USC with a big time hire

[BSpike76]

Riley is tough to judge because he was handed a well oiled machine that he had already been involved with. Easy transition and he's done well. Kiffin was a bad hire because he hadn't proven that he could actually be successful at a Power 5 school and I don't think he was ready for the limelight. Sarkisian might have been good....if not for the alcohol issues. Helton just didn't have the personality to keep good talent in LA and the talent drain that had been going on was too much for him to overcome.

Riley was 55-10 at OU with conference titles in his first three seasons and NY6 bowl appearances every year that he was coach....well, except maybe this year. Riley might have ended up being more like David Shaw at Stanford. Harbaugh had everything going well and Shaw kept that going for three seasons before things started to drop off. Stanford had a nice dead cat bounce in 2015 before steadily declining since then. Would that have been Riley's future at OU? We'll never know.

So, based on this year, should we assume Sark is back on the sauce?

 

[wazzucougs96]

Riley was already cleaning up in CA on the recruiting trail while at Oklahoma. Zero reason that won't continue now that he is at USC. They are going to be full throttle almost immediately.

 

[dgibbons]

So, based on this year, should we assume Sark is back on the sauce?

Or that he was never off it.

 

[Coug90]

Or that he was never off it.

Or based on his choice of assistant hires and their…uhmm…monkeys

 

[Coug90]

Riley was already cleaning up in CA on the recruiting trail while at Oklahoma. Zero reason that won't continue now that he is at USC. They are going to be full throttle almost immediately.

Including 2 or 3 Cali 4-5* that committed to OU likely.

 

[425cougfan]

Interesting to see Akron mentioned in this thread. It appears UO's offensive coordinator, Joe Morehead, is the leading candidate for the Zips job.

Glad Cougar

I'm surprised he can't get a better job amidst all this insanity. He didn't do that poorly at Mississippi State, and you only need to look at Oregon vs. Stanford (with him out), and then Oregon with him back, to get an idea of how good of an offensive mind he is.

 

[etowncoug]

I'm surprised he can't get a better job amidst all this insanity. He didn't do that poorly at Mississippi State, and you only need to look at Oregon vs. Stanford (with him out), and then Oregon with him back, to get an idea of how good of an offensive mind he is.

Morehead was horrible at MSU. For off the field stuff though.