Tracy Rocker will have to pay South Carolina buyout figure after leaving for Auburn
Tracy Rocker’s reported departure from South Carolina as defensive line coach will bring a price tag for him — or his future employer — to pay. Much like Mike Bobo and Will Friend, who were reportedly on the contractual hook for a combined $300,000, Rocker will be responsible for $100,000.
That reporting comes from Mike Gillespie of ABC-Columbia, who noted the buyout figure since Rocker left after his contract was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Multiple media outlets have reported that Rocker has left South Carolina and is likely headed to Auburn where Bobo and Friend also left the Gamecocks to coach. Other reports have questioned the timeline and contract language of the agreements between the school and these coaches, and if it depends on their role at Auburn.
The Big Spur, for example, reported that Friend did have clauses in his buyout that he would not have to pay a buyout to the school if he left for a coordinator role with play-calling duties at the college or NFL level, or if he became a head coach. His position at Auburn does not meet the qualifications.
The new term sheets at South Carolina include a $200,000 buyout for Bobo and a $100,000 buyout for Friend if they leave.
Not sure if that’ll count as a signed contract, but you figure Auburn would pay those buyouts. https://t.co/dvHR3nCL5Y
— Chris Vannini 😷 (@ChrisVannini) January 7, 2021
It looks like Shane Beamer will have to circle back around on a couple of staff positions just approved by the BOT this week. Bobo’s new deal included a $200,000 out clause on his end but that may not have been inked yet. https://t.co/kU9BLIb9wT
— Josh Kendall (@JoshTheAthletic) January 7, 2021
Just deduct it from Muschamps buyout…he’s got millions
Auburn is taking coaches who managed two wins. This is becoming an expensive campaign of futility. When you are poaching usc muschump failures you’ve hit rock bottom
Except for the fact that these people generally had good careers before USC. Perhaps South Carolina is more of the problem.
Nah well throw these guys over the fence. Give Chump a call while you’re at it.
@I-95 Mike Bobo won’t be the head coach at Auburn. Some of his offenses at Colorado State were pretty good. Not sure he had enough time at South Carolina to prove himself one way or the other. He seems to do well when he’s got talent, so we will see.
Mike Bobo had a record of 28-35 at Colorado State.
War Buzzards will probably regret picking at the carcass of a dead program.
Better a war buzzard than a cock gobbler
Sounds like some experience there “”DR FROMUNDA”
The only program that is more of a dumpster fire than SC is Tennessee. SC has delusions of grandeur with no winning tradition and an administration that is a wreck. SC’s program isn’t a has been like Tenn can at least say they were, SC is a never-was…
And UGA is definitely a Has Been. 1980. The LAST BB with a trophy. Keep it “Next Year” and ring that Chapel Bell,
We’re not worthy, We’re not worthy. LOL. Somebody got a toothpick, I still got some “Hedge” stuck between my teeth.
@RosterC – typical Chicken fan, SC got it’s a$$ handed to them this year. Your overpaid coach is ridiculously rich because you FIRED him. When is the last time you won the SEC??? Uhhh, Never! When is the last time you had a CHANCE to make a run at the national Championship??? Never! Loved your AD having to apologize for your undisciplined players tearing up UGA’s hedges. Here’s a thought — get relevant for a change. Only fools in the country to name a field for a coach that QUIT on the players half way through a season and left the cupboard bare! SC is an embarrassment
Rooster you should know better than to pick a Dawg fight with dinner fare. To further 90Dawg’s comments and remind you where you fit in the pecking order (pun intended), UGA is 52-19-2 against the Coots and 4-1 in the Smart Era. So maybe don’t pick a fight with a team’s fan base who you lose to > 70% of the time. You got us in 2019 and the trend started again in 2020. So grab a Snickers, it’s gonna be a while.
A few sources are saying Muschamp and T-Rob have been talking mad crap about the program and have told coaches not to come here.
All unconfirmed but I’m starting to believe it since Rocker didn’t notify any of the staff he was leaving. Packed up in the middle of the night and no-showed a team meeting.
I like him and think he is a good coach. That being said I would not have someone working for me that did that. If they do it once, they will do it again. Have the guts to tell someone you quit.
Rocker sure moves around a lot. I felt that keeping Bobo on staff was all about Stockton’s commitment to the Cocks. It’s best to clean house and begin anew. Upward & Onward for SC football now !
He’s a good position coach but a lazy, terrible recruiter.
^^This
I was going to say the same thing. I think he’s already made stops at 6 SEC locations so will have been to half of the league schools. Nope just checked, only six with two stops at Auburn.