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STEVE SPURRIER ALWAYS has been somewhat of a maverick, whether it be taking jabs at an opponent or having his team toss the ball around the stadium in his unconventional manner. So, it is only fitting that the veteran coach might someday be the lone head coach who calls his team’s plays on offense.

Spurrier would not have it any other way.

“Why in the world would I trust my future as a head coach to someone else calling my offense?” Spurrier responds when asked why he continues to get his hands dirty with South Carolina’s offense, while most other head coaches are turning over the duties to assistant coaches.

Part of the deal with Spurrier is he could never be happy as a CEO, the role most coaches assume these days. There is nothing he enjoys more in coaching than calling his beloved “ball plays.”

In fact, you take play-calling out of Spurrier’s job description and he likely would retire. At least that is what he claimed at the recent SEC Media Days.

“Any other head coaches calling the plays now, or am I the only dumb idiot still doing it?” Spurrier said. “I’ve always said that if I can’t call the plays, maybe it’s time to get out of it. That’s sort of what I do.”

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