Friendly Rivals
The media reports that portray Stanford coach Walt Harris and USC coach Pete Carroll as close confidantes are overblown. Yes, Harris signed Carroll to a letter-of-intent at Pacific and coached him, but Harris is not part of the inner circle.
That's a group that most prominently includes Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Ed Donatell and LSU defensive coordinator Bo Pelini.
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You really know how to stir the pot.
Posted by: Frank | November 3, 2006 06:52 PM
Well thank god for that. Walt Harris got run out of Pittsburgh, and has done nothing at Stanford except blow a signature win last year vs. Notre Dame.
Kinda sucks that he knows all the great defensive guys but our defense is terrible and the third string OSU RB got 100 yards against us.
Well I read today PC is calling the loss "A challenge" I call it an embarassment. Who are we going to lose to next? Temple? That would give us an even bigger "challenge" I guess.
The whole organization gets more delusional every week. "Resting" the players like we are prepping for a run at Ohio st. or something and talking about "overcoming challenges". haha. If I was there I would kick every one of them in their rear ends after that last game and make them run 1000 laps, not rest them. Then throw the playbook for the "3-4 defense" in the garbage can, start pulling starting players who can't even find the right gap or hang on to the football, and generaly shake the house up.
Nope we are "resting" and talking to the media about our million in one chance to "win the national title"
Posted by: Patrick | November 3, 2006 07:12 PM
It might not be so friendly anymore if Stanford wins.
Don't rule it out. If we fumble the ball all over the place again and allow another punt return for a TD, JDB botches snaps and we have no running game just like last week...it could definately happen.
Posted by: Patrick | November 3, 2006 07:28 PM
Here is what Rodriguez said after WVU lost:
We weren't blitzing well. We were running right into people. We weren't breaking on the ball. We weren't rerouting any wide receivers. First-down play-action passes were something we knew were coming yet we act surprised by it. We've got some meeting to do and some corrections to make."
"I want everybody to be mad. ... I'm mad," he said. "I'm going to be mad for another day or two.
-- West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez found little positive to talk about Friday.
And he didn't even lose to an unranked team.
Now that is what you say after you lose a football game. NOT
"What is everyone complaining about stop being spoiled"
"This is a nice challenge for us to see how people respond"
"We just have some new players. Wait until next year!!"
"We are looking forward to next week"
Posted by: Patrick | November 3, 2006 07:46 PM
I wish Norm Chow was in that inner circle.
Posted by: UOFSC93 | November 3, 2006 08:16 PM
Oh brother....Patrick aka "the sky is falling"....thank god that you are not SC's coach...negative people like you don't make good college football coaches...they lost their first regular season game in in three years and you are wondering whether we can beat Temple....do us a favor and go jump on another band wagon.
Posted by: Chowhead | November 3, 2006 09:11 PM
Patrick,
You need to RELAX, dude.
Posted by: Displaced Trojan | November 3, 2006 09:44 PM
Patrick is absolutely correct on this one. That's the difference between Pete and Rich, and essentially the difference between real football fans (who demand a crisp performance and place those responsibilites on the coaching staff) and bandwagon jumpers (who just want to say how good their team is and try to get autographs). It is also the reason why Pete couldn't stick in the NFL and why Rodriguez will be there some day soon and do well.
Posted by: FDOG | November 4, 2006 09:40 AM
Patrick-
Which Trojan coach is talking to the media about the "million to one chance of winning the national championship"? Haven't heard a peep except areas that need to be improved, and the need for the players, young and experienced both to step up. All I have heard PC talk about is not worrying about the BCS and the need to win the remaining Pac-10 games.
I don't think we have to worry about losing to Temple as USC doesn't schedule inferior opponents. (See WV schedule)
Don't think for a moment that PC and company didn't express their anger at 3 quarters of poorly played football. He likes to handle things internally and not call out people in the media.
Why isn't it a nice challenge to see how the team responds?
Why not look forward to next week?
Posted by: cindy | November 4, 2006 10:34 AM
SCOTT WOLF
Inside USC...All Patrick, All the Time.
Get over yourself Pat
This is what I see every time you post now...
Blah blah blah, blah blah BLAH! Blah blah BLAH BLAH blah.BlahIlovefuclablah BLAH.
Posted by: 86Patrick | November 4, 2006 03:13 PM
"That's the difference between Pete and Rich"
The other difference being Coach Carroll has won two national championships!
Posted by: PH55 | November 5, 2006 03:15 PM