🏈 Clay Helton is out at USC

[TerryP]

You know the phone call has been made.

No calls have been made. No coach is going to change jobs at this point.

Bohn has stated he's not going to use a search committee.
We'll all agree they always have a "list." He's had one.
He fires the coach this soon without making a call, or two?

To me, it's telling he's nixing the committee.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Perhaps John Robinson will return to Fight On U. Beside he's not helping Big Ed at LSU anymore and Bama ran over him last year if you recall.

Alabama's Najee Harris knocks over football legend John Robinson, an LSU consultant

 

[OldPlayer]

Bohn has stated he's not going to use a search committee.
We'll all agree they always have a "list." He's had one.
He fires the coach this soon without making a call, or two?

To me, it's telling he's nixing the committee.

Committee or no committee, how many head football coaches answer their phones directly? A call will go to the switchboard or personal secretary. or more likely will be placed to a coach's agent to gauge interest. What agent is likely to contact a coach to tell them USC has an interest when the target head coach is two games into a season? Only a non-working coach (i.e., Bob Stoops - but not saying he's a target) has time to address an interest.

 

[TerryP]

What agent is likely to contact a coach to tell them USC has an interest when the target head coach is two games into a season? Only a non-working coach (i.e., Bob Stoops - but not saying he's a target) has time to address an interest.

Contact a coach, directly? No. An agent calling? Yes. An athletic director calling agents? Yes. An athletic director calling people within his circle? Yes.

Calls have been made from where I'm sitting. Direct contact? You and I will agree, not directly.

Bohn may strike out. He has to feel confident he has his man or he wouldn't have pulled the trigger so quickly.

 

[BamaFan334]

It's a group that meets, invites speakers, etc. Normally over lunch.

There are more than one around the south that do this: outside of Alumni functions bringing speakers in to their respective towns. IE: One in N. Alabama that meets at Greenbrier every few months.

I need to join one of these. I just wasn't sure if you were talking REC or not.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

If Bohn is targeting guys like Bienemy and Leftwich as rumored by some, there's a some middle men that can be cut out. Even with a guy like James Franklin though, I doubt he's personally fielding calls, but he's had one foot out Happy Valley's door for a while now... if he wants the USC job, I can guarantee you he's let it be known via the backchannel (Trace Armstrong).

 

[bama alum]

Like Gus, my name has not been mentioned as a possible candidate, but I will also be taking my name out of the USC search.

USC head coaching rumors: Gus Malzahn issues statement on Trojans' job

Gus Malzahn weighs in on the USC opening.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

 

[RollllTide!]

He already knows who it is. Like your girlfriend says I need space. She has already cut a horse out of the herd and has probably given it a test ride.

 

[PurlJam]

Like Gus, my name has not been mentioned as a possible candidate, but I will also be taking my name out of the USC search.

USC head coaching rumors: Gus Malzahn issues statement on Trojans' job

Gus Malzahn weighs in on the USC opening.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

Gus probably misunderstood them.... he though they were asking him to wear them, not coach them.

 

[252BAMA]

Luke Fickel became the "Next HC at USC" when Mike Bohn was hired as their AD.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The thing that makes me pause about Fickell is I'm thinking that USC will be pressured by some to get an offensive guy. Also though, he's in a good spot right now, similar to Matt Campbell. He can pretty much name his CFB job... does he want to go to USC or hold out for another job(s) that he likes better? Also, as with Campbell, the NFL has set their sights on him. He will have NFL opportunities if he wants them. But, I think he'd be a good hire if USC can get him.

 

[Rolltide24]

Isn’t USC one of those private schools that doesn’t have to disclose the salary of the HC, or is that only a Notre Dame thing?

 

[NickelDoubleDog]

Fickell is not leaving the Midwest. LA is not a good fit for him or his family.