Pat Haden Retirement

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It was fast approaching the Sarkisian hire and related subsequent incidents expedited matters
 
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I bet USC finally goes outside the family on this one. seems like they are ready for a change.
 
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For one of the top jobs in country, in a span of five years, he hired a flat-out liar, a drunk, and a guy that Memphis State rejected. Plus, used Cajun Ed to keep things stable. Haden made Hammy look like Al Einstein.


Any one else think Haden has a drinking issue? He passed out at Notre Dame game and then skipped the entire second half of their season.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
For one of the top jobs in country, in a span of five years, he hired a flat-out liar, a drunk, and a guy that Memphis State rejected. Plus, used Cajun Ed to keep things stable. Haden made Hammy look like Al Einstein.


Any one else think Haden has a drinking issue? He passed out at Notre Dame game and then skipped the entire second half of their season.
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Haden didn't hire Kiffin if that's the liar you are referring to.

But yeah... Outside of firing Kiffin his tenure has been pathetic.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
For one of the top jobs in country, in a span of five years, he hired a flat-out liar, a drunk, and a guy that Memphis State rejected. Plus, used Cajun Ed to keep things stable. Haden made Hammy look like Al Einstein.


Any one else think Haden has a drinking issue? He passed out at Notre Dame game and then skipped the entire second half of their season.
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He's been ordered to slow down by his Doctor. The health issues are real.

I feel sorry for Hayden. He didn't need the job to begin with and walked straight into a disaster to help his alma mater out.
 
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GAVol said:
He's been ordered not to travel by his Doctor. It's not a drinking problem.

I feel sorry for Hayden. He didn't need the job to begin with and walked straight into a disaster to help his alma mater out.
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Ok, I can also see that point of view. I haven't followed along closely. Over the last couple of years, the LA Times has carved Haden up. But, their USC beat writers are always working the angles that sell the most newspapers.

I forgot about Mike Garrett having that job prior to Haden. And, Pete Carroll did leave a disaster with the NCAA issues.
 
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GAVol said:
He's been ordered to slow down by his Doctor. The health issues are real.

I feel sorry for Hayden. He didn't need the job to begin with and walked straight into a disaster to help his alma mater out.
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He ran them into the ground, mostly because of his ego. I can't say I feel that bad for him
 
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VKAman said:
He ran them into the ground, mostly because of his ego. I can't say I feel that bad for him
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Even with age & health issues, how did Haden justify not vetting Sark?

Assign one sweater-girl the task and within 15 minutes, she would have found that everyone in Seattle knew he showed up for morning meetings reeking of Tequila & Coors Lite.
 
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GAVol said:
He's been ordered to slow down by his Doctor. The health issues are real.

I feel sorry for Hayden. He didn't need the job to begin with and walked straight into a disaster to help his alma mater out.
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This. He knew what he was inheriting and did it anyway. I doubt anyone saw the Sark hire ending this way. He's had known issues, but this was just bad.

Would be interesting to find out what real candidates were out there
 
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