We have better USC insiders than we do Miami. Program is dead. Fight on!
Ppl kept asking who were SC’s targets: it was Fickell & Meyer, which prompted Meyer to come out w/ a statement. They kept in touch w/ Meyer’s ppl, monitoring, but it was clear he wasn’t coming. From what I understand, SC was not interested in an up & coming OC, DC or even a G5 coach. The only reason why Fickell was #1 was b/c of his ties to the AD, and like I told ppl, they wanted to see what Cincy did when they played Indiana & ND in back to back weeks.
Fickell nor his family have any interest in moving this far West, although I heard at one point it looked like it was a possibility. SC wanted a huge fish, and after the mantra of being notoriously cheap, $$ was no longer an issue.
I’ve said that SC & us are not the same. The OB disaster vs what USC did w/ the L.A Coliseum which was in the same boat is written proof we’re not the same. The fact a BOT member can tweet E before W is tangible proof we’re not the same. Despite how big SC’s BOT is, they only have a select few w/ voting & decision making; that shows we’re not the same. The fact that they can fire/urge to resign 3 AD’s who are LEGENDS as alums, shows they are not the same.
The only similarities between the two is both are private schools, and both have made some ?able hires, but even their ?able hires have had way better results over the last 15 yrs than we’ve had.