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Tim Floyd was Undermined

Bumped - I may have some thoughts on this later...P

EDIT BELOW THE FOLD...

Timmy was sold down the river. LA Times Story Most of us nailed this one. AD Garrett cuts off personal communication......sound familiar? AD Garrett releases LOIs w/out consulting the head coach.....we suspected this?!?! AD Garrett leaves a program and a successful coach blowing in the wind in the face of public scrutiny.....obviously! AD Garrett is instrumental in allowing a barrage of unsubstantiated Internet rumors to destroy a great Trojan recruiting class and bring down the rapidly rising Trojan basketball program.....yes!

And, to add salt to our wounds, Timmy proclaims his innocence. Many of us with managerial business experience know that you can't successfully run a business without clear lines of communication. We know that employees do not want to work for an employer who does not have their back.

AD Garrett is in way over his head. He simply does not have the experience to run a business as large and complex as the USC AD. His bumbles, stumbles, and mismanagement have caused harm to USC's reputation, millions in lost hoops revenue in a brand new arena, and cast USC as an incompetent administrator of high level sports programs.

It is time for AD Garrett to step down. If any NCAA institutional control violations are alleged from the NCAA investigation, when and if it ever concludes, it is my sincere hope that MIKE GARRETT IS FIRED WITHIN 24 HOURS!!!!!!

EDIT BY PARAGON SC - Here is a little more in for in the Press-Enterprise...

Floyd said he "took the high road" because his three assistants were 17 days shy of getting their contracts renewed and he knew if he blasted USC they would not be retained, as they have been, under new coach Kevin O'Neill.

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Floyd said after that, "word got back to me" that Garrett had told the board that he was one of three USC coaches on the chopping block "if things didn't improve in their programs." He said that's why he checked out the coaching opening at Arizona.

Floyd said he left USC when he realized recruits were being released from their scholarship commitments "without consulting me."

"Based on 33 years in this business, to not have any more support ... If I hadn't been financially secure, I'd have fought them and made them fire me."

Now, I am not going to give Floyd a pass on his association with Guillory. The guy had a past...at USC...so he should have been persona non grata.

It looks like Floyd fell on his sword to protect his assistants...That is admirable, but it is pretty clear to me that Floyd knew all was lost when Garrett started letting recruits out of their LOI's without Floyd's consent (if we are to believe that). I could see Garrett making the statement that if things didn't improve Floyd could be fired but to undermine him like this is unconscionable.

The other interesting thing is that the NCAA investigator in the LAT article essentially admitted that they sacrificed the tOSU hoops program to spare the football program. Man, the NCAA is one F***ed up institution.

I can really see Floyd's account as being accurate. I mean Garrett is the same same guy who Fired John Robinson by voice mail right?

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