During his meeting with USC boosters in Costa Mesa last night, Lynn Swann said he would like to be athletic director for 10 years. That’s right, 10 years!!! Would you want to give up $3-4 million per year and unlimited golf? If Swann stays at USC for 10 years, he might actually be held accountable because he would likely have to hire new coaches for … Continue reading One More Thing On Lynn Swann’s Talk
Lynn Swann actually did some work as USC athletic director Wednesday night! Swann appeared at the Water Grill in Costa Mesa for an event hosted by the Trojan Athletic Fund of Orange County. Now did he actually say anything interesting? Not really, according to a donor who attended the event and took some notes. He praised USC coach Clay Helton: “I think Clay’s got a … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Lynn Swann Works!
Quarterback Maalik Martin, who is a freshman at Serra High School in Gardena, received an offer from Oregon today. Martin reacted on twitter by saying, “I’ve received an offer from my dream school.” I can remember when USC was the dream school of pretty much every Serra player: Robert Woods, Marqise Lee, George Farmer, Rasheem Green, Deontay Burnett, John Houston, Adoree Jackson . . . … Continue reading Another Sign Of The Recruiting Times
Let’s play a game: Who is the most incompetent person or organization at USC? It’s a hard choice. Here are the candidates. Board of Trustees: Seven months into search for president and still have not contacted top candidate Morton Schapiro of Northwestern. President: The disgraced Max Nikias still hangs around the board of trustees while interim Wanda Austin seems like she will be around for … Continue reading Who Is The Most Incompetent At USC?
Northwestern president Morton Schapiro has been considered the frontrunner in the search to become the next president at USC. But he released a statement to the Northwestern student newspaper, the Daily, saying he had yet to be contacted. “While I spent a wonderful 11 years at USC, I haven’t spoken with anyone on their search committee or on their board,” Schapiro said. “Even though I … Continue reading An Update On USC Presidential Search
Isn’t it funny how Clay Helton took from September until Feb. 18 to hire an on-campus recruiting director? And here we thought going a month without a new strength coach was a long time. Or waiting three weeks to essentially hire a like-for-like replacement for Kliff Kingsbury was too long. Let’s face it, Helton moves at his own speed. But of the three openings, USC … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Clay Helton Really Moves At His Speed
