Is Pete Carroll At War With Mike Garrett (In A "Dirty" & "Crumbling" Trojan Program)?
by Nestor on Dec 23, 2009 8:04 AM PST
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PrintSeems like it is every man for himself over at Southern Cal. That's the read I get from TJ Simers column today in the LA Times, which seems like nothing more than planted shots at Mike Garrett from Chetey Petey. Simers becomes yet another columnist from the Trojan Times which shows sympathy for poor Petey, completely overlooking his role as the head coach of a corrupt football program by going after his boss Mike Garrett. Get this. Simers paints Chetey as a "victim" just like - wait for it, wait for it - Timmeh! (HT EJBruin):
Every time I run into the USC athletic director he takes off running, only now beginning to understand why -- obviously the administrator in training for the next controversy to plague his athletic department.
Former USC basketball coach Tim Floyd told The Times recently Garrett abandoned him when Floyd had his problems.
"Mike's reputation took precedence," Floyd said. "All loyalty, all support stopped."
Here we go again, Pete Carroll now on the spot, the perception nationally the Trojans' football program is out of control, if not in need of an NCAA spanking, and Garrett is nowhere to be found to assist the guy who saved his career.
So all mighty Petey needs an "assist" from Mike Garrett? I wonder who is giving Simers this idea?
Simers does paint quiet a picture though of a "crumbling" Trojan program:
Seven years ago this week, the toughest question facing Carroll and his No. 5-ranked Trojans was why had they all welcomed O.J. Simpson to an Orange Bowl practice.
That was considered a controversy, Carroll taking some heat after saying, "It's great to see O.J. come out," the Trojans hugging Simpson and many asking for his autograph.
Here's how things have changed: Everyone wants to know whether McKnight will ever again be welcomed to a USC practice, the unranked Trojans preparing for the Nut Bowl, practicing at City College of San Francisco where Simpson played, but -- in what might be considered the only sign of progress of late -- honoring Simpson's memory with a tour of Alcatraz.
And ultimately puts the onus on both Garrett and Chetey:
Each question adds to the suspicion that USC football is dirty, crumbling or has lost its focus.
A school with an athletic director, who has a spokesman read a statement to the media while sitting a few feet away, does nothing but introduce Mickey Mouse behavior into the discussion.
The nature of the sports fan makes it very simple, more expected of Carroll now after giving everyone everything they could want the last seven years. It's on him.
However, Simers doesn't admit how it was him and rest of the traditional media all those years who kept looking away, when one allegation after another was piling up. Now it looks like while Simers is trying to make up for lost time, he is also pointing to something nastier going on inside Heritage Hall: an all out civil war within the dirty, out of control, and the most morally corrupt program in recent history of college athletic. If there is karma, this should be only the beginning.
GO BRUINS.
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The drumbeat from LA Times
is like rats fleeing a sinking ship. The cynic in me says that the NCAA can’t come down too hard on LA’s only pro football franchise.
It is important to keep the dialog going regarding
how corrupt that program is. The chatter is getting louder around the country, so much that even the fishwrap is actually writing about it instead of fluff pieces about the upcoming bowl. The perception is starting to lean toward reality. Even if the NCAA won’t do anything, the slime of the OJ U brand will make it toxic.
"If you don't take out his battery, he's going to keep going all day."
Absolutely
Even those poor souls who wear lousy intellectually smelly maroon T-shirts that say, " Daddy Spent All HIs Money And All I Ended Up With Was This Lousy T-Shirt," aka USC graduates, are beginning to understand that the place that gave them a B.A. disgraces them and all the money their parents ponyed up for nothing. People around the country pick up chatter on this site. And by honestly laying out the facts and having some laughs along the way, we are doing our job. I can’t get the NCAA to do its job. We can’t drive Samples and that Athletic Department capo out of office—but we can treat their lame dissembling with the accurate disdain and commentary their pack of lies deserve. Careful parsing of trojan excuses advances the truth.
These people must be taken down by the truth.
Yawn
The LA Times is finally coming around to the realization that $c is dirty and full of shit? Yawn. Wake me when the NCAA actually decides to enforce their own rules and gives them the death penalty. The continued existance of the $c football team is an afront to Justice.
Victory or until next year!
Slimers
In my opinion, Slimers gave Cheatey a pass and is targeting Garrett. Whatever. I think Cheatey—who makes, what, $4 million or so a year—and Garrett AND Timmeh all need to be investigated.
Timmeh left under unbelievably questionable and suspicious circumstances and yet, no one seems to be investigating what happened.
$C’s “interntal” investigation of its own alleged violations would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.
Carroll has been running a dirty program for years. Slimers must have swallowed a horribly bitter pill just to write the column which was published today. It still wasn’t as hard-hitting as it should or could have been but TJ is a pathetic hypocrite himself so I don’t expect much from him.
Yeah, its vintage Slimers, but . . .
its still riotously funny. Twist Cheatey twist. In the wind. Alone. Cue the crickets.
The Mad Bruin
Where is the follow up about Schenter and the SUV
As I understand it, Cheatie Petie had first hand knowledge of the existence of the Landrover and that it was being at least “inhabited” by McKnight. Where is the fishwrap on this? Mr. Schenter said he would be back from his multimillion dollar deal-doing in South Aftica on Tuesday. Tuesday, as we lawyers would put it, was “yesterday.” Any calls from the ‘wrap to Mr. Schenter? Any questions from the ’wrap to Cheatie about any of the principals in the whole thing? There is no ncaa investigation, so Cheatie can’t use the “well, it’s an investigation so I can’t talk about it” routine.
This was a powderpuff article which once again focuses on anything there is to focus on other than the fact that Emperor Carroll has no clothes.
But of course that’s no surprise coming from the propaganda arm of the daily trOJan.
Truly amazing...
It is truly amazing that after watching the USC football program for eight years, the LA Times reporters are finally taking their collective heads out of the sand.
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They are still giving them a free pass. If it was us, they would already razing UCLA to ground and placing a strip mall there. If the LATIMES wants to sell more papers, they needto really start digging into this and other aspects of the program.
It does make one wonder about the affilliations of the editorial board
at the paper. This goes beyond bias to a level of dropping any measure of integrity to protect that program (at times at the expense of our exceptional University). For a paper with finacial trouble, one would think having the most access to a major developing story would have the times all over the various scandals of the OJans, which would also gain national attention. The fact that Yahoo Sports has been more involved in bringing this story out that the times is a joke on itself.
"If you don't take out his battery, he's going to keep going all day."
Thanks for clipping the highlights, now I don't have to read Simers' drivel
When he got brought on board with the LAT, it didn’t take long to figure out that Simers’ column was primarily about promoting Simers. Can’t think of a more self-absorbed POS on any purportedly major newspaper. He’s nothing more than the gossip columnist, and not an especially interesting one at that.
So, now he’s writing about the countdown to implosion at Heritage Hall. It’s about friggin time that the designated hatchet man at the LAT focus on the stench that’s been in front of him for years. But, after reading those quotes, the column is still all about TJ and more TJ and where TJ eats and who talks to TJ and in this case who doesn’t want to talk to TJ. Much better to read a few quotes here than reward the LAT for continuing to employ a lame hit troll like Simers.
usc small letters
The core issue here is that the city of LA needed a winner, and usc has recently been a big winner in football so the LAT turns it’s head away from the dirt of usc UNTIL they became mortal in 2009. They slipped and the sharks were awakened smelling the red stuff oozing out of so-so football players. If Petey goes away he really isnt ahead of the curve because there have already been loses—most important and suspicions-less important, and internal sanctions-ie. something bigger is about to fall, thus the rats starting to vibrate towards the exit holes.
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