Job Hurdle
Would you believe some connected to this job search feel there's a problem finding candidates because some coaches are turned off by the idea of following Pete Carroll's success and possible NCAA sanctions looming.
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Would you believe some connected to this job search feel there's a problem finding candidates because some coaches are turned off by the idea of following Pete Carroll's success and possible NCAA sanctions looming.
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who wants sanctions. pete did in the Trojans and got out of Dodge.
Paulm,
Care to explain exactly how "pete did in the Trojans"? What did he do, I am curious as to what you know?
To Pete, thanks for the memories.
Wolf,
Just how serious of sanctions do you see the Trojans receiving? Would it be similar to Auburn a few years ago? I've heard talk of the "death penalty" but I don't see that.
Noooo...say it ain't so! Most coaches probably feel that with as much media attention the Bush/Mayo/McKnight scandals have received (and to a lesser extent the Jarrett, assistant coach, La tech grade, etc, scandals)...and the paper trail (and legal record in the open Bush lawsuit) that the NCAA will make a very clear and compelling example out of USC with their sanctions. Because of Pete's (some of folks outside of SC would say ill-gotten) success the fan base will not have a lot of tolerance with the guy who leads SC through this dark period. Doesn't matter what you inherited from your predecessor....the question invariably comes up, "what have you done for me lately...and stop blaming the guy who left."
Yes.
Why wouldn't I believe that? USC went 97-19 with Pete Carroll, and 63-43-2 with three coaches in nine years before. Great tradition, great exposure, and great recruiting base, but it's not as easy as it looks, especially with sanctions.
only some?
No, but what with a new University President to be hired, and when he/she gets the feeling that there's too much NCAA garbage involved with the Athletic Department, and when Mike Garrett is not liked by the new President, and a new athletic director hired to replace Garrett, who hired the new football coach, who may not be a complete favorite of the new AD, well, what with all these "what its" who would want to get mixed up with this soap opera? And then the sanctions come down. I wouldn't think it's that great of a place to be right now. Maybe a year from now when the dust settles, but there's too many moving parts at the moment for any coach to take that kind of risk, unless he's out of work. Welcome Herm Edwards, or Jack Del Rio after he gets fired in Jacksonville.