South Carolina Board of Trustees member asks hilarious question about what 'fired for cause' means
Coaching contracts for college football coaches can be dense and complicated.
With so much staff turnover in recent weeks at South Carolina, there are a few new contracts the school’s Board of Trustees have to approve.
One of those contracts belongs to new DL coach Tracy Rocker. When the contracts were being discussed, one Board of Trustees member had a hilarious question about what “firing for cause” meant:
A BOT member asks what the definition of fired "for cause" entails for a DL coach. After an explainer, she says, "So 'cause' would not be if every SEC team we play runs for 400 yards?" This is my favorite ever moment in board of trustee meeting history.
— Josh Kendall (@JoshTheAthletic) February 14, 2020
That’s a fair question, and one many South Carolina fans would be asking if Rocker’s defensive line struggles that much.
However, that generally refers to conduct off the field, but now the Board of Trustees member knows that.
I have a feeling that this Question had zero to do with the “new hire’s contracts”…but more to do with the Head Coach & his Contract & Mega-Buyout(at $18 Million Bucks.)
This is a Legitimate Question when looking at the SEC Buyouts for Bret Beliema-Arkansas & ole Butch-Tennessee. I would think that any SEC school can afford a better Attorney than any of these fired coaches. Why not go to court & let’s see who wins…a Coach who obviously failed miserably at His Job (or) the University that hired him in Good Faith ? Yes, I understand that these are Legal Contracts, but why not Save the University some big buck$ if possible ?
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Funny thing about lawyers and contracts and buyouts, where does it all stop. In my circumstance it was Jalen Hurd that threw UT under the buss when he left the reservation (so to speak) after the Georgia game. I don’t expect you to know exactly what happened internally after I sat his ass on the bench after flaunting the ball and then fumbling during that game, but in a nutshell he tried to stage a mutiny and by doing so pretty much sank our ship. I can give you more particulars and proof that this is what happened, but I just told you that story to make my point that with the lawyers, where does it end? You sue me, I sue Jalen, Jalen sues the school, the school sues me, I sue Jalen……..
When you put you career in the hands of 18 -21 year old kids sometimes you are the bug, sometimes the windshield.
It wasn’t any of the 18-21 year olds that got Muschamp fired from here in Florida, it was just that he was a terrible coach, couldn’t win the games he should have, and continually tried to lay the blame for his miserable failures on his staff. One only has to look at the staff changes in Columbia and his SEC record over the past few years to know this is truth.
But hey, him being such a looser worked out pretty good for me. We should have one heck of a year at the swamp if we can just get past UT and coach Pruitt.
Interesting take from a Gator fan. Most Gators I have heard from have the trip to Knoxville marked as an automatic “W”. I believe Florida should be favored but I I am quite certain that Pruitt has this game circled as vital. As such…I expect a real battle. We will know more for sure after our game at Oklahoma.