its kinda funny that there is sudden “interest” in O’Brien from other areas......and he is at Bama. Were he somewhere else, would the interest be the same?
Bill O'Brien and USC
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Yes, because teams are struggling to find proven head coaches, and he is a proven commodity. He did an amazing job at PSU.
I was hoping he would stay 2-3 years and then replace CNS. He's a quality person and an excellent/prove head coach in all manner of speaking.
There isn't a lot of support for CBoB amongst the fanbase at USCw. I am a long time member of the WeAreSc board , when his name is mentioned, it solicits a negative response!
Are you seriously comparing Miami with USC?
Seriously asking - it's like comparing Georgia to Bama...
Well. Over the last 40 years I’d say Miami has been better. Over the past 50 about even. How far back do you want to go?
USC is a blue blood/top 5 all-time program. I would seriously doubt though that BoB is anywhere near the top of their list.
I would take 40 and still say USC. Yeah 5 vs 2, but college football hasn’t changed in a way that drastically places USC behind the 8 ball like it has with Miami. When it’s a 45 minute bus ride to a home game and zero fan support then it’s a sign of a horrible program. Miami is more in the tier that Virginia Tech is. USC is far closer to Alabama, Oklahoma, and Ohio St. Given the right coach they could be a force. Miami could go through 4 to 5 right coaches and be no better for it.
Might want to stop at 40. Miami was pretty terrible 1971-1981. They considered dropping the program.
Agreed, you want him, Bryne should be in the position to say, ok, write me a huge check. I'm tired of this crap.
No it’s more like comparing Virginia Tech and Alabama back in 1998. One run vs an entire history
Right now USCw and Miami are about even with regards to impact on college football.
Three SEC HCs made up three of their last 4 coaches. 2 were our OCs. The other one won a NC.
And none had any kind of real success there. In the middle of a recruiting Mecca.
Perhaps if Saban doesn’t come to Bama we find the same fate. Don’t know.
But in 2021 to compare Bama to USCw is tough to swallow.
USCw to Miami is much closer than the Trojans are to the Tide.
Three SEC HCs made up three of their last 4 coaches. 2 were our OCs. The other one won a NC.
And none had any kind of real success there. In the middle of a recruiting Mecca.
Perhaps if Saban doesn’t come to Bama we find the same fate. Don’t know.
But in 2021 to compare Bama to USCw is tough to swallow.
USCw to Miami is much closer than the Trojans are to the Tide.
Go back as little or as much as you want - if you really don't think the real blue-bloods like Alabama and USC can rise from the ashes to dominate again (rather than doing it briefly, once, as UM did), then I don't know what to say to you.
USC has all of the advantages of Texas, without the disadvantages of having the SEC in its backyard stealing recruits. USC has Texas money from its boosters. USC is in the middle of one of the biggest recruiting beds in the game. USC has tradition. USC has a very supportive fan base.
USC isn't Alabama, but no one else is Alabama, either. The right coach at USC can win championships - lots of championships. And the head coach of USC is someone whose name will be known across the sport, win or lose.
They don't have a lot of recent championships, but that doesn't make them unattractive.
USC isn't Alabama, but no one else is Alabama, either. The right coach at USC can win championships - lots of championships. And the head coach of USC is someone whose name will be known across the sport, win or lose.
They don't have a lot of recent championships, but that doesn't make them unattractive.
Again, you sound just like all of Alabama's rivals just before they hired Saban...
Yet most everyone acknowledges that Saban couldn't have done what he's done at Bama just anywhere - it took a special place.
Acting as if USC doesn't have similar possibilities waiting to be utilized is ignoring history.
I really hate the word blue blood when talking about college football because teams like Michigan, Nebraska, and Texas continually use it to act like they are something. But there are 5 regional programs that will always be a big deal.
1) Alabama (South)
2) Ohio St ( North)
3) Notre Dame (Midwest)
4) Oklahoma (Southern Midwest)
5) USC (West)
All 5 can survive probation and rivals rising. No other program outside those really can.
The weird thing - Notre Dame really isn't a Midwestern school - never has been. Historically, Notre Dame has recruited nationally, and really dominated recruiting in the Northeast. Ohio State and UM ate up all of the Midwestern recruits because Notre Dame had such a broad reach. They still do. Look at their 2021 roster. Kids from everywhere.
I know that national recruiting is not that big a deal today, but Notre Dame was doing it for decades before anyone else even tried.
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Come on folks, it’s a bit naive to think an Alabama assistant coach doesn’t want to be a head coach.
just curious, but does anyone remember when Bama /Miami played in ‘79 . Bama won 30-0 and afterward Schnellenberger asked out of the rest of the contract because he told Coach Bryant he was trying to build a program and couldn’t by getting whacked by Bama all the time? I think we had to play DivII Arkansas st in their place a few years later.
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