Horn Takes Heat For Attrition At Carolina

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Last week, in the span of four days, Darrin Horn lost three players — and possibly a fourth — from next year’s roster:


* Ramon Galloway and Stephen Spinella announced they were transferring.

* Murphy Holloway announced his plans to transfer back to Ole Miss having never donned a Gamecock jersey.

* And starting point guard Bruce Ellington announced plans to join Steve Spurrier’s football team this fall.  For now he says he plans to return to basketball for the SEC portion of the schedule.


Brad Senkiw of The Anderson Independent takes Carolina’s fourth-year coach to task for the turmoil in Columbia:


… It would be a miracle for the Gamecocks to undergo serious improvement between now and the end of next season.  Only two new players are scheduled to come in, and with scholarships open, Horn will have to field players other teams probably didn’t want for obvious talent reasons.

Horn’s also done himself no favors endearing himself to the fans or media.

Through it all, Horn continues to say he’s “building a program.”  The problem is, it’s all crumbling around him.

At this point, it’s unlikely he’ll be given a chance to ever accomplish that goal.


But according to GamecockCentral.com — the Rivals site covering South Carolina — firing Horn would be awfully expensive.  With four years left on his contract, numerous bonuses and other clauses factored in, Carolina could be on the hook for as much as $3.7 million if it dismissed Horn.

In other words, the Cocks will likely be giving Horn a while longer to “build” his program.