Comments on: Report: Jerry Buss Paid Kiffin UT Contract Buyout

By: bogeyboy

bogeyboy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:50:29 +0000

How many colleges have to get caught paying players before the NCAA realizes they are the problem and not the players.

Let’s hear something about the NCAA.

Come on Brooks, get some real sports blogging going instead of chasing Tiger.

By: Walt Meyer

Walt Meyer — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:57:30 +0000

Well, Scoop, you’ve uncovered many of the intrigues associated with this event. Pete going, Lane Kiffen coming and all of the back room conspiracies and Ides of March plots.

So what?

These are INTRIGUES not FELONIES!

I would love to know how anyone in the world could imagine that deals were made and events manuvered to suit you and your publication.

The deal is: SC landed on its feet, not on its rear end.

No one got bruised, no one bled and no one in this transaction will influence the decision of the NCAA by their presence.

Success came our way under Pete Caroll. When he got here the media had him leaving on the next stage out of town……….Cut these guys some slack; time and truth will win this one.

By: Marty Funkhauser

Marty Funkhauser — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:38:49 +0000

How many compliance officers would a school need? It stands to reason with all the sports a Division 1 school has they would have triple or more equipment managers.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:53:10 +0000

I work in the Ath. Dept for a D1 school and we have 12 sports and 1 full time compliance director and 1 part time person. It’s not that hard.

USC had major turnover in that department over the past two years. The jobs were posted on the NCAA site every few months.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:42:12 +0000

While you get a good kick out of the comparison of equipment men to NCAA compliance officers, you don’t tell us how that compares to any other school, rendering the point meaningless. There’s still time for you to get a degree at journalism school so you can see how this job is really done.

By: R

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:47:13 +0000

Given that the NCAA sanctions programs, not coaches, it’s not much of a surprise that this accelerates the trend of coaches incurring NCAA investigations and leaving town for a better gig just before the hammer falls.

By: USCMD

USCMD — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:12:58 +0000

you said…..”But that unwillingness to take the p.r. and recruiting pain short-term by hiring a lower-profile candidate may result in injury to the program that might render the quality of coach and his staff meaningless for years to come.” …………………….. Anything is possible. But there are a few immediately known facts. 1> The move stopped the hemorrhaging of recruits, and may even result in a few of the Tenn recruits who were drawn to Ed O or Kiffin, not U of T to come along to USC. 2> Just how good a coach could USC have hoped for, with the scimitar of the NCAA hanging overhead? Kiffin alone would have been a yawner. But the triumverate is a far far different story. Ed O is probably the best recruiter in the u.S., definitely the best on the west coast. Kiffin Sr., is the father of the tampa 2, and one of the best defensive minds around. So I’m thrilled. Imagine how ugly it could have become had we continued down our wish list and continued getting rejected. Reminds me of the nfl draft and a qb hoping to go top 3, who’s still there at 14, 15, 16. We are secure and given we lost PC……..this is as good as it could be. FIGHT ON!!!

By: R. Jordan

R. Jordan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:50:18 +0000

The NCAA should bring the pain after this one. Coach O is a cheat. It was going to catch up with him in the SEC and now his arrogance and placed him back in the skillet where he pulled many of his other escapades. Wonder if there are any players he will try and pick a fight with after tearing his shirt off (like he did at Ole Piss) or any LA hotel rooms he can destroy in a roid rage (again like he did a couple of times at Ole Piss).

Kiffin deserves everything that happens to him and the Trojans. I thought Dad would have a better influence on Son, but maybe he is just the spoiled brat he appears to be.

By: Bucky

Bucky — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:33:17 +0000

Higher profile candidates turned the job down, and if they waited longer more would have. USC took a risk with a SEC head coach, and that coach is also taking a risk going to soon to be on probation USC.
I see this as a very good hire for USC. Kiffin brings continuity and an excellent staff. USC will be just fine…