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    USC-Softball view point

    Head-scratcher to me as to why she would leave in her senior year. She was a good player, a starter and a captain - but not someone that I would think other teams would be dying to throw money at and poach. A second baseman in SB is not going to command a lot of high dollar NIL money, so it's...
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    Ray

    I think in some ways, he was good as stated in original post. And keeping up with the thread, he made hires that made sense that didn't work out, but that doesn't make him a crappy AD in my opinion. Having followed several other schools, I see this a lot, where seemingly good hires don't turn...
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    Ray

    No, the point was simply against the argument that all he did was hire bad coaches. Sometimes you can hire good coaches that don't work out and that's more common than fans want to believe. I understand the frustration in how far the baseball team has fallen, but in my opinion, he made 2...
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    Ray

    I agree with you about the buyouts.. but remember, the Board of Trustees had to sign off on all buyouts. They're culpable in that.
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    Ray

    I think Ray gets too much of a bad rap. It's easy to be an armchair AD after the fact. - Yes, he did do a lot of good things outside of coaching hirings: made USC 1 of about a dozen Athletics Departments around the country that actually operated in the black for most of his career, kept Dawn...
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    Madina Okot Out?, Audi Crooks In?

    Crooks will not play at SC. She can't defend at all. Gives up as many points as she scores.
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    What do we think of Landon Powell for head coach?

    No. Holbrook made sense at the time of his hiring. He had worked D1 (USC/UNC) for a long time and had been a big part of recruiting for both of those D1 programs that were very successful. On the day he was hired, Holbrook was the right hire. It didn't work out like we hoped, but it was still...
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    Gamecocks looking at 7'2" transfer from SMU

    I heard he was asking for over 3 million in NIL. It's getting ridiculous... even if the guy was averaging 30 points per game (which he was not!). Makes it hard to be fan when clearly the interest in your school has nothing to do with your school or fans etc. It's just free agency.
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    What do we think of Landon Powell for head coach?

    Absolutely not. No. You do not hire a D2 coach for his first D1 job as an SEC head coach. He might get there eventually and be great (or he might enjoy having success where he is without as many distractions at this level). But no, just because he is USC baseball alum, that doesn't mean it will...
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    RAT TANNER IS DEAD TO ME!

    They're hand in hand responsibilities. Agree that extending contracts are something that most schools screw up but they sort of have to. You can't have a coach under contract for less than four years or else other coaches will use that against you in recruiting. That being said, remember, the...
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    RAT TANNER IS DEAD TO ME!

    I understand the frustration, but I actually think he doesn't get enough credit for what he did. 1) Until COVID, the USC Athletics Dept. was one of about a dozen in the country that actually operated in the black. 2) He kept Dawn Staley from taking the Ohio State Job. 3) Not every coaching hire...
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    STOP GOING TO BASKETBALL & BASEBALL GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Nope. I still go to baseball games to cheer for my team regardless. Enough season tickets are sold every year to business and such, it doesn't matter if a few individuals or walk-up ticket buyers boycott.
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    Lamont Paris buyout $9M

    Board of Trustees needs some blame here, too. They approve all contact extensions and hirings made by the A.D. If the BOT had any balls, they wouldn't have approved some of these.
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    Jeremiah "Do Nothing" Donati

    I disagree. In fact, I think he's very smart. USC was dead last in the SEC for men's basketball in its NIL budget, so he's looking to add to that to give his coach an opportunity to correct it. If you hire a new coach with the same money, the results will be the same. By the same token, if you...
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    Who else has read the article

    So much to un pack here: 1) IF all in the story is true, yes, it's very disturbing. Whittle is a respected baseball writer, and Mainieri is a respected coach. It is very odd that nothing like this came out before in previous stops about Mainieri, which also makes you wonder how much is accurate...
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