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So I don't see it.

That coach likely would have relatively little West Coast recruiting experience.  The Under Stanford Control search could have included rejections by coaches that would opt for other openings.

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Explain then, please, Pete Carroll. Before getting hired at SC, his college experience was, what?, 17 years prior at Pacific, so not only did he not have major college coaching experience but his West Coast connections (if any) were long since forgotten.

Pat Forde on Yahoo makes a great point: the only glory SC has experienced the last 20 or 30 years or so has been when they've gone outside their "hallowed" walls to get Carroll which, if you watched the ESPN "Fall of Troy" 30 on 30 episode, was not exactly greeted with huzzahs and parades.

But I'm torn on this one. Helton is another incestuous hire, and former players are not happy about it. (Which should mean something, right??) On the other hand, though, the current players seem to have responded positively to him and they are playing better now than they were when Sark was falling apart at the beginning of the season.

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[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=13826.msg144878#msg144878 date=1448926484]
So I don't see it.

That coach likely would have relatively little West Coast recruiting experience.  The Under Stanford Control search could have included rejections by coaches that would opt for other openings.

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Explain then, please, Pete Carroll. Before getting hired at SC, his college experience was, what?, 17 years prior at Pacific, so not only did he not have major college coaching experience but his West Coast connections (if any) were long since forgotten.

Pat Forde on Yahoo makes a great point: the only glory SC has experienced the last 20 or 30 years or so has been when they've gone outside their "hallowed" walls to get Carroll which, if you watched the ESPN "Fall of Troy" 30 on 30 episode, was not exactly greeted with huzzahs and parades.

But I'm torn on this one. Helton is another incestuous hire, and former players are not happy about it. (Which should mean something, right??) On the other hand, though, the current players seem to have responded positively to him and they are playing better now than they were when Sark was falling apart at the beginning of the season.