Steve Sarkisian admirably takes responsibility after every loss. But a coach from another school told me that can get old if it happens too often. Here’s Sarkisian on Tuesday.
“We should be a 7-1 football team and undefeated in conference play,” he said. “I still in my heart of hearts believe we should have won those games. We obviously found a way to not win those two games. That falls solely on me in getting our team prepared for those moments. I have to do a better job.”
At some point, does it sound repetitive? Especially when USC could have also lost to Stanford and Arizona?
“At some point, does it sound repetitive?” – Coming from the broken record of beat writers, that’s hilarious. Tell me again what Lane Kiffin had for breakfast…that’s not repetitive.
And Sark’s right…USC should be 7-1. What is so wrong about preaching that to your team?
Scottie wants, “We are 5-3, but we could be 1-7.” – That will really fire up the team.
If Scottie were coach, USC would be 0-8, staring at 0-12.
Not so fast, Peter. Don’t you think Scott makes a really brilliant point when he suggests that, because we “COULD have also lost to Stanford and Arizona”, Sark should apologize for those games too? And, applying more of Scottie’s logic, don’t you think Sark should be fired for BEATING those two highly ranked teams by such small margins?
Lol
again you forget tp mention the win at Arizona was a gift!!!
No.
“I still in my heart of hearts believe we should have won those games,” – touching lament from Seven Win Sark, now a broken record after costing the Trojans three of the first eight games he coached.
And if you were our coach, USC would be 0-8, soon to be 0-12. Are you just trying to be dumb?
Look are the brightside.
USC beat Colorado, and didn’t go to double overtime with them.
USC has 3 losses with a combine of 13pts.. USC hasn’t been blown out (See Oregon and UCLA)..
There is room for improvement, but I am pulling for Sark to get his act together..
FIGHT ON!
Don’t forget, UCLA went on the road and blew out the Sun Devils, who you lost to at home! Plus, didn’t you lead most of that game?
True.. but dont forget USC WAXED the floor with a Colorado team that UCLA went to double over time with.. #9 team in the nation?
UCLA = TOP TEN to UNMENTIONED!
It’s all mumbo jumbo at this point. Who cares what Sark says for public consumption? We don’t need Sark to tell us he needs to coach better. Duh.
It’s hard to believe he actually coached five years at UW. He coaches like it’s year one. He’s obviously not used to getting opponents’ best shots and it clearly shows because he’s taking water on like a leaky boat.
Truth is, if USC wins out and beats ND and ucla, all will be forgiven. I’d take 9-3 in a heartbeat and be more than happy. We’d get to a good bowl game and be headed strongly forward.
But if he loses to ND and ucla, especially on crappy late finishes that he’s always apologizing for (“Sorry for the collapse guys!”), then he’ll pay for it in recruiting and support in the off-season.
If we suffer two losses to our rivals again with the talent we have, screw him, because we’re screwed.
Who is “we”? Are you on the team or employed by the University?
Hah, what a jerk.
Are your always a creep or does this board just bring out the dolt in you? Bring it on wimp.
Everybody on this blog believes USC should have won those games and be 7-1, including you Scottie. So what’s so wrong with Sark stating the obvious Scottie? Man-up like Sark and report football news.
Yes, SC should have beat ASU and Utah. Yes, SC should have (or could have easily) lost to Stanford and UA. It’s pretty much evened out. 5-3 is what the football gods feel is just. 7-1 is where SC should be with better coaching down the stretch. 8-0 is where SC would be with just better coaching.
And 8-0 is here USC would be with better play (dropped TD passes, stepping out of bounds, fumbles, forgetting the ball is still live, tricked by mis-direction) – it depends on your perspective.
Maybe 7-1 (were it not for the most important plays in the ASU and Utah games), but certainly not 8-0.
USC got curb-stomped by BC. We were completely outschemed and our players were not ready for that mediocre team which made some adjustments (unlike USC) and then ran at will on our poor, baffled guys and stuffed us like a hand-me-down Velveteen Rabbit. The last time I saw a massacre like that was when watching the opening 30 mins of Saving Private Ryan.
A loss by 6 points is hardly a massacre. That’s one Buck Allen TD run or one Nelson Agholor TD reception from winning the game. Yes the defense looked really bad on running plays. Was that because USC was out-coached or because the players couldn’t execute the game plan and adjustments? Only the team knows the answer to that.
Wish you were my mom. I could have gotten away with anything.
Sorry, but the game was a massacre, with BC, a three TD dog, refusing to run in another score on the hapless Trojans at the end.
BC gashed USC for 452 yds and the Trojans fell forward for a whopping 20. Kessler was sacked 5X.
BC scored 24 unanswered points before showing mercy on the Trojans at the end.
Apparently the Trojans thought Zone Read meant study hall, as they sure as heck didn’t understand what BC was doing.
You blame the team, I blame the coaches. I deal in reality, you deal in one more so-called phantom Buck Allen TD. Geez, if only SC could have run for 22 instead of 20 yds, they might have won it!
Oh, God, that was awful. And the comparison is equally awful.
We will have to agree to disagree on our perspectives then. Cheers
Which junior high school coach told you that, Scooter?
Hard to please sports fans. Down in Alabama the students stopped going to games because they were bored with wipeouts– administered by their team. So if you cannot always please sports fans with wins ‘how you gonna do’ when you lose?– Not well, obviously.
I am so spoiled that after SC lost to Boston College, and effectively was eliminated from national contention, the subsequent losses were not so hard to take because they were not “elimination” games
It is national championship or bust in my limited world.
Mike Norvell @ ASU
It does sound repetitive and getting old as how the team’s losses have occurred being the last part of the 4th quarter. Except for Boston college, if the offense had been able to make even a few more 3rd down plays and keep the ball a little longer, it would be 7 & 1 right now. That has all to do with offensive playcalling!
When your team is up by less than 7 points and there is 3 or less minutes left in the game, do you limit your offense to where even the tuba player knows what’s coming, or do you play wide-open to where the other team’s defense can’t bunch up to stop another run?
Are you suggesting that we would be better off having a tuba player as our offensive coordinator?
Only if the tuba player could keep the opposing DC guessing what was coming next!
David Keeling, YOU ARE “2/3rds” CORRECT !
Still (The other 1/3rd) the Trojan Defensive Coordinator is not “Qualified” to be a USC Coach, losing the previous DC was a tremendous mistake !!
FightOn Trojans
Rick, I agree that Sark should have given Clancy Pendergast a one year extension since ‘the defensive players” knew his system and with the exception of that nightmare at ASU, were improving each game. Maybe we would have gotten Clancy another year if Wilcox had gotten the Boisie St. job.
“Steve Sarkisian admirably takes responsibility after every loss. But a coach from another school told me that can get old if it happens too often.”……….The head coach is taking responsibility for the losses, as he should.. .”….that can get old……”? …What else is he supposed to say, Scottie?…he’s not going to criticize the players for dropping passes, missing tackles, making dumb penalties, missing blocking assignments, etc…….so what else should he say?
In the words of Bill Parcells, “You are what you are.” No matter how many ways you want to analyze the situation, the fact of the matter is that USC is a mediocre team at 5-3. Woulda, shouda, coulda, doesn’t cut. Get better, now!
Sark should have never been hired to begin with, he didn’t earn the nickname ” Seven Win Sark ” for nothing.
If Steve Sarkisian wants to continue to lead one of the most prestigious College Football programs in america, then he should really think about hiring a qualified offensive coordinator, and reevaluate Justin Wilcox. Check your ego at the door Sarkisian, or you will be coaching a Mountain West conference School in two to three years…..I guarantee .
Fred Sampson, YOU ARE CORRECT !
FightOn
Socal is only 5-3 because they haven’t played any real competition and only beat Stanford because Stanford decided to hand them a win with a bunch of unforced mistakes!
Seven Win Sark On!