Scratching their heads ...
by Nestor on May 28, 2010 5:48 AM PDT
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David Fox's answer:
Nothing about Lane Kiffin surprises me anymore, not even an undeserved salary. Everything around Kiffin seems to be an extension of college football excesses and absurdities; why would his salary been the exception? And let's face it: USC's athletic department hasn't consistently made good decisions when it comes to their coaches (see: Floyd, Tim). I understand Monte Kiffin being one of the top-paid coordinators. He's a proven coach with a long track record, even though most of it is in the NFL. I just don't get Lane's salary, especially when you consider he'll be paid on par with guys who have been national championship coaches. But, hey, this is free market and USC is free to pay Kiffin what it pleases. Good for Lane for turning his limited coaching experience into a big payday. [...]
Steve Megargee's answer:
I don't have any problem with coaches making $4 million a year, but I do believe that salary should be given to coaches with more of a track record than Kiffin. Frankly, I still don't know whether Kiffin's a good coach, though it's tough to argue with his recruiting acumen. Kiffin deserves plenty of credit for Jonathan Crompton's improvement last season, and he also made Tennessee surprisingly competitive against Alabama and Florida. But the Vols also lost at home to UCLA and got trounced by Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Their final record of 7-6 was about what we expected from Tennessee before the season. I'm still not quite sure why USC hired him, let alone gave him $4 million per year.
Read other college football analysts' befuddled take on the clown show from crosstown right here.
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The real reason to give him that much $$
Is they knew they are going to get hit hard by the NCAA and want to keep a coach. Kentucky did the same thing in basketball years back when they hired Pittino after the whole Kemp and other recruiting messes left them a step above the death penalty. Of course, Pittino was a proven coach while Lame Kitty is . . .
Or, they hired a coach familiar with
the way they do business at “cheat on”, one who understands their ways and how to improve them; I think the next thing we will see is a hostess brigade servicing recruiting 13 year old kids.
Until the trogans get an AD with integrity, they will hire coaches who, like Garrett, lost their moral compasses long ago.
Sometimes, it costs a little more to get the very worst.
sjh
Good Point
Well paid to endure scandals and to cheat the trogan way.
@ Steve Megargee
Kiffin made Tennessee competitive against Alabama and Florida? Really? Being UT’s two biggest rivals had nothing to do with it?
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
Incompetent manager
I have no idea what possessed Mike "Cheating, Cheating, I Am Shocked" Garrett to pay Kiffin $4 million or to hire him in the first place. But I do know this—there is plenty of evidence of incompetent management of the sc athletic program. The football program, although it has owned us lock, stock and cleats, has of late been kicked around by the likes of Oregon State. The basketball program, the Pride of the PAC-9, remains in shambles. The baseball team is as of now 13.5 games behind ASU and dead last in the PAC-10. Women’s gymnastics—they don’t even have a team.
No doubt, Carroll delivered the goods. But that’s one lucky hire in a bunch of losing choices. And Garrett failed to control Carroll’s excesses. All of that makes him a lousy manager. A great football player (but who got kicked around by Gary Beban in his last game against UCLA), Garrett is a mediocre AD. That to me explains why southern cal paid too much to whats-his-name.
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