They haven't been getting their first choice lately. They've got issues and 5 million in LA is like getting paid 3 million elsewhere because of the taxes. The luckiest guy in America is the guy getting paid 5 million in Texas or Florida. The cost of living is relatively low and the their is no state income tax.
Helton out at USC
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Nope, just saying that USC has been looking for any reason to get rid of a guy that has produced as much or more than any of their coaches since Carroll.
how about Gruden inking a $10M/year contract in dumpy norcal only to be relocated to no state income tax Vegas??
guy got a $3M raise over night without needing to deal with any paperwork!
Its not. Since Pete left. They've hired a philanderer, an alcoholic, and a PE teacher. Helton was probably more qualified than a PE teacher but he's not a big name. USC likes keeping things "in the family" much like NU does. So they'll most likely go with a guy with USC ties.
Damn. I was out in Oakland a few weeks ago. I've never seen so much trash in a city in my life. Garbage all over the highways and rightaways. What a mess. Even wine country is a mess until you get further up the valley past Napa. Unbelievable how much Newsome has done for them....
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5 million was just an arbitrary number to illustrate the difference between making money in California versus Texas or Florida. No doubt IF they get a big name coach, they'll have to pay up.
PE Teacher!! I’m rolling
It seems like USC, Texas, Tennessee, Miami and Nebraska all have similar issues with boosters.
USC better get a coach who can dominate SoCal recruiting, that’s their bread and butter back to the top. They should never lose guys out of their own backyard like Najee Harris, Bryce Young, Kayvon Thibodeaux, etc.
Pete knew that college football is a recruiting game, and so does Urban Meyer, which makes me wonder if he sneaks away from the Jags… but who knows. If the USC deep pockets flop again, which there’s a good chance they do that, UCLA might slowly start to take over in popularity among SoCal teens. Chip Kelly knows the importance of a tough line, as LSU found out a couple weeks ago getting pushed around the field.
I've always wanted a job where you can totally screw up and get paid $50 Million to go away. Corporate CEOs and college blue blood coaches have it made.
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The top marginal rate in CA is about 13%. On five million that's $650k (which doesn't get applied to the whole income). Are there other taxes on top of this?
Dude, coaches have created such an amazing industry for themselves.
They never **** on each other
They all hire each other over and over
They pretend they work 18 hour days and that they HAVE TO WORK 18 HOURS A DAY even though they can only be with the players for like 20 hours a week.
It's not entirely income tax. It's insurance costs, fuel prices, ridiculous real estate costs, etc. I probably exaggerated the effect of the income tax but there is no doubt that it's a helluva lot more expensive to live in LA than other areas of the country. You have to add in Los Angeles's 9.3% city income tax to the equation as well. That's 22%+ going for state and local income taxes. That's still over a million more per year in income tax on a 5 million dollar salary than they would pay in Texas or Florida.
You really don't know what you're talking about. There are no city income taxes in California.
The guy just keeps failing upward. Sure he can recruit, but he can't coach worth a lick. That would be an absolute disaster if they hired Williams to a full-time HC role, so I'm all for it!
This is a terrible move for USC. First firing Helton as their head coach after the first couple games and now handing Donte Williams the reigns, a guy who couldn't even look after his own position group while here. Helton was actually a good coach who USC didn't ever want to give a chance. I'm predicting this whole process will be an epic disaster for them.
I see Donte letting the team run amok and not winning another game this season as a more likely scenario.
Who knows. They are talented and the coordinators will run the O, D and ST. In the short term they could win some games, which could create a whole new set of head aches. Glad it’s not our circus this time.
He was here for about 10 months. ha ha ha
Williams will be nothing but a facilitator, Orlando will coach D and Harrell will coach O.. Williams will call TOs and manage clock.
And in those 10 months, he managed to turn our secondary into a dumpster fire.
Wonder why cu never made a serious attempt at getting him this last go round when they hired Mr. Ucla?
Now Eric "sleeping with" Bienemy is supposedly in the mix. No head coaching rumors are complete without him.
Bieneiemy would LOCK DOWN Los Angeles area, especially if he kept Dante Williams on staff.
I believe Franklin would also lock it down and if he can recruit top 10 talent every year to Happy Valley it would be scary what he can do in Los Angeles.
As far as Cristobal, I think it would be stupid for him to leave Oregon. The media in Oregon is kind of like Lincoln. He can have down year there, 7 wins or less and no one will care. Willie Taggert got it started there and could have stayed there, but he chose a high pressure school (FSU) and didn't even last a year n a half!
At USC you are on the hot seat even if you win 8 games. Its week to week, month to month....Rose Bowl or BUST!
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You're right. I read a bullet point that the local income tax in Los Angeles was 9.3%. In actuality what that information appeared to be in reference to is the average rate paid by citizens of Los Angeles. It didn't specify whether that was state, federal or the two combined.
Looks like they deleted it. Said Dan Mullen was one of a handful they will talk to this week and negotiations will start soon if it goes well.
I view Mullen as a lifer at UF.
Gruden would be a great hire because it would be such a bad hire. Everyone but USC fans would LOVE how bad it went.
Franklin would dominate the pac lame. I was hoping NU had hired him away from Vandy.
Franklin would dominate the pac lame. I was hoping NU had hired him away from Vandy.
I don't know and yes, he would. He would have top 3 recruiting classes every year.
is eric a crip? I remember the gang game between cu and miami, would that make miami bloods?
if you say so. you are a Super Big Fan, after all.
me, I think the pac12 a meat grinder of a league similar to the b1g & james franklin would do about the same as he's done at psu in socal
the offseason and preseason have long been the best times of his coaching career, so I'm not surprised a Nebraska fan puts tons of stock into those months when they're not playing. it's been our highest point, too.
I do say so.
The pac lame sucks like the big lame only he would dominate recruiting in that conference.
the pac & b1g are very similar, the difference being they're typically underrated and the b1g is overrated at the start of the year
there is nothing to suggest franklin would do any better at usc than he's doing at psu except conjecture. the reasons you'll point to are identical to the reasons everyone thought frost would succeed at NU.