Peterson is 55 I think. Stoops 61. Williams young, black, good recruiter and already in the program.
Stoops-good CEO, could adopt present staff. Got young coaches at OK and adapted O, Lincoln Riley. Even as he aged found good coaches. Could not win big games and Choklahoma was a phrase.
Peterson-one of two coaches to go to the CFB playoff from the PAC. Program builder. Solid. Not flashy. Not LA at all. Might take awhile being 2 years out to form his own staff. And he likely would want to. Not the type to take over others coaches. Not a huge personality but a clean guy, safe guy, teams would be solid.
Williams-all attributes listed above and likely keeps many of the coaches now. Probably keeps recruits too.
who do you pick and why?
I like the idea expressed by Joe Klatt and two of the guys he mentioned...Jeff Hafley and Josh McDaniels....if they can't get the guys no one expects would even consider leaving their current jobs
His name is Petersen, just memorize the spelling. I'm hoping for Donte Williams, perfect coach for USC, a bad DB coach with no experience that specializes in recruiting which USC doesn't need much in that department. Petersen would be an awful hire for UCLA, all that talent going to a top 3-5 coach would have the Trojans back. Stoops has a great resume as well haven't followed him that closely but his teams are usually real good.
Williams is not getting this job .... Gomer’s left a garbage team, may not win a game
Williams can't even be in the running. Time to stop promoting unqualified assistants and go for the home run hire. Petersen would be worth the risk, that risk being if he still has a heart for coaching.
Urban Meyer said JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Scratch Urban Meyer off the list of candidates for the USC football job.
The Jacksonville Jaguars coach said Wednesday that there was "no chance" he'd leave the NFL for that job, which came open when USC fired coach Clay Helton on Monday.
"I'm here and committed to try to build an organization," Meyer said.
What about someone from out of left field? I'll give 2:1 odds you guys get someone not mentioned here and who you initially HATE, but end up loving.....a la Pete Carroll.
At least you Trojans are off the "gotta have a head coach connected in the past with USC" bandwagon....jeez.
Or maybe you should just change that to "gotta have a head coach connected in the past with Oregon". JR and John McKay say hi.