USC willing to pay $6M/year for Football HC
According to an ESPN report here, USC (Pat Haden) is going to smash the piggy-bank to get a big-name head coach. Thought this was interesting as we collectively ponder changes.
One industry source told me this week that USC is willing to extend an offer of up to $6 million a year to get its man. Yes, that’s more than Nick Saban makes (for now).
November 15th, 2013 at 4:07 PM ^
And that's why they will quickly return to national relevance.
Because they aren't obsessed with a Trojan man coaching Troy or some such BS
November 15th, 2013 at 4:08 PM ^
Yes, this is precisely why the Kiffen hire worked so well.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^
They're on probation.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:11 PM ^
They're on probation because one player, Reggie Bush, took payments from a booster on the side and the haughty NCAA freaked out. I'm not going to blame Pete Carroll for that.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:21 PM ^
Oh come on. The program's culture, cultivated to excessive precision by Pete Carroll, promoted that kind of thing. How many NCAA punishments come down with specific regulations about how many celebrities you can have on the sidelines at your home games?
November 15th, 2013 at 4:56 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 4:58 PM ^
Smith and Jacobs really laid the foundation for handling an NCAA investigation: say and do nothing. Deny, deny, deny.
November 15th, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^
SC got the hammer because the Bush family ripped off the wannabe agents who were paying them. Without those guys actively pursuing it, this case would have fallen somewhere between Cam Newton at Auburn and Charles Woodson here (had links to a shady agent he signed with and later sued that probably involved at least some cash/gifts that weren't kosher). I.E. nothing would have happened at an NCAA level.
November 16th, 2013 at 10:19 AM ^
they didn't cooperate with the NCAA and pretty much told the NCAA to go bugger off. Had USC worked with the NCAA, you can bet they would not have been hit so hard and would have ended up like Miami who did cooperate with the NCAA from the get go. The arrogance of USC is what did them in.
November 15th, 2013 at 7:00 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^
Yeah, SC was really bending the rules because Matt Leinart's dad didn't want his son living in a shitty apartment and let one of his less fortunate teammates live there without paying more than he could afford on his rent stipend. What a renegade program.
That must be why they kicked our ass in the Rose Bowl.
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November 16th, 2013 at 9:29 AM ^
As usual the "Michigan Man" Zealots are out in full force. Just interview and hire the best coach available. A program like Michigan should be able to draw the top coaches, whether they have ties to the program or not. Michigan should expect to have the best and pick from a broad pool of candidates.
I am starting to think the "Michigan Man" mantra is more about taking care of friends of the program, rather than winning football games.
November 16th, 2013 at 12:57 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
Amen, they will probably get a big time coach with a good resume
November 15th, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
+1 informative
November 15th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
That crap annoys me to no end.
Guess what? The three greatest coaches in Michigan Football history were ALL outsiders.
Yost, Crisler and Bo.
November 16th, 2013 at 10:56 AM ^
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November 15th, 2013 at 6:29 PM ^
Hmmm maybe that's why Jack Del Rio is probably their top candidate.........oh wait.
November 16th, 2013 at 3:19 AM ^
USC has only hired two coaches without previous connections to the program since 1925. And one of those two, Pete Carroll, had ties to the school through his daughter.
Sounds like they've got a much bigger issue with the whole "TROJAN MAN" thing than we do.
November 16th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
If I'm not mistaken....Kiffin was not Haden's hire. So you cant really blame Haden on that one.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:31 PM ^
And - frankly - everyone knew what the strategy was for hiring Kiffin anyway: Get us through the sanctions. By and large, Kiffin got 75% of the way there. He would've been given another year had he not lost the entire team.
And - you are right - Kiffin was not Haden's pick. So, the clock was ticking the moment Haden came back to town on Kiffin's contract (because - according to a lot of USC alums - Haden directly blames Kiffin for Bush's recruitment. Whether true or untrue, who knows?).
November 15th, 2013 at 5:21 PM ^
Mike Garrett hired Kiffin in January 2010 about seven months before he was let go by the University president in the wake of the NCAA sanctions which were imposed that spring.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 4:57 PM ^
Texas would win easily.
November 16th, 2013 at 10:03 AM ^
I think you mean Alabama would win easily. They'd rather close up shop on all the other sports if it means maintaining the dynasty they have going on, and keeping Saban is priority #1 for that happening.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:15 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 4:15 PM ^
I am willing to pay $20.00 for a Steak Double XL burrito.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:19 PM ^
That'll buy a lot of Hummers.
Tell it 'em about it, Jojo.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:22 PM ^
They can have Borges for $5.5 million.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:32 PM ^
WHAT A BARGAIN!!! TAKERS??
November 15th, 2013 at 4:43 PM ^
November 15th, 2013 at 4:22 PM ^
Assuming Saban stays put, which big name coach might leave his current situation to take all that USC money/would be a mega-hire that USC would be happy with? Because if it's Chris Peterson or Gary Patterson or one of those always-mentioned guys, it's not really the home run hire that dollar figure suggests they want. Who is in that echelon?
November 15th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^
It would be hilarious to see the meltdown in Palo Alto (and in Ann Arbor, masochistically) if they lured Harbaugh to USC.
November 15th, 2013 at 6:43 PM ^
Only Ann Arbor, really. Stanford seems to be doing just fine post-Harbaugh.
November 15th, 2013 at 4:25 PM ^
Chip kelly
November 15th, 2013 at 4:29 PM ^
That would be fascinating. I like the idea of big time college coaches like Chip Kelly and Nick Saban using the NFL as temporary spring boards for better college jobs. Cuz F the NFL.
November 15th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
if you think that's what happened with Saban, you're kidding yourself. He got out before he could be fired, that's all.