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Lane Kiffin fired
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JimmyBuff
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:lol: That would be a downgrade from Kiffin.
I go with Bobby Petrino. LA is a perfect place to coach when you want 25 year old blondes on your motorcycle.
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JimmyBuff
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Was it? He didn't owe Tennessee anything. USC is a much better job than Tennessee.
I disagree. CU should have done the same thing to Hawkins after the Cal game in 2010. When a guy is killing your program, you stop the bleeding as fast as possible.
Completely agree. What are they supposed to do? Wait until he gets back and break it to him over a round of golf at the club.
BuffNut99
Club Member
That would have been inhumane. If we had left Hawk alone in Berkeley without his bags and IDs, he would have not been able to find his way home and would have become a homeless person, ranting about mantra and being abnormal. Then he would have been institutionalized and put undue stress on an already taxed mental health system. The DSM V would become obligated to include "Hawk Delusional Disorder," and so on.
OUBuff
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The usual suspects will also get mentioned today (Jeff Fisher, Jack Del Rio, Toby Nenias) as Lane Kiffin replacements #USC
Hmm... Maybe there is room for Kiffin as ST coach.
You do it at the football offices early Sunday morning.
FrankRizzo
Active Member
He also has a $10 million insurance policy, so think he is going to be ok.
Love to see them hire Franklin.
Strange that they're so interested in Franklin. He has no West coast coaching history except for a 1-year stint at WSU.
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
Doubt they could pull that off, but Hoke at USC would be scary good.
He left Tennessee for the bright lights of LA, now those lights are shining on him in a way he didn't expect. He knew going in what the expectations were, SC isn't a place where they accept 7-5 and embarrassing bowl losses.
He is also leaving them with a nice fat check in his pocket for the rest of his contract, he won't suffer other than the bruises to his very large ego.
Marquis Lee knew as well going to SC that nothing was guaranteed. What happens to recievers at any school who end up playing with incompetent QBs or systems that don't highlight their talents? If Lee is as good as he and we think he is he will get a plenty of opportunity in the NFL.
I also fully expect USC to blow this coaching hire as well. They will be more worried about getting the biggest name than getting the best fit. More concerned about star power than who can do the best job.
The got very lucky with Pete Carrol, he turned out to be a guy who could work in the environment that is USC and get the most out of it. The odds of that happening again are fairly slim.
He is also leaving them with a nice fat check in his pocket for the rest of his contract, he won't suffer other than the bruises to his very large ego.
Marquis Lee knew as well going to SC that nothing was guaranteed. What happens to recievers at any school who end up playing with incompetent QBs or systems that don't highlight their talents? If Lee is as good as he and we think he is he will get a plenty of opportunity in the NFL.
I also fully expect USC to blow this coaching hire as well. They will be more worried about getting the biggest name than getting the best fit. More concerned about star power than who can do the best job.
The got very lucky with Pete Carrol, he turned out to be a guy who could work in the environment that is USC and get the most out of it. The odds of that happening again are fairly slim.
Orgeron officially named as interim coach
Uh, I wouldn't count on a bad hire. They've been good for many more years than they have been bad. It took them 3 tries before they got petey but they'll keep shooting them until they get it right. USC has everything in place to succeed. Everything.
They are the west coast version of an sec team.
BuffaloChuck
Member
Southern Cal had him for quite a while. I think the stunt of "deflating the ball" should have been the nail in his coffin - he'd had so many odd (bad, unsportsmanlike, un-manly, CHILDISH) demonstrations before that. I didn't think he could possibly bring any honor to SoCal - and SoCal deserves VERY little anyway.
That he survived this long has been a point of chuckles and even cheers for all of SoCal's opponents. SoCal was no longer winning top recruits ONLY because Kiffin was so easy to use as a reason not to go there.
That he survived this long has been a point of chuckles and even cheers for all of SoCal's opponents. SoCal was no longer winning top recruits ONLY because Kiffin was so easy to use as a reason not to go there.
White_Rabbit
Well-Known Member
Yep. There's absolutely no reason to believe they'll **** it up. Those people take their football seriously.
Is a Sunday afternoon PC announcing the firing and interim coach going to send a drastically different message?
I suppose its a matter of opinion. I am basing this purely on my own thoughts about how I felt Hawkins should have been fired. I seriously thought he should have been fired on the sideline at Cal and told to figure out his own way home. I still feel that way.