Steve Spurrier’s not happy with what has transpired this season at preseason Eastern Division favorite South Carolina.

Crippled by the SEC’s worst defense, the Gamecocks (3-3) are no longer ranked and have squandered double-digit leads in the fourth quarter of consecutive games, both losses.

The Head Ball Coach was particularly candid with listeners during Wednesday’s weekly call-in show during the bye week.

“People always say, ‘What do you think when the fans bitch?’ and I always say, ‘They should bitch about the way we are performing.’ I am embarrassed at times with the way we play,” Spurrier told host Todd Ellis.

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Frustrated with his team’s performance, Spurrier suggested that he may have overestimated this season’s talent level and said it would be up to the players, not the coaching staff, to turn it around.

“Hell, I was a pretty good coach a couple years ago,” Spurrier said at one point. “I’m not a very good coach now.”

Often chipper during three straight 11-win seasons, his job hasn’t been as fun this fall. South Carolina’s last losing season came in 2003, two years before Spurrier’s arrival.

“I’m not going to turn it around … the players are going to have to turn it around,” Spurrier said. “We coach as hard as we can all the time. We are trying everything we can to put the best players on the field and put them in the best position.”