Petros Papadakis Sounds Off

Petros Papadakis went off on USC during his show Wednesday, starting with the incident involving offensive tackle E.J. Price and a football staff member. He was incredulous that a secretary is even around the team at a road game.

“How and why a uniformed player has a disagreement between the sideline and locker room with an administrative assistant from the football office is beyond the pale for me. I’ve never heard of anything like that. I’ve never seen anything like that.”

He also turned his sights on Clay Helton and the administration.

“Clay Helton has been reading off prepared index cards at his media sessions. Why not get Clay a teleprompter. USC’s administration is becoming creepy and meddlesome in many affairs where they have never been before.”

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93 thoughts on “Petros Papadakis Sounds Off

  1. Insider update
    9/21/2016 9:58:42 PM
    By: Suckiffer3

    Per real insider: JuJu practices when he wants and does what he wants Banner knows will always play so penalties be damned Oline coach is awful Opposing coaches are laughing about T Martin an OC Darnold is Gomer’s boy already divisive team pissed about Browne being benched Part of Browne being benched is him going after JuJu after 1 hand bs Gomer too weak to control Suck’s malcontent recruits like Petersen did at Udub Few NFL players on roster but will all be going through motions real soon if not already Gomer can and will be fired at end of year.. .

    #Justamessenger

    • Kiff, Sark, Helton and the next one, all in a span of what, 3 years? Any kid who commits to USC deserves what he gets at this point.

      • From what Petros said EJ was confonted by an
        Administrative Assistant on the sidelines, whoa and now his transferring back home, I wonder was there any NCAA violations??

        #Wouldn’tbesuprised

        • It was a female trainer. EJ had already requested a transfer before that. Nothing to read into it. Helton did say he was hoping EJ would change his mind, but decided it was best to be closer to family. No monies was handed off like your bagman!

    • Right on, Safe in Westwood. Will these glaring problems, can these glaring problems be solved Soon. ? All we can do is wait and see.

  2. Some people like to hear themselves talk, PP is a loud mouth punk, but he is spot on about what is going at USC. Someone I was chatting with on here yesterday is right, USC is a mess, no identity and a lost culture. Can’t blame Lynn Swann, but the entire admin needs to focus on everything USC not wishing to be Harvard of the West and get the right pieces in place to turn things around. Friday night with away game tickets being sold through brokers is an indication the fanbase is losing interest in the football team. That can not happen!

    • The Board of Trustees and Nikias could care less about football. They can get millions from rich dad’s of kids they admit and the companies they beg from. Didn’t USC just go over the 6 BILLION mark in fundraising ? How good was the football team in recent years ? They don’t need a strong football program to get money, they are selling academics these days and it seems to be doing quite well for them.

      • How dare a University sell academics? Some day they might even write it into the charter of the institution.

      • Seems like the current administration’s desire to run a Mickey Mouse operation has increased the punishment beyond the sanctions.

      • Agree, USC Football is Dead is an ill informed nitwit.
        Helton is George W. Bush with no personality to save his life or in this case his job. The overall Athletic Dept. sucks big time with men sports getting the brunt of poor coaching & recruiting except for Water Polo and past tennis.

  3. Petros always has an opinion about everything, and he often is wrong.

    The odds makers think SC will lose tomorrow; but, still, even with a loss the team could still qualify for the Pac-12 championship if it wins out.

    • In the meantime, the school with inherent recruiting advantages because of location, tradition, resources, weather, talent access, superior NFL and college pedigree, amazing rivalries, brand recog … you name it … is stuck with two miserable losses, one a historical laydown against what a real prepared college team looks like. It didn’t have to be this way if Cue Card Gomer had his team prepared.

      USC doesn’t even have 1 single AP or Coaches vote for either poll. That’s entirely on Gomer and his substandard, backyard operation.

      So unless Gomer can get a brain transplant within hours, we’ll be winning any future games against mid-level opponents because we are SC, not because of Gomer.

      Right now USC is again playing with its hand tied behind its back – only this time the NCAA has nothing to do with it.

  4. On TOS, there is a very detailed post about the methodology that Tom Herman learned from Urban Meyer during his three years coaching for him at Ohio State. Reading that post, it is no wonder that Herman has done so well so fast, as compared to Helton, who has apprenticed under the likes of Kiffin and Sark. Swann needs to do what Mal Moore did at Bama when he landed Saban; fly to Houston and not leave until he has Herman signed, sealed, and delivered.

  5. Colin Cowherd says Stanford and Utah are the best teams in the Pac12. I guess that means another USC loss.

          • When it comes to USC none of us do. I will strongly admit that. We are the definition of underachievers.

          • USC’S season is already hanging by the threads, but tomorrow’s game will either make or break them going forward.

          • Stanford isn’t that good, we have no idea if Washington is good, Oregon is down, OSU, WSU and Cal are what they are. usc is bad, asu can’t stop anyone, UA is awful, Utah has a so so offense, ucla sucks and Colorado might be a lot better, ugh.

          • Agreed, except I believe STAN is pretty good, at least a top 10 team. They are the type of team that gets better too, because of their coaching and recent success.

            Gomer wants to be like STAN and he proclaimed his desire publicly. This is what makes me think the cue card accusation by Petros might be a total lie. I doubt Tessalone or Swann told Gomer to say that we aspire to be like STAN.

          • If Gomer had a clue, SC could have beaten Stanford. Stanford may get better this season, but they are far from a top team.

    • He never mentions how well CP is doing up at Udub … might hurt his little pal Suckisian’s feelings
      Utah and Stanford are OK , that’s all

  6. I used to like Petros’s style but for some reason he has become Vick the Brick. schlockmeister of sports. He wants to tell it like it is without knowing what it is.
    I can’t say I’ve heard him lately is he still doing slip and fall dog bites your b@lls commercials?

  7. With all due respect to Petros, what did you rah rahs expect? You hired a sideline reporter as you Athletic Director! Of course the Head Coach is reading off script!

    I am actually mildly impressed that Clay Helton could read without fumbling the words!

    #PetrosistheMan

  8. I wonder if Clay Helton and Jeff Fisher have any sort of relationship. I’m not suggesting Fisher take on any formal role while he’s coaching the Rams or in the future. I don’t know how you’d do it quietly or gracefully, but I wonder if Fisher would ever walk over and offer to help where and if he can. It sure feels like there’s an “all hands on deck” urgency to the situation. Just a thought.

    • NFL coaches sleep in their office’s, I don’t think Fisher cares one iota about Helton

      • The question is not if he cares about Helton, it’s about how much he cares about USC. It’s his alma mater, it is in distress and he’s right next door. With regard to their relationship, it would just be easier to do if they have one. So I’m wondering if they have one.

      • It would be a delicate situation indeed. That’s why I wonder about their relationship. It could just be a discussion over a beer off campus or something. Fisher is right there and he knows something about organizing a team and staff.

    • No credibility??!! Petros gets paid for his credible information that he provides. It is backed up by years of experience as and insider in the industry and also the fact that he played football at a high level. He was the captain of the football team at southern cal for crying out loud!

      As for you Bill King, who the hell are you?

      • Nice response, but you went a bit off topic with your “who are you” throwback, Mr. “Ted.” Petros may get things right once in awhile – – – if you spew long enough you’ll definitely make sense once in awhile. He is a broken record making a living off his father’s name.

          • PP and his dad are in heaven right now as far as USC goes. Too bad the current SC doesn’t have the wherewithal to make them eat dirt.

          • USC is as well with PP and JP. Both are jelly belly blowhards. One with a horrible closed “cafe”, the other with a FACE for RADIO

      • Typical Troll – so completely dumb not to realize that PP says completely incorrect, way-off-the-mark stuff all the time and doesn’t really care as long as it gets him press and notice. You Trolls sure are stupid.

        • Perhaps you would care to explain what he said that isn’t credible.

          He was right about Kiffin & Sark. He was right about Coach Clay being a weak hire and he was right about St. Pat. Zero credibility
          His point about the administration is what you are exhibiting here, if you don’t like the message, blame the messenger.
          Petros & Wolf aren’t afraid to call a skunk a skunk, even if it’s their own skunk.

          It hurts when one of your own turns on you.

          • Ya, I’m really hurt by Petros, world’s ugliest man. It’s deep I tell ya. Sob. Excuse me while I get my Kleenex.

            You think Petros only reports the truth metamucus? You think Petro’s dad John has any grudges to bear? Way above your head dude.

            As I said, you Trolls are often very stupid. It must hurt to be told the truth about yourself. Were you just born dumb and naive or do you practice at it?

          • Are you upset that you can only get attention on the Internet rather than the radio? That must mean you are stupid all the time.

          • Another little gutty SW suck-up. Cheat On bruin Troll. It won’t help you on Saturday. 9-0. Hah, hah, hah wimp.

          • So you can’t explain why he has no credibility. Just as I thought.
            Change the subject.
            I can see we still have work to do with your redirection issues, Jacquie.
            Unable to explain your claims he has no credibility, you criticize his looks. You’re blocking again, Jacquie and it’s not healthy.
            Now let’s try again: “My name is Jacquie and I’m a Clown College Fan”

          • angry trranny never answered a simple question….he calls people, including fellow trOXans idiots and morons and declares victory! what a braying jackass. bet the family celebrates when he doesn’t show up for Thanksgiving dinner!

            #WhyIsUncleJackDressedLikeThat?

          • Now old Shirley,

            Don’t be a pill and go using the lame “angry trrannny” accusation every time someone attacks your God, SW. Calm down.

            You Trolls are so easy to smack around. Don’t worry. It’ll be okay. Some day ucla will actually win a big football game. Ya, sure. And some day you’ll play in the Rose Bowl game. Maybe some day you’ll even meet SW. Drool On Chump!

          • i see the ANGRY TRRANNY tag has your panties all knotted UP!!!

            HAWR-HAAWR!!!!

            sorry, but it has a better ring to it than Stupid Trranny!!!

            So get USED TO IT!!!!

            #SoAngrySoTotallyTrranny

          • Do your own homework chump. I’m not here to explain things to you, or to do your research, just to make you look stupid as always.

            Try not to let me get you so upset. You’re just a common gutty Troll, trying to be a big shot on a board where we all think you’re a piece of crap.

            Now go do your research lap dog and and write up a nice big report on PP’s credibility for us all. Chop chop as they say…get to work metamucus! Put all those USC sources you have to work junior. This should be good.

      • so when pressed these trOXans admit PP is correct about “some things” but fail to say what he is wrong about!

        must be in the trOXan DNA to be a “yes man”…just agree and go along with everyone else. weird quality for an entire student body to share.

        #NoGuts

  9. I’m a big fan of the show, but it would be nice if Matt would stop innterrupting Petros when he’s talking. How many times did he cut him off with some silly joke while he was trying to get his point across, on the USC situation?

  10. Petros is right about one thing….they could have had Peterson. The problem is the administration. I’m almost to the point where I would rather have them hang on to CH. Give him 5 years and see if he can learn on the job. They hired an on the job trainee. Lets see if he can learn on the job. They could always fire him but with this administration, they’ll just go out and get someone just like him and this coaching merry-go-round will continue.

    • Swann’s the key difference. He’s not cut from Haden’s or Nikias’ cloth, no matter what you hear. Neither Haden nor Nikias emphasized football. Nikias doesn’t remotely know or appreciate the game and Haden felt women’s sports at USC were more deserving of his attention.

      Swann knows what butters USC’s bread. Whether he picks the next USC superstar coach, I can’t guarantee. But the man will be very well-qualified based on his previous success and established rep.

      • I like the fact that he is there at practice most of the time. I didn’t see that with Haden. It sort of sends the message to CH that “I didn’t hire you and I’m not crazy about the direction of this football program”. It also sends the message that “I consider this football program to be the main athletic program at USC and not womens beach volleyball”(as you mentioned).

        • I agree and feel that he has made it known to Gomer that things need to change, and change big. You’d think Gomer would know that on his own, but he was always just a journeyman asst who suddenly hit the motherload because Sark went off the deep end and Haden couldn’t be troubled to fix the wrong he started all on his own. So Nikias moved into the vacuum with the help of the BOTs and put USC in this horrible position.

          • I agree. I think that SC fans need to go on these forums and also social media and scream about the direction of this football program. And don’t just mention PH’s name. He’s gone. He doesn’t care what you say about him. I think Max Nikias and the BOT’s names have to keep coming up(particularly Max) until he starts to feel like if he doesn’t do something, he’ll be afraid to show his face on campus. Max and the BOT’s are hiding behind PH. He’s taking all the cannon fodder when most of it should be aimed at them.

  11. looks like Petros and the wolfman are the ONLY two people in trOXan-land who know what the heck went wrong!!

    AND they PREDICTED it WEEKS ago!!

    instead of trying to claim they don’t know what their talking about, the Dummies should get on bended knee and kiss SW and PP’s bootys in tribute!!!

    #LineFormsToTheRIGHT

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