Lynn Swann Quote Of Night

“We’ve got a head coach we’re going to keep.”

— Lynn Swann after Pac-12 title game

57 thoughts on “Lynn Swann Quote Of Night

  1. At least he didn’t say coaching staff. A new secondary coach and offensive line coach are a must. Baxter needs to greatly improve punt returning and kickoff coverage, or he also needs a pink slip. Almost every time the ball wass punted to us was an adventure.

    • A fair assessment. D-line and running backs perform well but those you pointed out are not getting it done.

    • I’m in agreement with one further distinction- a new offensive coordinator. Two years of learning on the job as not served USC well. First & Foremost why has it taken so long for receivers who are extremely talented to demonstrate their true abilities etc!

    • u cannot hodgepodge a staff … a good coach is usually surrounded by his people
      Gomer has Kiffin/Suckisian/ family member cast offs
      Darnold saved these hacks so far … future cross your fingers
      can see a 4-8 very easily with Gomer

    • 4STP you are exactly right. If we had a better O-line coach, can you imagine the yardage ROJO & Carr would have by now… if we had a decent DB coach, we wouldn’t be holding our breath 30 times a game when the opposing QB throws a pass. But what can you expect when your hc CAN’T GET the better position coaches to work for him?

  2. FIRECLAYHELTON.COM

    I don’t like Clay Helton. I didn’t vote for Clay Helton. I didn’t think Clay Helton knew anything about football, but he’s 20-2 in his last 22 games, has a Rose Bowl championship, the first Pac-12 championship since the conference split 7 years ago, and well 3 wins against those chumps cross town. Soooo, he’s pretty good.

  3. ….the quote is actually wrong…Lynn Swann said….We’ve got a quarterback we’re going to keep…..just sayn…

  4. “We have to keep him because we aren’t going to pay 75 million over 10 years for a good coach.” — Lynn Swann

    • Fredrick, when was the lat time ugly won the league? I will tell ya, it was last century. Don’t u get it, ugly is nothing but a cheating and loser school. Like the great Johnny Cheetin’ Wooden used to say, if u ant cheetin’ u ain’t tryin. That is on top of that house of cards called a pyramid that he stole from the Egyptians. Just like ugly stealing Cal’s song and mascot

    • How did the $75 Million Man do the one time he played the Pac 12 in the Playoffs?

  5. In only Helton’s 2nd season as the permanent USC HC, he’s wins more games in one season, 11, than ucla has EVER won in it’s entire history.

    You gotta laugh. USC makes what is impossible for ucla look downright easy.

    11-2 baby! Fiesta against OHIO ST or WIS. Hopefully we get a crack at Meyer’s Buckeyes. USC has beat OHIO ST 7 straight times.

    • If Gomer can ride a good qb to 11 wins …11 wins will be an off season for Chip, like at Oregon

  6. Full quote from other paper:

    “We want to build for the long term, we’ve got a solid team, a solid organization, we’ve got a head coach that we’re going to keep, OK?” Swann said of Helton. “He’s not going anywhere, and we’re going to stair-step this up and build our way up to a national championship. My goal is to emulate the success of the Pittsburgh Steelers — they’ve only had three head coaches since the late ’60s, and each one of them has won Super Bowls.”

  7. Someone needs to go up to the booth and pull Martins head out of his rear end. Hopefully he gets an offer and Helton encourages him to take it. If the play of the db’s is Bradfords fault, then he needs to seek another gig. O line coach we all know about.

    Seems like we need to relax on Helton, he is here to stay for a while. As I have said, with a good staff they would all get better. Patience grasshopper.

    I paid closer attention to the special teams against Stanford. Yes, either Baxter gets to work or get gone. Granted there is not another AJ, but I held my breath on every punt return by USC. Can’t figure out why they have so many guys over run the kicks. Every return by Stanford scared me to death. I don’t know why our kickoffs cannot clear the end zone consistently. Other teams do it.

    Recruit a return talent and a guy with a strong leg.

    FIESTA!!!!

  8. Rightly so. Helton has won a Pac 12 title, a Rose Bowl, and has beaten the likes of David Shaw (several times), Chris Petersen, Tom Herman, James Franklin, Rich Rod, etc. It’s going to be so glorious when he starts beating Cheatey Chip next year.

    • You mean Darnold … Gomer would be an assistant to those other guys
      Idiot Kiffin won 10 games at SC once , Tollner won a Rose Bowl
      U could win at USC in short term
      Gomer is short term

  9. I’m glad to see Swann sincerely back up Coach Helton. We think he is way over his head but he has brought this program back to being a stable and consistent program. He will gain experience and with that he will even become better. He said he was hitting the recruiting trail tomorrow from the post game interview. Now, he has to decide what to do with the assistants. He knows the expectations so he will have to be a manager first then friend. He has to realize everything rests on his shoulders and if sc fails, then he is gone. The job comes before friendship in terms of the team

  10. Helton earned another year with an 11-2 record and a pac 12 championship. Hopefully he gets some better assistant coaches this off season. They really need to clean up this pre-mature celebrating thing by the defense.

    That being said, the team played great last night. The refs did everything they could to help the Furd but it wan’t enough.

    Stanford appropriately wearing the silver helmets for 2nd place! lol

  11. What to look forward to. Should Oklahoma beat TCU and Ohio State beat Wisconsin, today, the NCAA College Football Nation would demand that our Trojans be selected to play Oklahoma on Jan 1, at the Rose Bowl Stadium, beginning at 2;00 pm. Why ? To see both World Beater QB’s to face each other. FIGHT ON, TROJANS !!!

  12. This article is spot on and yes, it appears Lynn Swann is keenly aware at how lacking this coaching staff is. That it is the talent more than coaching that has prevented this team from losing more games. That yes, there is enough talent on this team, that if there was better coaching, USC would be in the playoff. But you can’t depend on certain talent to always be there to make up the lack of “detailed coaching”. You can’t really fire a HC who has won a conference championship, even if it is hard to watch this team struggle throughout the season making the same mistakes over & over again. Helton now has to realize, he has to do more next year, probably without his savior ( Darnold ) to bail out his mediocre coaching.

  13. An extension would be foolish … maybe after next year if Gomer survives without Darnold. He better find a qb that can scramble out of his own end zone on 3rd and long in a tight game to get 1st downs … and continually turn horrible play calls into big plays. Sammy is a rare breed qb.
    Little no chance Gomer sees 2020 maybe not even 2019.

  14. Scooter chuckles to himself when he quotes something out of context. He’s a blogger superstar!

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