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USC Sunday Buzz: The Best Coaching Job In America

You know what the best coaching job in America is?

USC men’s basketball coach.

You can make $5 million a year and just about have the least pressure to win of any Power 4 job with largely apathetic fan base outside of a small following that almost never calls for a coach to be fired.

This is not an indictment of Eric Musselman, by the way. It was the same when Andy Enfield was at USC too.

After yesterday’s loss to Oregon, I heard from an intense USC fan who attended the game. But people like that are few and far between.

It’s a challenge to get 1,000 students to the game unless you give away a jersey or T-shirt. It’s nowhere like many of the Big Ten, SEC or Big 12 schools.

Musselman has done just about everything to drum up interest, including wearing a football uniform. The flip side is only a few voices are critical of the coaching job he did yesterday. It’s a pretty nice job.

12 thoughts on “USC Sunday Buzz: The Best Coaching Job In America”

  1. You’re right, Scott. Posters here have said they don’t care about basketball.

    But real Trojans pull for our teams in badminton! Heck, even it’s our a cappella group, the So Cal VoCals, we’re cheering for them to be the best!

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      4. Of course not! They need to do anything they can to try and feel manly.

        Trojans are secure enough not to worry about that stuff. We’re masculine enough to wear pink occasionally and not GAF about what anyone says or thinks.

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  2. wolfman, what if Muscle-Man loses to UCLA tues at Pauley?? it’ll knock trOXans outta the tourney AND cement the Bruins Golden Ticket to March Madness!! Not quite ’06 when Gutties upset #2 trOXans 13-9 to knock them outta the Natty game, but still the thought of it makes TINGLY all over!!

    #AndIDoMeanALLOver!!

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  3. Scott, I agree with you that the program needs to be built from the bottom up and not the top down. The top college coaches are already locked in to their current positions. Mid-tier coaches are hired for a win now mentality which means a lot of turnover and one and dones. To build a team, you need to start with a really good young coach with a proven record at a smaller school and give him or her time to develop a relationship with high school players. Let that person develop his or her program and demonstrate team basketball; then, give them the big money when they earn it. Don’t take away the incentive to be a great coach. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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