You're the USC AD. What's your move?

[GeoFrog]

Their is no wrong answer here. Let's hear everyone's opinions without being negative and calling them taters.


I would create a paradigm shift. Forget our history . Forget everything in the past and move forward and see what results we get.


I shut down any projects we have for upgrades or any new facilities for the football program. Let's cut all the fat and see where every dollar is really going. I'm even going to examine the electricity bill in locker rooms, weight rooms etc. I'm going through everything and I mean everything.

I need 18 million dollars. I'm calling my biggest boosters. My money guys to gauge how much they can invest and tell them the direction I intend on going towards. I'm on a 24/7 money raising tour.


I'm looking for a younger coach ages 35 to 45 but open couple of years either way. I need a coach than has 10 to 15 years maybe longer. I'm looking at D1 to D3 head coaches that have won in less than stellar conditions. Places winning isn't easy and places winning now without winning tradition. I'm really giving more attention to the smaller programs. The up and comers.


I'm using back door middle men to gauge the interest in possible candidates. I'm willing to pay the right candidate SEC tv money. I'm talking whatever it takes. Of it were Urban Meyer I'd make him the highest paid coach in football. That's not the direction I'm going but if he called me with interest in the job that's what I would do.


Say I find my guy at a small school in North Dakota tech. I'm not going to bullshit around low balling him. I'm starting at 5 million but this contract could be much more valuable. I'm adding a ton of incentives. Incentives for every 5 star recruit we sign. Incentives for winning road games . Incentives for winning streaks overvteams, back to back victories . Bonus for rankings, bowl games you name it I'm paying money to get this thing turned around. Incentives for sell outs
.Money will not be a factor it will not hold me back.


Once I have my guy and I know it's a done deal I have my press conference and thank Will Muschamp for his hard work and wish him well. The new coach will already be on the plane planning for the game of our next opponent. Calling recruits and current players and their families. We bring in the best asst. Coaches and pay them Damn near half head coach money.


I will not stray from that contract with extensions unless coach starts winning big and his name is popping up for every vacancy.


That's how I would handle it and if USC were to tie my hands behind my back with limits on cash I would resign immediately and hold a press confetence explaining why I resigned.

 

[FORKCOCK]

When you misuse the first word in a thesis.....

 

[Raging Cock]

Resign.

 

[Chanticleer37]

I'm even going to examine the electricity bill in locker rooms, weight rooms etc. I'm going through everything and I mean everything.

Awesome. That's what I want my Athletic Director doing - micro-managing electricity at a granular level. Remember, you'll have to meter each and every locker room. But I'm sure you know that.

You should hide just outside the locker rooms and leap out when they don't turn they lights off after leaving. It'll scare the shite out of them, and teach them all at the same time. Genius.

Your electricity strategy will definitely help us beat Kentucky.

 

[NC Garnet & Black]

 

[Chopper007]

Start looking/inquiring about a new coach now. Fire Muschamp toward the end of the season. The games will be meaningless at that point since he will have lost all but maybe one or two... Time announcement of new coach to maximize impact on recruiting/retaining players...

 

[OldWiseCock]

Resign.

I see no reason why RT should be allowed to make any further personnel decisions. His hands should be tied immediately by President Caslen and the BOT while we negotiate his buyout. Then hire Danny Morrison as interim AD. Or even permanently if he wants it.

Charge him with 2 tasks:

1) Review the entire AD and recommend changes;

2) Find your own successor if you don't want the job permanently.

This would set the stage for terminating CWM either this January or the following January. ($14 million sounds a lot more manageable that $18 million)

 

[Chanticleer37]

Move Tanner elsewhere. Ambassador. Whatever.

Bring in Danny Morrison as interim.

Hire Bill Clark as Head Football Coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Give him the latitude to do things his way.

Win ball games.

 

[king ward]

Move Tanner elsewhere. Ambassador. Whatever.

Bring in Danny Morrison as interim.

Hire Bill Clark as Head Football Coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks. Give him the latitude to do things his way.

Win ball games.

Even if I might consider the particular cast of characters to be open to debate, I think you've hit on the right plan of action.

 

[uscnoklahoma2]

I leave the HC, OC, and DC in Missouri. I then cancel the renovations for next year. I call psycock with the address for the coaches so he can pick them up for the campfire singing of kumbaya.

 

[polo-loco]

Tanner will go local media and blame Spurrier, insist the football rebuild is on schedule and talk about the palmetto cup.

At the end of the season, he'll give Muschamp an extension for "recruiting purposes.”

There is no plan.

 

[midline]

Considering the mediocrity that has surrounded the sports that actually matter at a major university, I would expect that Ray is probably in self preservation mode at this point. He has to be feeling the heat and I would imagine that he is politicking amongst some major donors for their support. The wild card in all this is the new president. And a president that happens to be a football guy. We will see. If Will can get to a bowl then Ray may could try to continue to play the "we are on track" card. But anything short of that and I don't think Ray has any option but to go in a different direction, no matter the buyout.

 

[king ward]

Tanner will go local media and blame Spurrier, insist the football rebuild is on schedule and talk about the palmetto cup.

At the end of the season, he'll give Muschamp an extension for "recruiting purposes.”

There is no plan.

The need for a plan might overwhelmingly prevail, whether he currently has one or not. Somebody will frame one if he doesn't. Things are approaching critical mass.

 

[cockofdawn]

If you are this AD, you resign and go back to Coaching Baseball.....

 

[king ward]

If you are this AD, you resign and go back to Coaching Baseball.....

He doesn't want it. There's no going back. And I have a feeling that, if he did go back, it would never be the same.

 

[cockofdawn]

He doesn't want it. There's no going back. And I have a feeling that, if he did go back, it would never be the same.

Well, i for one would love to find out if it would be the same........

 

[king ward]

Well, i for one would love to find out if it would be the same........

I don't think you will be getting that opportunity, Brother.

 

[cockofdawn]

I don't think you will be getting that opportunity, Brother.

 

[USC75Grad]

Considering the mediocrity that has surrounded the sports that actually matter at a major university, I would expect that Ray is probably in self preservation mode at this point. He has to be feeling the heat and I would imagine that he is politicking amongst some major donors for their support. The wild card in all this is the new president. And a president that happens to be a football guy. We will see. If Will can get to a bowl then Ray may could try to continue to play the "we are on track" card. But anything short of that and I don't think Ray has any option but to go in a different direction, no matter the buyout.

Excellent Post!

 

[USCBatgirl21]

They are going to look really stupid going ahead with the stadium renovation with no one willing to pay for it.

 

[gamecockfan04]

Id kick my own ass and quit!!

 

[polo-loco]

The need for a plan might overwhelmingly prevail, whether he currently has one or not. Somebody will frame one if he doesn't. Things are approaching critical mass.

We can only hope.

 

[67gamecock]

He doesn't want it. There's no going back. And I have a feeling that, if he did go back, it would never be the same.

Of course, Tanner doesn't want to go back. Being the Head Baseball Coach at USC is hard work and stressful as hell. Since Ray became AD I haven't seen a single 'worried wrinkle' on his face. He LOVES being the AD. He's about 61 years old now. Give him an 'ambassador' type job that reports directly to the Prez - maybe make it an informant position (Clemson's done this for years and it can be very helpful).

Gamecock Club - more on that later, but folks, other than being a reliable standard for raising money for schollies, it's not much of a vehicle for improving USC athletics internally or in the win columns. IPTAY gets it done - one way or the other.

 

[BobbyB1975]

Yeah we need all those extra luxury seats for sure .

 

[PalmettoG27]

I would get on TV telling Gamecock Nation that the Football staff are on notice and if they can’t start winning and win now I will find someone who can.
But I would have done this right after the UVA bowl game last season. Again after the UNC game. Then halftime during Mizzou game would have been strike three. The coaches wouldn’t have made it back to the locker room with the team. Because I would have been standing there blocking them from entering and then chased them out the stadium swinging a stick. I’d then have USCPD escort them off USC property when they came to pack their personal belongings on the next business day.
I would then appoint someone as interim HC until I officially hired someone. At this point I would have already had my eye on potential candidates because I would have planned ahead.


There would be no BS. Coaches come and go. USC fans are here for life and their hearts are in it. At the end of the day that’s who I want to please by fielding a team they can be proud of. A team that at the very minimum go toe to toe with anyone in the Nation year in and year out. Nothing less. If the BOT don’t support that then I would resign and tell Gamecock Nation why.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

Yeah we need all those extra luxury seats for sure .

Unless we go undefeated the rest of the way, they really need to scrap that plan for a while.

 

[ken in sacramento]

I meet with Muschamp and have a frank discussion about how his tenure here looks an awful lot like his unsuccessful tenure at UF, and that he is not meeting expectations for year 4 of a coaching stint at South Carolina. Nor did he do so at UF. I let him know that if improvement does not come, we will likely have to "move in another direction" soon. I ask for his plan to improve the on field results and we agree on results that are satisfactory to us both. I specifically ask for a player development program and what measurables we can use to indicate he is developing the players we have.

Finally, I let him know that should the team fail to qualify for a bowl, we will require him to revamp his staff in the areas where we lag in comparison to the aggregate college football world. Any area that falls outside the top 25 will be looking for a new coordinator. That only seem fair since we have delivered top 20 talent in the recruiting process.

To be blunt: if he can't figure out how to win, we're taking away his ability to manage the staff. We bring in new coordinators with the money we save not buying him out. He can focus on recruiting, logistics, player off field development, kissing babies, mixing mojitos, whatever... Just not X and O stuff. Muschamp is stuck in a loop of losing and has no idea how to get out of it. We need to bring in some guys who do and empower them.

 

[JasonScottinSC]

Let's just keep firing people because that worked out so well for Tennessee... who has had 5 coaches since since 2008.
Do you really think the coaches don't know they're expected to win?
This season has been a disappointment so far, but let's not forget Muschamp did take a 3-9 team and put them in a bowl game in years 1, 2, and 3.
USC is not Alabama, Georgia, or Florida. It's not as easy. Remember when Dabo lost to USC five years in a row and then Clemson folks wanted him gon?. They gave him time, and look what has happened. I don't know that Muschamp will get us to that level, but I do believe he can consistently get us to be an 8 win program - not great, but neither is the entire history of our program (minus about 6 years during the Spurrier era). In fact, USC as a program is barely over .500 in 100+ years so please stop acting like Muschamp has come in and somehow destroyed and proud and dominant program.
Muschamp isn't going anywhere this year and it would be stupid to fire him (Unless you want all those recruits to be gone). I think next year is definitely a hot seat year.

 

[67gamecock]

Unless we go undefeated the rest of the way, they really need to scrap that plan for a while.

I'm usually 'all in' on any and all physical improvements, but the stadium 'improvements' seem out-of-touch with the realities of our football program's collapse.

 

[USC75Grad]

Let's just keep firing people because that worked out so well for Tennessee... who has had 5 coaches since since 2008.
Do you really think the coaches don't know they're expected to win?
This season has been a disappointment so far, but let's not forget Muschamp did take a 3-9 team and put them in a bowl game in years 1, 2, and 3.
USC is not Alabama, Georgia, or Florida. It's not as easy. Remember when Dabo lost to USC five years in a row and then Clemson folks wanted him gon?. They gave him time, and look what has happened. I don't know that Muschamp will get us to that level, but I do believe he can consistently get us to be an 8 win program - not great, but neither is the entire history of our program (minus about 6 years during the Spurrier era). In fact, USC as a program is barely over .500 in 100+ years so please stop acting like Muschamp has come in and somehow destroyed and proud and dominant program.
Muschamp isn't going anywhere this year and it would be stupid to fire him (Unless you want all those recruits to be gone). I think next year is definitely a hot seat year.

And, you're okay with this?

 

[BlackMagik]

Do you really think the coaches don't know they're expected to win

I don't know - do they? He gets 20 million if he fails.

Remember when Dabo lost to USC five years in a row and then Clemson folks wanted him gon?. They gave him time, and look what has happened.

Dabo was hanging on by the skin of his teeth in those days and didn't have a 20 mil parachute to fall back on.

 

[pett11]

When you misuse the first word in a thesis.....

That's hilarious.

 

[uscnoklahoma2]

Let's just keep firing people because that worked out so well for Tennessee... who has had 5 coaches since since 2008.
Do you really think the coaches don't know they're expected to win?
This season has been a disappointment so far, but let's not forget Muschamp did take a 3-9 team and put them in a bowl game in years 1, 2, and 3.
USC is not Alabama, Georgia, or Florida. It's not as easy. Remember when Dabo lost to USC five years in a row and then Clemson folks wanted him gon?. They gave him time, and look what has happened. I don't know that Muschamp will get us to that level, but I do believe he can consistently get us to be an 8 win program - not great, but neither is the entire history of our program (minus about 6 years during the Spurrier era). In fact, USC as a program is barely over .500 in 100+ years so please stop acting like Muschamp has come in and somehow destroyed and proud and dominant program.
Muschamp isn't going anywhere this year and it would be stupid to fire him (Unless you want all those recruits to be gone). I think next year is definitely a hot seat year.

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[joplin gamecock 1]

Tanners next move is always on the commode

 

[uscalumni]

Yeah we need all those extra luxury seats for sure .

USCALUMNI

 

[usc5930]

I don't know - do they? He gets 20 million if he fails.



Dabo was hanging on by the skin of his teeth in those days and didn't have a 20 mil parachute to fall back on.

 

[DocSmith89]

Shoot myself.

 

[usc5930]

In terms of Dabo during 5 loss to SOS ....he also won acc in 2011 (FSU most years prior), and was paid very minimal in early years as head coach.

 

[cockofdawn]

In order to watch this team... we need ALCOHOL SALES!!!

 

[bucketdad]

I would have been thinking what a lot of people here were thinking... Mizzou and UK would tell us everything we need to know about where we are as a program under Muschamp. So this next game looms large. He loses, he's gone immediately. He wins, we likely fire him at the end of the season barring some kinda miracle. The way I figure it is no one is going to hire him away and no chance he leaves on his own. Bottom line, we're gonna have to pay the man anyway. So I ask myself, self, will the team be better off without him? I gotta think yeah.