Re: MARK MY WORD: Sarkisian will replace Kiffen as OC when Lane takes HC job
I think there must have been a lot going on behind the scene at USC concerning the AD Pat Haden. Pete Carroll got out of town just as the NCAA was bearing down on the Trojans and Pat Haden decided to stay when he should have run. The arrogance of Pat Haden and the PTB couldn't bring themselves to admit that sanctions could hurt their football team. I don't believe for a minute that they didn't know to what extent Coach Sarkisian was drinking booze but were willing to overlook it because they thought he could keep them in contention for the Pac championship and NC even through the sanctions and when it became clear he couldn't they fired him for his boozing. Look for Coach Clay Helton to get thrown under the bus next because Helton isn't good enough to bring USCw back to the top. I don't believe that CNS brought Sarkisian in to groom him for the OC job at Bama, he was showing what kind of heart he has by refusing to let USCw destroy the lives of 2 of his colleagues. They were too good of coaches for CNS to sit and watch that go down I would imagine that CLK kept CNS tuned into the antics of USCw. USC kept Pat Haden on as an administrator even after he stepped down and even after he was caught funneling 2.4 million dollars to his family as well as to USCw over a 17 year period that he was chairman of the G.H. Mayr foundation, a scholarship foundation that was intended to help the poor. S.C. kept Haden on to keep his mouth shut. Enter Lynn Swann as AD to clean it all up and to appease the NCAA.Why would you not like to face Lane Kiffin as head coach? He is a very good OC but there is no evidence to suggest that he would be a threat to Alabama as a head coach. If he was, USC wouldn't have let him go.