Jerry Buss Paid For Kiffin's UT Buyout
by EdO'B3017 on Jan 13, 2010 9:54 PM PST
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The title "USC Commits Suicide" I'll start going to church again if that becomes reality.
"Had the announcement been concurrent with a move to hire more NCAA compliance people–USC has just four on staff to oversee 19 sports (compared with its eight equipment guys and five video staffers, for example)–then maybe we could acknowledge a serious move on its part to instill some discipline in a department that has been under the pall of investigation for the latter half of this decade.
But that didn’t happen. USC did, however, move some other major mountains to get this thing done. Los Angeles Lakers owner and Trojan alum Jerry Buss stepped to the plate and paid for the Kiffin buy out from Tennessee. Public Storage owner Wayne Hughes provided much of the cash for the incredible staff that is coming with Kiffin to Los Angeles. They should’ve kept their money and demanded that USC do the right thing. Instead, they might have helped sew the seeds of their team’s demise."
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Sad
Reportedly, Kobe is said to “favor” the trOJans. Between that and Buss being a trOJan, I love JF and all (sorry man), but f**k the Lakers.
So glad I’m a Warriors fan. Yes, they suck, but we’re not owned by a trOJan a**hole.
we are just owned by
a dumb a**hole.
by Captain Leebeard on Jan 13, 2010 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
Between Cohan, Al Davis, and Lew Wolff (not as incompetent as the last 2, but wants to move the team out of Oakland), Oakland’s sports teams are rather screwed in ownership. We haven’t had anyone decent since the Haas’s owned the A’s.
On the other hand, Buss is doing us a favor by bringing in Hello Kiffin to $C.
formerly bruinhoo
Hate Buss for doing this?
Man, you should be thanking him. All he’s doing is screwing USC. It’s glorious.
Why not pay for a kitten?
If you’ve already paid for a puppy?
Troy HAS fallen...again, again, and again.
by Bruins102NCAA on Jan 13, 2010 10:43 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I'm more concerned
about our lack of heavy-hitters than I am with who steps to the plate for USC. If Jerry Buss is going to pay for USC’s coaches, then he better lock Kobe up to an extension soon.
I used to just not care about the Lakers.
Now I view the Lakers as an extension of the trOJans, and have nothing but contempt for them.
Sorry, Laker fans, but I hope that the Lakers never win another game. Maybe my negative karma will be enough to push them off the mountain top.
That's a tough call for me.
Trojan owner = root against the Lakers. Jordan Farmar = root for the Lakers. I’m still rooting for, but that will change the second they have no more Bruins.
They'll find a way to lose Farmar...
…and keep Bynum, since that lazy bum is “the future”…
When the ride gets rough, only the Ruff Ryde...
I don't think Farmar will be back next year
See how fast they turned on Ariza? F-Buss
How they treat Kareem oppose to Magic? I love Magic and he deserve 5% ownership and more Lakers/Buss give him, but there’s little love for Kareem. He basically had to beg them to be a special asst coach or whatever he’s title was or is.
So now Hello Kiffin is a Laker, as well?????
…since he’s on Buss’ payroll? That’s it; I’m done with them…I couldn’t stand Kobe and Bynum anyway…
When the ride gets rough, only the Ruff Ryde...
This sucks -- I was a Laker fan BEFORE I was a Bruin fan...
… but if Hello Kiffen manages to get the U$C out of hot water and straight into a cauldron of boiling fat, I will feel MUCH better.
M
"In this program your passion bucket must be full to play SC." -- CRN, to Dan Patrick, 1/2008
+1
Fond memories of the 80’s lakers before even going to UCLA. Kareem also put the UCLA on the map in our household, seeing him introduced every game from UCLA sealed the deal in part.
and Jamaal Wilkes
for several years and some championships, the Lakers starting 5 was 40% Bruin.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
he pays for 18 year old girls and blow
so why not pay for this as well. The guy owns the best franchise in pro sports, but he is a scumbag of the highest order.
"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"
by silverlakebruin on Jan 14, 2010 7:40 AM PST reply actions
So how can you be a fan?
I used to be indifferent, as I mentioned above. I am very content to add the lakers to the Seahawks on my list of things I view with the contempt that I view just$c*.
I'm Still a Laker Fan
Sorry folks, but as noted in above comments, JB probably did us all a favor by bringing the kitten to SC. JB is the same guy he’s always been, Toejam alum and all, but I have too much allegiance to Laker history (I’m old) and still enjoy watching the show. Don’t see how Laker bashing is relevant at the moment. JF has been proving himself very valuable lately, and I predict he stays a Laker this summer as Fish slows down and plays less minutes. JF has really been a spark off the bench & they ultimately need him.
Disagree, bruinmom
I don’t question your Bruin-ness, nor do I purport to understand why anyone roots for any particular team. (Although I have to say, the threat of a Nestor ban nothwithsanding, that rooting for the Yankees always seemed to me to reflect a much deeper and darker character flaw, but I digress.)
My point here is that I can’t support anyone or anything that allows the trOJie athletic department (aka Big Brother Ministry of Truth) to continue to flat out lie and get away with it. The arrogance bubble needs to be popped. If Jerry had kept his money, he could have lowered ticket prices or lowered the price of sushi or whatever he peddles at Staples, but no, he uses it ti facilitate the lie-mongering coming from Inheritance Hall. Sorry, but if I had been a Laker fan, I don’t think I could consider continuing. Since at most I was indifferent, this announcement of how Buss spends his money just turns my stomach. As far as I’m concerned, he and Cheatie and Cheatie Jr. are peas in a pod, and the Lakers get added to the Seahawks (and other teams) on my list of teams whose opponents become my favorites. I would like to see the trOJies, the Seahawks and now the Lakers go unvictorious (if that’s the appropriate word for the opposite of undefeated.)
I Understand Your Points
and the peculiarities of fan passions (agree completely re. Yankees :}) You have obviously not been an avid Laker fan in the past, and while I agree in principle with your ideas of owners spending their $ and profits in altruistic ways, I can’t seem to come up w/ a single pro BB team that does. I do not defend JB, and personally HE turns my stomach, but that does not cause me to bail on a team I’ve rooted for for over 25 years. We agree to disagree, and rest assured that the kitten hire will ultimately not please JB as the Trojies crash and burn.
I gotta disagree again.
It’s not just pro basketball teams who don’t spend their money and profits in altruistic ways. It’s every pro team in every sport. (I may have overstated the case as to the Rays. They still have free parking if there are four or more in your car.)
There really isn’t much to root for in terms of Buss, is there? I should have realized sooner that a guy like that had to be a trOJie.
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