Pete Carroll to the Seahawks....

[ScarabGator]

ESPN reporting it now. Will be officially announced monday. Possibly Jack del rio to USC....

[Luvsaugeri]

Wow. This one surprises me.

[Ehwmatt]

No kidding, twice a failure at the NFL level and they're giving this buffoon this kinda deal? Unreal. Not to mention his college program has been on the way down the last two years.

[portland]

Wow. This one surprises me.

Me Too!! I thought his NFL days were over.

[Maui Tom]

NCAA is gonna land on USC...he's hightailing it out of Dodge.....

[AlteredDNA]

NCAA is gonna land on USC...he's hightailing it out of Dodge.....

this...

[Saint John]

I think Maui Tom is on to something. He's entertained offers for quite a few years now. I think he's been a cheater and has always had an emergency plan in the event he got caught. The Seahawks suck and I'm going to revel in watching his team blow. Unlike guys like Jimmy Johnson, Urban Meyer and even Mike Leach, Carroll runs basic schemes that are successful because he's just got better athletes. He'll either be mediocre or fail again in the NFL, but nothing above mediocrity.

[lights1961]

I think Maui Tom is on to something. He's entertained offers for quite a few years now. I think he's been a cheater and has always had an emergency plan in the event he got caught. The Seahawks suck and I'm going to revel in watching his team blow. Unlike guys like Jimmy Johnson, Urban Meyer and even Mike Leach, Carroll runs basic schemes that are successful because he's just got better athletes. He'll either be mediocre or fail again in the NFL, but nothing above mediocrity.

well the basketball program at USC is under fire... and wont surprise me if Carroll bolts...

[Glenn]

2001 USC 6–6 5–3 5th L Las Vegas
2002 USC 11–2 7–1 T–1st W Orange †
2003 USC 12–1 7–1 1st W Rose †
2004 USC 13–0 8–0 1st W Orange †
2005 USC 12–1 8–0 1st L Rose †
2006 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2007 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2008 USC 12–1 8–1 1st W Rose †
2009 USC 9–4 5–4 T–5th W Emerald


Pretty nice stint at USC

[ScarabGator]

wonder what Deano thinks about this? He likes to blow ole Pete...

[Saint John]

2001 USC 6–6 5–3 5th L Las Vegas
2002 USC 11–2 7–1 T–1st W Orange †
2003 USC 12–1 7–1 1st W Rose †
2004 USC 13–0 8–0 1st W Orange †
2005 USC 12–1 8–0 1st L Rose †
2006 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2007 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2008 USC 12–1 8–1 1st W Rose †
2009 USC 9–4 5–4 T–5th W Emerald


Pretty nice stint at USC

There's no denying the numbers ... the guy had an incredible run. But if you look at games that were close and games that they lost where they were clearly better than the other team, it becomes apparent that when he wasn't blowing a team out and it came down to nuts and bolts coaching, he wasn't anything special.

[Glenn]

2001 USC 6–6 5–3 5th L Las Vegas
2002 USC 11–2 7–1 T–1st W Orange †
2003 USC 12–1 7–1 1st W Rose †
2004 USC 13–0 8–0 1st W Orange †
2005 USC 12–1 8–0 1st L Rose †
2006 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2007 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2008 USC 12–1 8–1 1st W Rose †
2009 USC 9–4 5–4 T–5th W Emerald


Pretty nice stint at USC

There's no denying the numbers ... the guy had an increble run. But if you look at games that were close and games that they lost where they were clearly better than the other team, it becomes apparent that when he wasn't blowing a team out and it came down to nuts and bolts coaching, he wasn't anything special.

I think he had it easy there...It was L.A.'s football team. Celebs at games, etc... Easy recruitment..

I think they would have had a better year if Mark Sanchez had stayed.

[Saint John]

2001 USC 6–6 5–3 5th L Las Vegas
2002 USC 11–2 7–1 T–1st W Orange †
2003 USC 12–1 7–1 1st W Rose †
2004 USC 13–0 8–0 1st W Orange †
2005 USC 12–1 8–0 1st L Rose †
2006 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2007 USC 11–2 7–2 T–1st W Rose †
2008 USC 12–1 8–1 1st W Rose †
2009 USC 9–4 5–4 T–5th W Emerald


Pretty nice stint at USC

There's no denying the numbers ... the guy had an incredible run. But if you look at games that were close and games that they lost where they were clearly better than the other team, it becomes apparent that when he wasn't blowing a team out and it came down to nuts and bolts coaching, he wasn't anything special.

I think he had it easy there...It was L.A.'s football team. Celebs at games, etc... Easy recruitment..

I think they would have had a better year if Mark Sanchez had stayed.

No doubt. Carroll showed his true colors when he was furious that Sanchez left. He knew he didn't have a Qb for this year. Cared only about his program and not what was best for Sanchez. Hell, he started all year and did fairly well for a rookie in the NFL.

[YoungJRNY]

Before Carroll left for the College Ranks, his last stint was actually for Seattle, so obviously he likes what he sees and knows how things are ran, and the way Seattle is run more of a west coast system, this benefits a coach like Carroll coming out a team like USC, who likes to spread the ball around. Carroll was a SO-SO head coach, his NFL record stands at 33-31, but with the recent success of college recruits and the recent success with a successful franchise, going to a team like Seattle, who might be a player here or there from contending in a weak but rising NFC WEST might be a good fit. I like the signing.

[Playitloudforme]

Needless to say, I'll be getting tickets for next season!!!!

[Maui Tom]

I think he is a great recruiter and a lousy X's and O's guy...won at USC with monster talent.....this will be a failure in Seattle....

[kgdjpubs]

NCAA is gonna land on USC...he's hightailing it out of Dodge.....

this...

makes perfect sense. The basketball program has already been hit, and the Reggie Bush situation is a nuclear bomb just waiting to drop. With the stuff going down, it's going to happen. It's just a matter of when. The football program will be hit, and maybe even against Carroll personally by the NCAA. If he was going to bolt, now is the time to do it.

[X factor]

I've been hearing Jeff Fisher's name to replace Carroll. Anyone else hear this?

[Ehwmatt]

I've been hearing Jeff Fisher's name to replace Carroll. Anyone else hear this?

Heard it, but I'd be a bit surprised.

[Don]

NCAA probe of USC complete


http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... &type=lgns


"...News of the hearing also indicates that former Trojans football coach Pete Carroll has been aware for weeks of the specific violations the NCAA may be alleging against his program...."

[Maui Tom]

just heard Lane Kiffin hired...no shit

[7 Wishes]

Sanchez will NEVER be more than a mediocre NFL quarterback. He just doesn't have any talent. The Jets haven't had a good QB since Malone. They will get blown out by Indy this weekend, and they won't make the playoffs next year, either.

[fightingilliniJRNY]

just heard Lane Kiffin hired...no shit

Saw that too. Damn, didn't see that coming. Wanted to get out of Knoxville before the axe fell on him, I guess. Wow.

[X factor]

Anyone catch Kiffin's press conference? It looked more like a hostage video!

[Maui Tom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zKkcfq3gec

[Don]

He scored six NCAA violations in only 14 months at Tennessee so he'll fit right in with the Trojans.

[ScarabGator]

Lane Kiffin is a piece of shit. I hate it that hes leaving because I know many Gators were looking forward kicking his ass for several years. USC could have done a LOT better than this joke. A coach that prefers to write checks with his mouth that his ability to coach cant cash.

[Ehwmatt]

Carroll is a massive scumbag, I hope he miserably fails in the NFL.

So is Kiffin.

[Don]

"The Kid" is already getting ran over in the L.A. Times and T.J. Simers.

Assistant coach Ed Orgeron's Tuesday night phone calls to Tennessee recruits raises questions about how things will run under 'The Kid.'

I began a vacation Wednesday, scheduled to play golf, but immediately volunteered to work again, overtime if necessary, rushing to USC to be there for the introduction of Lane Kiffin.

What a great hire, the best one Mike Garrett could make, and I would like to publicly thank him for his good work.

How can anyone in the media find fault with this?

I just don't get Plaschke, sounding as if he doesn't want the guy here, the USC student paper also noting in headlines: "Fast hire seems desperate" and "Questions surround Kiffin's quick hiring."

I guess we have to hope newspapers go out of business before these kids grow up to take Plaschke's place.

I'm telling you if I was giving any thought to retirement down the road, no sir, sign me up for as long as possible. I might even learn how to twitter.

If Jerry Crowe wasn't doing such a great job on Page 2, I'd ask to work four days a week rather than three during the football season.

Is this not a columnist's dream?

Only way Garrett could have topped this would have been by hiring Jerry Tarkanian to take over the basketball program or work as compliance officer.

Now maybe someone else sees it as some kind of show of arrogance, USC getting ready to meet the NCAA next month and Garrett hiring the guy who set the rookie record for most secondary violations in a season.

Not me. I see it as a Page 2 bonanza, first day in business and one of the two assistant coaches hired so far -- the other one being Kiffin's father -- already prompting the media to call the NCAA to find out if it's a violation to call Tennessee recruits and encourage them not to enroll in school so they might play for USC right away.

No idea if there was any NCAA violation -- just looking for truthful answer.

This, after The Kid begins his first news conference as USC coach telling everyone he's going to have a "clean, disciplined program." First words out of his mouth.

So is USC dirty already, assistant coach Ed Orgeron getting down in the mud at a time when the Trojans have already been called on the NCAA carpet?

Was Orgeron trying to outsmart the system, or was it a move that just wasn't that smart? Is this how he does business? Then why did The Kid hire him? Is this the kind of program The Kid wants to run?

Kiffin said he had been flying all day and hadn't had the opportunity to talk to Orgeron, but he said "it's inaccurate," reports that Orgeron had called Tennessee recruits.

I asked for clarification from The Kid because if he hadn't talked to Orgeron how did he know if the reports were inaccurate? Later, of course, we would find out they were not inaccurate.

At that point it was like talking to one of my daughters, caught doing something wrong and when challenged and having nothing to say, it never stopped them from trying to double-talk their way out of it.

The Kid got flustered, waved his hands and began spewing gibberish. If I reproduced a transcript of everything he had to say, it would probably sound like something Garrett said. And since none of it made any sense, I repeated the line of questioning. Again and again.

That's when Garrett moved in to say, "Let's move on," a pretty good indication we'll probably see him in the Trojans' locker room at halftime again when The Kid really appears stumped.

Orgeron stood against a wall as if waiting for his mug shot to be taken when surrounded by reporters. First day on the job and he was already citing the 5th Amendment.

"I'm not going to answer that," he said when asked if he called Tennessee recruits, already drawing suspicion to himself with his reluctance to answer.

If The Kid is so insistent on running a clean program, then why is one of his coaches doing everything but pulling his shirt over his head to avoid having his picture taken?

That's when USC sports information director Tim Tessalone stepped in, and he's been doing that a lot lately, which makes you wonder if the Trojans have something to hide.

"He's already answered the question," Tessalone said, and around USC these days when it comes to possible sanctions, that's how everyone pretty much answers the question -- with a non-answer.

"That's all you're going to get," said Tessalone, but then I've watched enough "Law & Order" to know better.

Under more grilling, Orgeron cracked, and said "yes" he had called recruits. Maybe that's what The Kid meant -- USC will come clean when caught.

YESSIREE, I just love this hire. How can you spend another minute listening to anything Mike Dunleavy, Ben Howland or whatever the guy's name coaching USC basketball?

USC football fans are going to love The Kid because he's liable to say anything, and now we know the only assistant coach he's hired besides his old man is liable to do anything.

OK, so he was a little disappointing when I offered him the chance to fire off a shot in the direction of Rick Neuheisel or Jim Harbaugh.

"I have great respect for every coach," The Kid said, and don't you just love it when a coach announces from the very start he's not always going to tell the truth.

When The Kid was finished, a number of USC supporters took exception with Page 2's line of questioning by tossing around some cuss words, struggling apparently with the concept of what a news conference is all about.

But the day over, the reason I love this job so much, it's the unexpected -- Garrett hugging me.

That's right, he hugged me, and who knows what's next -- maybe double-dating. Love to see the look on his wife's face when he mentions that.

He answered questions about the NCAA investigation, saying "we think we have a case" when it comes to football and never once made a run for it.

"I'm trying to be nice," Garrett said, and I've got to tell you, he wasn't even reading from a statement.