OT - Lynn Swann to be named AD at USC
Seeing what we just went through here at Michigan, I look at this hire as ... unique. Seems like a university like USC would be able to have someone that has done the job before and worked their way up through smaller schools, ala Warde Manuel.
Am I missing something in his history that would make him qualified, or is this as interesting to you as it is to me?
Yeah, this is gonna be a shitshow.
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USC climbing a shit rope there, eh?
You're wasted. Get off the internet and take your greasy, shirtless, hamburger-eatin' partner with you.
Hey Sexian.
all that soda fizz and hamburgers coagulatin together
For a great school like SC, I am just floored, that the regents chose a guy with no experience who has given no indication that he is even up for the job. Wow.
Nothing like the good ol' bad coach bad AD combo that we know and love all too well. Murky days ahead for the Trojans.
Chip Kelly in 3-4 years is their only hope.
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Huh?
I think he's calling them fair-weather fans? Maybe? I don't know.
I guess if I'm going to fairweather, I'm probably not picking a school clear on the other side of one of America's largest states, but that's just me.
Yeah, probably not me either, but I'm just trying to guess as to WD's thinking. Scary proposition, indeed.
That was my take as well, but his choice for the next team for USC fans to root for was really dumb.
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Socal for many years and a former UCLA season ticket holder I can assure you that USC fans/grads would never root for UCLA. And even though I don't like USC at all I have to say their (rather obnoxious) fans actually care more than other Pac12 schools. Think about it, they're the only traditional power out there - at least they used to be. In sum, get a clue.
In the meantime, I am rather enjoying their ongoing run of crappy hires.
I feel like they're...not Stanford fans. Maybe I'm insane.
Does not compute. They do teach geography in school, right?
Sometimes. This may be the dumbest.
Was that meltdown thread where you announced you were leaving forever typed with your fingers crossed?
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there's the rub.
You're really getting to be quite "out there", wd.
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Maybe tone it down a bit? Maybe reflect a little bit?
No NFL coach would ever leave the big stage and go coach in college, get a grip!!!!
he was a "public relations" major.... so that uhhh kinda uhh? man this is going to be a fun disaster to watch
I think it was on TV with everyone watching. Super something or other. Yep, he's qualified.
He was also really good at ballet...
Aside from our recent experience, seeing what USC went through with their last two ADs, it seems like they might have tried something different.
Maybe they want to follow MGoBlog's No Politics Rule...
He's a member at Augusta. Not sure how that came to pass but he is definitely well connected.
Shoulda been Will Ferrell
Lynn Swann was great in The Waterboy #IStandWithAce
I really wish he would stop looking at me. #IalsostandwithAce
Let's not be too harsh in our assessment of Swann's qualifications here. I mean, being the chair of the President's Council On Physical Fitness And Sports is a bonus, right? I mean, you are ostensibly charged with mentoring a lot of kids in ways of self-improvement through forms of exercise, right? It's the same thing, right? There's plenty of basis on which to judge Swann's ability to run a major athletic department based on that and two failed political campaigns.
*calms down*
Yeah, this is a hilarious hire and maybe not in a good way. Very USC to announce it on the same day as another major event in the Los Angeles area too - Kobe's last game.
I knew I was overlooking something... it all makes sense now.
At this rate, they should have waited to see if OJ gets paroled next year.
the job. I have no doubt of that.
His contract will include an intern to hold a mirror in front of him on command. Always a bit of a dandy.
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I'm suprised he survived those games with the Raiders in the 70's. He brought most of it on himself by running his mouth. Scoreboard, I suppose. But still fun to watch.
Pretty good analogy in terms of quailifications though Jansen has always struck me as a bright, thoughtful guy. Lynn Swann, not so much. He's been on my TV screen for most of my life and I can't think of one insightful or relevant contribution to a broadcast.
He's not a Hall of Fame player (IMO) and thought his comments about Calvin Johnson's HOF worthiness were ridiculous. Good luck SC!
He could do a good job. I mean, Hackett was never an athletic director and he seemed to do fine. It's all about making smart decisions and listening to the students and your advisors around you.
Never heard of him before this so I have no idea about his judgement skills. I was just trying to give the man the benefit of the doubt. I'm not complaining if USC flounders.