florida north of Orlando. And I'd probably say that about Columbia and Charleston as well.

[Dreamliner]

Originally Posted by wiene2003

This is a case of you believing stereotypes. I live in Greenville SC and there is more culture and class here than most (maybe all) cities in Florida north of Orlando. And I'd probably say that about Columbia and Charleston as well.

Greenville is a great little place. It's downtown kicks any Florida city's downtown's a**. It's green and hilly too.

[GatorJeff]

Originally Posted by the_yancey

Most of the Cocky Talk posters are not exactly in a position of knowledge. It is much the same on every board at every school. CT is much better than other Gamecock boards however. Try to sift the chaff and get info from more mature posters. FWIW, I am told that Lawing's text and phone behavior is what caused Carlos Dunlap to switch to UF. I am hoping that a fresh start away from personal distractions will be good for Brad though.

On another topic I am at Shands every couple of months. It has been fun finding new places to eat, particularly those with discounts through sites like Groupon and Gator Daily Deals. Y'all got any suggestions for my next trip up?

So glad you came to our message board with your "position of knowledge" to tell us that you got rid of that terrible coach so that you can "upgrade", while 99% of the rest of the Gamecock fans on Cocky Talk disagree with you.

[GATORAZ]

I do not care about Lawings recruiting. It is not like Dan Quinn was some ace recruiter. We needed to bring in someone who could evaluate talent that was a great teacher and that what Lawing is. Florida has enough ace recruiters with Durkin Muschamp White Phillips & Robinson on staff.

[gatorich]

Originally Posted by GatorJeff

So glad you came to our message board with your "position of knowledge" to tell us that you got rid of that terrible coach so that you can "upgrade", while 99% of the rest of the Gamecock fans on Cocky Talk disagree with you.

Was wondering if I was the only one that read his post that way, obviously some sour grapes.

[Lawdog88]

If he can help recruit talent like Clowney, I'll have one of whatever he is having.