"I've heard that the main four contenders at this time are ex-Texas coach Tom Herman, Central Florida's Gus Malzahn, Minnesota's P.J. Fleck and Penn State's James Franklin.
USC is going in the direction of bringing in a coach that is going to fit with its culture, which is donor/booster-dominated. Athletic director Mike Bohn doesn't want the "little dictator" type of guy that controls everything -- and that would be Cincinnati's Luke Fickell and Iowa State's Matt Campbell, and definitely ex-Washington coach Chris Petersen. Bohn wants the USC program to embrace its high-profile, booster-influenced, publicity-facing, Los Angeles-blitz-embracing program, and needs a coach that is very comfortable in that environment. which is mainly schmoozing with boosters well. What Chip Kelly does at UCLA -- the highly-controlled, closed type of environment -- yeah, Bohn wants the opposite.
Right now, Franklin is the pie-in-the-sky wish-list guy. Herman and Malzahn are the most likely, and Fleck is probably a distant fourth, fall-back option that USC knows is available and it believes it can get."
Why would USC even consider Herman? That can't be right. He failed miserably at Texas and his idea of college football is totally different than what USC needs. He is a younger version of Helton
Another question to ask is why would Herman consider USC? He'd just be jumping from one fire into another, because like Texas, USC's boosters stick their noses deep into the football program.
"I've heard that the main four contenders at this time are ex-Texas coach Tom Herman, Central Florida's Gus Malzahn, Minnesota's P.J. Fleck and Penn State's James Franklin.
USC is going in the direction of bringing in a coach that is going to fit with its culture, which is donor/booster-dominated. Athletic director Mike Bohn doesn't want the "little dictator" type of guy that controls everything -- and that would be Cincinnati's Luke Fickell and Iowa State's Matt Campbell, and definitely ex-Washington coach Chris Petersen. Bohn wants the USC program to embrace its high-profile, booster-influenced, publicity-facing, Los Angeles-blitz-embracing program, and needs a coach that is very comfortable in that environment. which is mainly schmoozing with boosters well. What Chip Kelly does at UCLA -- the highly-controlled, closed type of environment -- yeah, Bohn wants the opposite.
Right now, Franklin is the pie-in-the-sky wish-list guy. Herman and Malzahn are the most likely, and Fleck is probably a distant fourth, fall-back option that USC knows is available and it believes it can get."
By the way, that is not my quote.
Hell yeah!
Why would USC even consider Herman? That can't be right. He failed miserably at Texas and his idea of college football is totally different than what USC needs. He is a younger version of Helton
Another question to ask is why would Herman consider USC? He'd just be jumping from one fire into another, because like Texas, USC's boosters stick their noses deep into the football program.
@ATLBRUIN Because USC is the best in all the land, just ask them and they'll tell you all about it.
@ATLBRUIN herman is probably better suited for ucla. chip is working on his 4th straight losing season and everyone in weirdwood is happy.i