It took awhile but USC finally announced the hiring of Gary Patterson this morning.
Like I said before, here is what someone who coached with Patterson told me about him.
“It will be a good hire if they get the old Gary Patterson and not old Gary Patterson,” he said.
Either way, it will be an upgrade from D’Anton Lynn.
And once again: To give Patterson a fighting chance, USC needs to restore physical practices. That is what will change performances.
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
A sports colunist just wrote that Patterson won’t matter to Wiley and SC because Wiley will never have a good defense
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Ed G and columnists live through us
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Great post!
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AI estimates 120 USC coaches, coaching staff, and analysts since Pete left.
#Now,121
#MakesYourHeadSpin
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Neil Callaway….
#’NuffSaid…
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Todd Orlando, the list goes on…
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KAM: And John Baxter…
DON: LOL
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I can’t stress how important it is to have a defensive coordinator who NEVER coached in the Big Ten …
#No Better Way Of Being Prepared for 2026
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Coach Riley: “Gary knows all there is to know about defending against Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa….”
#…BasedOnHisZeroExperience
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Cant wait to see how this experiment turns out. What took so long? Well, they tried everyone else and no one would take the job who had half a brain because they know LR doesn’t know D$ck about Defense. And given how LR’s viewed, they wouldn’t take the job knowing he will be gone in a couple of years and have no job security. Add to that, our decades long run of poor defensive efforts and poor defensive player recruiting- has made anyone worth their salt wary of coming here. GP had no worries as he’s 66, has got nothing to lose so he could care less what happens 2-3 years from now. But how is a 66 year old dude gonna recruit and attract quality defensive players….
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KAM: Gary will wow the Moms of defensive recuits with his disco moves.
DAN: And win the recruits over talking about how great Welcome Back Kotter was.
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Ba -ba-ba-Baa Bab a -Rino…..
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I thought you were breaking into “Ba-ba-ba…ba-ba-Barbara Ann”
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Remember how “Barbara Ann” morphed around the time of the Iranian hostages? “Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran…”
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No, I don’t recall that, but that is funny
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Coach Patterson definitely has the resume to demand physical practices. And, get better coaching at all levels of the defense. This hire is something that all Trojan fans should be optimistic about. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962
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