The Sarkisian Coaching Tree

SARK.CELEBRATE.ASULook at how successful the Steve Sarkisian USC coaching staff from 2014 is today:

Clay Helton: USC coach

Justin Wilcox: California coach

Tim Drevno: Michigan offensive coordinator

Tee Martin: USC offensive coordinator

Peter Sirmon: Louisville defensive coordinator

REACTION: This staff was so good USC went 9-4 and lost to two double-digit underdogs (Boston College, Arizona State).

100 thoughts on “The Sarkisian Coaching Tree

  1. Zero points as a leader, perfect example re coordinators who should not be head coaches. Cannot maximize the talents of their squad. Oh, it helps being sober too.

  2. Helton, given the job by a lazy AD, jury is still out on him

    Wilcox, football at Cal is like basketball at USC, not important, doubt he makes it more than 3 years

    Drevino, probably a good coach, was smart enough to get away from The Drunk, will probably be in the NFL soon

    Martin, IQ of a plant, is kept on the staff because he’s black and can supposedly recruit

    Sirmon, another fail up

  3. REACTION:
    CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING.

      • What’s the bruins’ excuse for being so horrible? Oh, that’s right. Rosen took it on the chin. It’ll be fun watching the bruins pretend they’re gonna be good next season. They always do better when there’s no expectations, so the Chimp should make the POs!

    • BS, Penn St’s Dumbo Franklin, just one first down from winning, literally hands/gives/blows the game to bozo u.

      That Franklin is still employed by Penn St, is a real mystery.

      • Cry baby.
        It’s too noticeable from you.
        Why are you so jealous???????????????????????????????????

        • The little gutty Trolls are still crying over USC’s amazing Rose Bowl come-from-behind victory. They’ll never get over it. Rejoice in their misery. It’s still early days and they haven’t even begun to deal with it yet.

    • We knew it would be interesting this month to see how recruiting came down. With the offers out,we have more likely commits than spots.That includes those that would be eligible to Blue shirt. I know Godfrey wants to commit.Not sure we would take him ,until we see how things develop.With Burgess likely decomit,maybe another.The staff is going to have to really juggle this class.I know we will take 4 maybe 5 DL if the MD kid will blue shirt.Jackson,McKenzie OL, add up the other DB Athletes,2nd TE, Lewis,Lenoir..And? It all equals to many for the spots remaining.We have a lot of offers out.
      I believe some of the 3star DL this year will be as good as some of the 4 star DL next year. So….

      • McKenzie is in. Scott Schrader says we get Jackson, Lewis, and Lonoir. Pili is supposed to commit at the Polynesian bowl. Tagovailoa-Amosa is a lock. Levi Jones is also in according to Scott Schrader. My eyes are glued to Aubrey Solomon, Jay Tufele and Javon Kinlaw.

        • Pola-Mao and parents are extremely impressed, and Falo suddenly not a Colorado lock.Kinlaw or Solomon would be big surprise to take out of the south. Hopefully we grab Tufele out of Utah…There’s 2 JC ILB’s were also pushing hard on..

          • I forgot about Pola-Mao. But he looks like he’s set to join the class. Gary Johnson the JC MLB is visiting next week and will most likely commit after get his official offer up front (per Scott Schrader). It looks really good in USC’S favor if a JC recruit is taking his Official this late in the game with no offer. I say we get him next week.
            We will end with Bolden and Pola-Mao at Safety. Jones and Johnson at LB. And hopefully 2 or at least 1 of Kinlaw, Solomon or Tufele. Our Defensive class is gonna be tough. A lot of moving and shaking going down.

          • Schrader ? No. But SS has admitted that Free Kobe has been the most reliable poster on 247.

        • Next year not a great year for the big ugglies.Mean that affectionate.So loading up with 3* + this year both line’s is smart.Could be our biggest Poly class yet.haven’t heard about any serious grad transfers. Although Dmh63 claims we are bringing in 4 sec grad DL.I haven’t heard anything there.
          I’m a huge Sam Darnold fan.but I think he is a work in progress that came together in ROSE bowl. Adoree beat ND.others made major contribution each game.Defence Washington game..
          Sears will be a strong replace ment.But I think the teams led by CORRAL will be complete teams,this years recruits and next will mature when Sears or Corral Qb

          • He’s been very open about his drinking problem. He is sober now. But that was the rumor and i also believe he was finally recognized for his knack for getting the scoop. So I’d say it was a promotion in jobs at the same time.

          • I wrote you a half hour or so about this class and 18 of how they would lend to strength of Corall/Sears years.
            Also I enjoy Schrader.
            And the kid Drew..I t was deleted by moderator.

          • Yeah, i seen it was deleted. Byt i agree. Darnold was great but our team evolved as the season went on. Adoree definitely was the key against ND. The defense pulled together and put the handcuffs on UW. We were a lot more than Darnold. He was certainly the spark that turned around the team but it was more than that.

          • that same D that gave up 500 pts vs punchless PennSt … go sell your BS elsewhere
            It was all Darnold

          • Of course I thought that.However all I wrote about was building OL/DL ,will make any QB Transition easier after Darnold.
            However because WW is really the “Wizard” they knew my real thoughts and deleted .

    • September 30th, 2016

      Sam Bam

      One detail that Helton is not very smart. UW just won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. That’s what Pete did all the time early in his years. Play D first and get the ball back after halftime.

  4. SW must be on shift at Burger King tonight.. While Coach Clay is earning his $3.25 mil plus bonuses for winning the Rose Bowl! #mayItakeyourorderPLEASE

        • Is this a secret deal that won’t be revealed for awhile? Do you expect Godfrey to go public soon or not?

          • He has on his Twitter.. And we have Lewis, Kinlaw, Pola-Mao and Johnson done.. The class will be a top 5 .. Maybe Solomon..Expect SW to chirp about decos…Mckenzie maybe a blueshirt.

          • Why don’t the recruiting services pick up on this stuff and update their commitment lists? Would you do so right now based on the tweets you read or info you have?

            I’m not a tweet guy so I don’t know what stands for what there.

          • Who would you prefer take his spot based on your knowledge of what we need – which is DTs. So last question. Which DT would it be based on likelihood that he’s not just a pipe dream?

          • Jay Tufele says he and Kenechi Udeze are like brothers. Even rumors that he is a silent which i am not saying i believe. But i am willing to say we get Tufele.
            BUT……..
            Don’t rule out Aubrey Solomon because his mother wants him to go away for college to “become a man” and he is originally from California and says he wants USC to show him the Academic upside of USC. I wouldn’t be surprised if we land him. He’s on his visit right now as we speak.

          • Thanks. I’ve heard a lot about Solomon but didn’t hold out any hope until your info about his mom’s desires. We shall see. Will be tough based on our competition here.

          • Agreed. And for what it’s worth the recruiting experts all believe he’s got that Cali personality in him.

          • Isn’t he a Fresno, mid-Cal dude?

            What’s the Cali personality? Surfer, laid-back, no accent, independent and cocky?

          • I don’t exactly know. But they are going off his twitter post that he is all Cali. And yeah, he is from Fresno. USC NEEDS DT’S. The smart move would be USC. Quick road to playing time and great education/connections after football. He will wait at least a full year at Bama.

          • Some guys don’t need to play right away, especially if they know they’re behind NFL guys to practice against, like at Bama.

            If he still has family here and wants to live in Calif, it’s a no brainer. I presume the recruiting guys have fleshed this out and published it since it’s determinative. But nobody’s told me he wants to leave Georgia for good. Price sure as heck didn’t and what a waste of time that was.

          • According to USC players Price had an awful attitude. Players didn’t want to be around him and Helton grew tired of him in a hurry. I think we can throw his case out the window. But we will know a lot about how serious Solomon and USC are in the coming days.

          • We should have known that about Price well before we ever accepted his LOI. I’m sure Helton will be more careful now.

          • Yeah they do. The whol class is gonna be special but i think the Defensive side is gonna be tough.

  5. Sark being an alcoholic is the only thing that brought that staff down. Nice they all have moved on and doing well.

  6. He didn’t hire CH or Tee. Sirmon has yet to prove to me that he’s a great DC. The record is still out on Wilcox. He’s had some success at certain places but we’ll see. Even if all his hires were great coaches, that would just tell me that he is good at hiring assistants, I would never call him a great coach. He’s a pretty good play caller but not a great HC.

  7. Steak, ice cream, avocado and pickles are all good ingredients, but you hardly ever see a sandwich with them together.
    Maybe the coaches under Sark were just fine until Sark started talking. I really don’t think the staff was as bad as the leader.

    • For the OLINE. We have two Army All Americans and one Under Armour All American coming in.
      For the DLINE so far we have Hunter Echols (Army All-American) and Jacob Lichtenstein 6-5 250 from Fort Lauderdale, FL on the way.
      And we will close in a big way. Signing Day will be good for USC in the trenches
      L

      • I’m looking for a couple of interior 4/5 star 300+ pounders for the middle D. You know that’s what we need. SC’s good to great teams have always had tremendous people there. No excuses!

        • Trust me, we will sign some big boy Polynesian DT’s in this class.
          The Stevie Tu’ikolovatu effect definitely was a plus.

          • Stevie T saved our team, right behind Sam Darnold. Interesting juxtaposition of a giant guy living out of his car and the Marlboro Man’s gunslinger grandson who combined to give USC a season for the ages that began as a season for the toilet.

          • really Troy Polomula didn’t ??? Sounds like Washington and Oregon have a monopoly on Poly kids

        • If you look at D Tackles,only 3 ,5* in whole class.I believe some of the 3* are deserving of 4* .Next year’s D Tackles are not deep.

      • Ruffled some feathers on the 247 .. Those guys are jacks.. Lol.. Nothing really there , mostly clueless.

        • They think that if you dont pay dues for months you are a troll. Don’t sweat it bro. Scoutusc is the same way.

          • I catch most info on twitter.. I jacked with the group for 2 days … Told.them Kinlaw, Lewis and Levi were in ..they laughed and said Bs..then I see FK post the same.. I lol.. Some wondered who I was ..so I jacked with them.. Idiots.. Lol

          • They all believe they know more no matter what you say. Free Kobe can come off as a D sometimes but he knows his stuff. The others are his loyal subjects LOL.

          • Its why i never posted there even when i subscribed there. Too many know it alls. And to be honest Free Kobe’s post are free to read and worth the look.

        • FYI. The guy to follow on 247 is Free Kobe. That dude is money when it comes to insider info.

  8. FoxSports ranks
    Texas @ USC the #2 most important non conference football game for next season.

  9. All those coaches had one thing in common. Sarkisian! Split them up and looked what they’ve done.

  10. My bad to DMH63, Jack, Peter, etc.

    I said Grimes could be a decommit, but i meant Juwann Burgess. Just saying.

    • same sheeet show or worse , the snark is a classic front runner … watch how badly Goatboy fails at the crap hole he was forced to take , when Snark gets tossed out of Bamer he will have to take a low level job like Goat … and they will be horrible 1-11 type bad. No more talent to bail their dumb arse out.

  11. Cut of the snakes head and it has no direction; if your leader is a drink loser, that is the direction of the team. It called leadership Scottie

  12. Hmmm, is it just me but… I ain’t ever seen a coach play in the games…as a once famous coach once said it’s the Bobby’s and the Joe’s not the X’s and O’s…
    But clearly the blog master has more keen insight than the rest of mankind…Snark.

  13. Don’t confuse opportunities with success, because Clay Helton is baking in the oven, and still proving himself, while Justin Wilcox is just a guy at this point. Peter Sirmon hasn’t done anything to open any eyes, and Tee Martin doesn’t even run the offense by himself .

  14. Note to SW – See comment below from Sas…A.K.A…SamBam, which sums up the situation, “CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING.” It must be very, very dark (like under the covers) in your world, because CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. CLAY HELTON AND TEE MARTIN JUST WON THE ROSE BOWL AND FINISHED WITH A #3 RANKING. Got it yet?

    • Then Darnold should have played better. He played exactly like a freshman. It wasn’t all Darnold against UW. USC defense was the real story.

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