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How’d that work with Krystkowiak? Remember him? Utah had to suffer through at least two seasons beyond his expiration date because they couldn’t swallow his buyout. And he was getting paid half what Whitt is getting.

Jackson was a HUGE loss to portal/NIL.

Whititng hams MO was take lesser recruited players, build them up and then start them for 1-2 years. Anyone he builds up now is gone with NIL once they become starter material.

His entire recruiting and development system is now obsolete or is only build to feed the teams with more $$$.

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Whitt has got the program by the balls. He’s owed close to $20M (before bonuses) over the next years and that figure doesn’t even include his staff’s buyouts (Ludwig is at $1.85M per season). So, to make a long story short, there’s no way that Whitt leaves the job unless he does so willingly and accepts a negotiated settlement from the university.

Stanley was the decoy when Parks got ploughed and would have also gotten trucked himself if it hadn’t been a fake. It was almost like TCU knew what was coming with Stanley split wide. I’m not sure how that could be since Utah does such a good job with their personnel packages to make sure that tendencies aren’t a giveaway. Guess TCU just got…[Read more]

Half of USC’s fanbase is livid and the other is suffering from Battered Fan Syndrome (BDS). They’re in a complete state of shock that, with the amount of blue chip athletes that they have and the financial resources they’ve devoted to football, they’re getting such a poor return on investment. Expect to see 10K at the next home game at the Coliseum.

he already had a worse record over his previous 13 games than Helton had in any 13 game period during his tenure. Amazing that damage the losing to Bryson Barnes can have on a program 🙂

Ludwig did fine for a few years. Better than fine actually, but he’s done.

Things will probably change slightly this season, but major changes are coming after the season. Especially if Whit retires and Morgan takes over.

No he didn’t. When he came back, Ludwig made a comment about this being his last coaching stop and when Whit goes, he will too.

Here’s a stat for you…with yesterday’s loss, and the remainder of the season still ahead, Lincoln Riley already has more losses in his first three seasons at USC than the so-called disaster Clay Helton. If it wasn’t for his 10 year x $110M contract, he would be toast.

look at the source Tony

You maybe right, but in the end Whitt will have a much much bigger problem potentially the players turning against him and refusing to play, the fanbase destroying his name in the stands and on social media and attendance will drop significantly, recruiting will take a hit, and the boosters would demand he do or change something immediately. His…[Read more]

Ferentz didn’t fire his son. In lieu of forcing him to fire, the AD put in his kid’s contract that if certain season averages weren’t met, his contract would be terminated. And when the bar of just being able to run a top 100 offense for one season was to big a burden, the stipulation was enforced.

I feel like Whitt would retire or step down and thr finances wouldn’t be an issue really. That’s the least of my concerns with the program.

I have been fascinated over the years (the past ten years) with how unable we are to attack the edge of a defense. This has remained the same regardless of personal and OC. Given our players and team personality, I can’t understand why we don’t run stretch and a healthy dose of option.

Theoretically, KW is good enough to still get it done with a decent OC. I mean Sitake figured it out. Hell, even an old school coach like Kirk Ferentz fired his own son. I’m just not sure KW is up to it, and that might just be his downfall.

Ludwig has always struck me as one of those guys who doesn’t have HC aspirations and is happy just being a coordinator.

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What I mean is, you never want to be trapped $ wise by a coach’s contract. (some have referenced Arizona). I don’t care who the coach is or what he has done in the past. Remember Ronnie Mac’s Eccles Stadium in 2002. Fans don’t stick around for very many lean years.
As for Whitt and co. A buyout at $6.5 mil/year for Whitt for 3 more…[Read more]

Did he? I don’t think so.