[BostonCard]

Ted Miller is skeptical, to be charitable:

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...sk-for-usc

USC fans didn't get their "Nick Saban, Urban Meyer or Jim Harbaugh is coming to save us!" moment with any of the recent football coaching hires, and now they don't get a simple "home run!" judgment from college football observers upon hiring their next AD.

and

Swann's résumé is notably similar to Haden's and the man Haden replaced, Mike Garrett: USC football legend. Smart. Successful outside of football.
And zero experience in athletic administration.
...
Not to be snarky, but has anyone noticed that at times over the past few decades or so, a lack of administrative skills has been a problem at USC?

and

Yet this is another uncertain move that won't energize the fan base, just as when Garrett hired Lane Kiffin to replace Carroll, and Haden tapped Sarkisian and Helton. It might work out, but no one will be surprised if it doesn't.
...
Hiring Swann doesn't suggest a seriousness about unquestioned competence. It suggests that USC hasn't learned any lessons from its recent past.

BC

[BostonCard]

Ted Miller is skeptical, to be charitable:

http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/...sk-for-usc

USC fans didn't get their "Nick Saban, Urban Meyer or Jim Harbaugh is coming to save us!" moment with any of the recent football coaching hires, and now they don't get a simple "home run!" judgment from college football observers upon hiring their next AD.

and

Swann's résumé is notably similar to Haden's and the man Haden replaced, Mike Garrett: USC football legend. Smart. Successful outside of football.
And zero experience in athletic administration.
...
Not to be snarky, but has anyone noticed that at times over the past few decades or so, a lack of administrative skills has been a problem at USC?

and

Yet this is another uncertain move that won't energize the fan base, just as when Garrett hired Lane Kiffin to replace Carroll, and Haden tapped Sarkisian and Helton. It might work out, but no one will be surprised if it doesn't.
...
Hiring Swann doesn't suggest a seriousness about unquestioned competence. It suggests that USC hasn't learned any lessons from its recent past.

BC