Minus the back stabbing of his predecessor, of course.
Similarities:
-Mastermind Offensive line coach.
-Played OL in college.
-Hometown boys. Fulmer is from TN, Elliott is from SC.
-Ace recruiter.
-Fulmer was in his early 40s when he became a head coach. Elliott will be right around that age when Spurrier hangs em up.
-Wins ball games while coaching. (TBD on Elliott as a HC, but he's getting it done as an offensive coordinator).
-Neither had any prior head coaching experience before being named the HC at an SEC school (if Elliott gets hired after Spurrier retires).
Differences:
-Elliott doesn't have an award named after him for his players getting arrested.
-Propensity for doughnuts.
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From an ESPN article after we fended off Florida for coach Elliott's services:
“I’ll tell you what. I hired Shawn Elliott two years ago, and I tell people that he’s the winningest coach in South Carolina history,” Spurrier said. “He’s averaging 10 wins a year.
“He’s been very helpful. He’s the run game coordinator and knows that stuff inside and out. He gives me the running plays during the course of the game and makes a lot of suggestions.”
Spurrier said the fourth-and-6 play near the end of the Nebraska game in the Capital One Bowl was Elliott’s idea.
“We’re on the 40 with about three and a half minutes left, and the TV boys are saying that we’re going to punt it down in there,” Spurrier recounted. “But we had a 10-point lead, and there was no sense in giving them the ball if we didn’t have to. So we got in a funny formation and ran a quarterback sweep. Shawn suggested the play. We didn’t even have it in the game plan.
“Connor (Shaw) came out of there and was running down the field and nobody was within 10 yards of him in either direction at one point. It was sort of neat how wide open that thing popped. That put the game away.”
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I think Elliott can be the type of guy who coaches us for 20 years and wins big in the SEC and nationally. While Fulmer didn't win as big at the end of his tenure, he still compiled a stellar 98-34 overall SEC record.
Similarities:
-Mastermind Offensive line coach.
-Played OL in college.
-Hometown boys. Fulmer is from TN, Elliott is from SC.
-Ace recruiter.
-Fulmer was in his early 40s when he became a head coach. Elliott will be right around that age when Spurrier hangs em up.
-Wins ball games while coaching. (TBD on Elliott as a HC, but he's getting it done as an offensive coordinator).
-Neither had any prior head coaching experience before being named the HC at an SEC school (if Elliott gets hired after Spurrier retires).
Differences:
-Elliott doesn't have an award named after him for his players getting arrested.
-Propensity for doughnuts.
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From an ESPN article after we fended off Florida for coach Elliott's services:
“I’ll tell you what. I hired Shawn Elliott two years ago, and I tell people that he’s the winningest coach in South Carolina history,” Spurrier said. “He’s averaging 10 wins a year.
“He’s been very helpful. He’s the run game coordinator and knows that stuff inside and out. He gives me the running plays during the course of the game and makes a lot of suggestions.”
Spurrier said the fourth-and-6 play near the end of the Nebraska game in the Capital One Bowl was Elliott’s idea.
“We’re on the 40 with about three and a half minutes left, and the TV boys are saying that we’re going to punt it down in there,” Spurrier recounted. “But we had a 10-point lead, and there was no sense in giving them the ball if we didn’t have to. So we got in a funny formation and ran a quarterback sweep. Shawn suggested the play. We didn’t even have it in the game plan.
“Connor (Shaw) came out of there and was running down the field and nobody was within 10 yards of him in either direction at one point. It was sort of neat how wide open that thing popped. That put the game away.”
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I think Elliott can be the type of guy who coaches us for 20 years and wins big in the SEC and nationally. While Fulmer didn't win as big at the end of his tenure, he still compiled a stellar 98-34 overall SEC record.
