Tim Floyd takes his own advice...stays at USC

by Paragon SC on Apr 2, 2009 6:46 PM PDT in USC Basketball Comment 22 comments

What made Tim Floyd stay at USC?

You could point to any number of things...Money, stature, respect. Any of these or a combination of the three could be the tipping point of a coach looking elsewhere. I doubt we will never know but there is enough out there to make one speculate.

I think Money had a lot to do with it. It has been reported that Floyd is making 800-900K a year. I have heard other numbers thrown out there like 1.1 million. Wolf has quoted Floyd saying that he had three years left on his deal while Chris Foster at the LAT says he is in the last year of his contract. Floyd wants an extension that seems pretty obvious the question is can USC deliver?

This is another issue surrounding the Pac-10 and its poor TV deals. It all comes down to money, more exposure means more dollars and you can bet that the new Pac-10 Commissioner already has that as one of his top priorities.

Floyd made some interesting comments at his press conference that showed how much he labored over this decision.

From The OCR...This pretty much says it all.

“I’m so glad I went (to Tucson) because it reinforced to me what a special situation I have. This is a great place to coach basketball. I’ve never had more fun in my career than I’ve had the last three years.

“There’s something really special about building your own tradition, your own history. I’ve never been more excited to be a Trojan.”

I don't think anyone would begrudge Floyd exploring other opportunities. I think what Shocked so many people was the speed at which this all went down catching everyone by surprise. It was also surprising to read that Floyd spoke to Memphis, but I can se how he was juts covering all the bases.

I would not be surprised if there were some friction between Floyd and Garrett. Both have big egos both are competitive and both want to win (read having the last word). I mean its not like Garrett put a whole lot of effort into hiring Floyd. Garrett lucked out and as the old saying goes "sometimes its better to be lucky than good."

I still believe that Floyd wants to see SC put more effort into marketing his product. Like it or not, warts and all, Tim Floyd has increased the visibility of USC basketball...not all for the right reasons but never the less he has found a way put a competitive program together.

Here is Mike Garrett's statement on Floyd's decision to stay.

“We’re obviously delighted that Coach Floyd is staying. He’s such a tremendous asset to our program. He has done historic things at USC in his short time, getting us to three consecutive NCAA playoffs, winning 20 games for three straight years and capturing the Pac-10 Tournament title this year. And the future is very bright here under Tim’s direction.

“We talked today, and we expressed our commitment to each other. We are both excited about our prospects for next season, especially if we have the team we think we’ll have.

“It’s a show of respect that other teams come after our coaches and present them with intriguing opportunities. We expect that here.

“But Coach Floyd’s decision today reaffirms what we’ve always believed: that USC is a special place.”

Pretty much boiler plate stuff. Garrett needs to back up that statement by putting it in Floyd's check.

Here is Floyd on PMS today.

It's sounds almost like he never was leaving...

So we put this whole situation to bed, I am happy that he is staying but I wouldn't have lost any sleep if had decided to move on.

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I don't think money made Floyd stay

Based on the numbers I’ve heard thrown around, Arizona has more money than USC is currently paying Floyd and I’m guessing they probably offered it to Floyd. Arizona has at least $2 million for the right coach and if I had to guess, probably offered Floyd nearly $1.5 million. Floyd didn’t stay because of the money, but because of the talent he has coming in, wanting to be in LA and most of all, Arizona is a true rebuilding job right now.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Apr 2, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Coach Floyd has his "dream job", until. . . .

. . . .the next dream job becomes available. And this shouldn’t be news to anyone. Trojan for life doesn’t mean you gotta live at the USC campus for life, or be a Trojan supporter for all things Trojan (Mike Garrett, anyone?), or BE A TROJAN COACH OR PLAYER FOR LIFE! That is outright silly and irrationally untenable. “Trojan for life” means, you got USC-blood running through your veins, even if you marry a Bruin girl or boy. Or if you become a Detroit Lion. Or if you become a Tampa Bay Buccaneer coach.

From Chris Dufresne of the LA Times:

"If Floyd keeps recruiting, and USC keeps winning, there will be other suitors.

Don’t be shocked if next year’s season-ending banquet is followed by a breaking-news radio station report.

It’s good that Floyd stayed, as long as you know nothing is forever.

The shocker, in the end, wasn’t that USC’s basketball coach was interested in the Arizona job.

The shocker was that Arizona wanted USC’s basketball coach."

Exactly what I’ve been saying from the get go. I mean it. I’m not sure if Mr. Dufresne means it, he’s a bit of a humorous rapscallion- this is true.

He’s our coach. And even if he left, which he didn’t, he’d still be it in our hearts. He put us on the map and we continue to be there. For better or for worse. (let’s just hope the “better” wins out on the “worse”, aight?)

Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 2, 2009 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow Bix

This whole thing has really gotten you fired up. You’ve posting at like a mile a minute (proper measurement words be damned), not that there is anything wrong with that…

by Laughing Stock on Apr 2, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm on vacation brah!

And “I’m mad as hell, and I ain’t gonna take it no mo’ !”

Just jivin’. I’ve been loving it Laughing Stock. Everything what you’ve been writing this past basketball season had my undivided attention. I agree with most all of what you’ve written. You were right 95% of the time, and that’s a good thing. Because I bought every single word of it.

You got me fired up this season.

I blame you. (God bless you brotha, Fight On!)

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 2, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Floyd just got a million dollar raise

courtesy of the USC alumni. Boosters kept him in Los Angeles by matching the Arizona offer.

by frak on Apr 2, 2009 10:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Is that $1.85 mil or $2.3 mil now?

Either way, that’s just mad-Luciano! Mad-Luciano.

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 2, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sources?

I wouldn’t be surprised by a raise, but $1 mil? What are your sources, frak? Can you divulge? Either way, it’s kind of funny how everyone, fans and media, debate loyalty, quality of programs, geographic roots, etc. At the end of the day, this is all about the almighty dollar. So many hypocritical sports fans villify the coach for interviewing (PC anyone?), when 99% of the fans would listen too when $$$ are thrown their way. And, based on good coaches’ salaries in major conferences, Floyd was way underpaid and deserved a modest raise. But, he doesn’t deserve the $1 million raise until a breakout Elite 8 or better or regular season championship season. 2010, baby!

by DFWTrojan on Apr 3, 2009 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep, he's a Trojan for Life

Until, you know, he’s not.

This usually happens when one finds they can make more money elsewhere.

I’d actually respect him more if he’d JUST BE HONEST and, if he can’t exactly say that he’s really exited about USC because he just got a million dollar raise, then say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Still, fans eat up this “I LOVE YOU, MAN!” B.S.

Makes me ashamed to be a sports fan.

by Zoulou on Apr 3, 2009 11:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey Genius

Are those Sprewell’s on your Grumpy-Gil ghetto-ride?

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 3, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll take two AD's from major basketball institutions view of Coach Floyd

Than some two-bit crackpot with simplistic radio-talk perspectives ANY DAY!

Fight On (to all the real Trojans out there)

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 3, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

Why would you be ashamed to be a sports fan? Because other people like him. You need to get a life man. You’re the one who hasn’t even come close to being forthcoming, outside of Coach Floyd being a “con man” and “he is what I thought he was” ? What is he? Fake to you? Sorry Zoulou, the world doesn’t revolve around you! Just because you don’t like him, for whatever weak reason, doesn’t mean you gotta be ashamed for other people for liking him. What rock are you under?

What do you expect in an USC basketball coach that’s been here for 3 years starting from the ground up? If anyone should be ashamed for being sports fans it’s the remaining loyal Coach Floyd fans who get nothing but negativity from so called fans like you trying to convince others to join in your Grumpy-Gil ghetto-coach.

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 3, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn! It's stinky all of the sudden

Must be someone’s SCHEIT!

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 3, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Desmo eh?

Everybody hates your drivel. Shameless cats are impervious to the emotions of feeling ashamed. You did it at Wolf’s blog too? When I know a clown, I call out, “CLOWN!”

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 3, 2009 11:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Zou/Des Hates Floyd...We get it already!

Yes, Zou/Des’s anti-Floyd rant is tiresome. I guess winning Pac-Life tourneys, having 20-win seasons, recruiting McDonald’s All Americans, and always going to the NCAA tourney is not good enough. What will Zou/Des say if the Trojans are a Top 10 ranked, Elite 8 or better team in 2010?

Desmo said:
Hate to say I told you so.

HE IS WHO I THOUGHT HE WAS!

Tim Floyd is a con man.

Sam Smith, Charles Oakley, Michael Jordan were dead on. So was everyone who had Bulls season tickets during his tenure AS THE WORST COACH IN NBA HISTORY!

I’m going to hang my “Genius On Board” sign on the back window of my car. I knew it would end badly, but I figured I’d have to wait a few years before I made a Nelson Muntz. But so soon?

HA HA!

Floyd will always be “unhappy.” He’s a mercenary, and he’s always been full of shyte! At least Calipari and Pitino don’t hide their ambitions.

Where is DFW by the way? Locoweed. Lawyer John? Suckers!

Tim Floyd won one tournament game with his recruits.

Good riddance.

April 1, 2009 9:53 PM, Inside SoCal

by DFWTrojan on Apr 5, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He is who he thought he was. . .

. . .a con man and a mercenary. BAD! Very very bad to be. And because one all-time Great plus two NEVER WILL BE CONSIDERED GREAT ex-hoopsters said he was the worse pro coach every to dare coach, I consider myself a genius. Oh, and he’s fake. He doesn’t like that either. Plus, he “honestly” hopes the coach isn’t what he thinks he is, he’s gonna RAM IT DOWN OUR THROATS that HE IS!. Besides, coaches Calipari and Pitino are coaching-leches who’ll coach ANYWHERE for M-O-N-E-Y and admit it, whereas Coach Floyd couldn’t possibly have a prudent bone in his body and remember. . . .is fake, makes Coach Floyd a bad guy. He only likes mercenaries who admit they are.

This whole rant of his is WHAT THE F_CK?’

Methinks there was a love interest in Coach Bibby, Morrison or whomever because homegrown sure as hell doesn’t wanna see ’SC Trojan basketball succeed, and especially succeed with Coach Floyd at the helm.

(I didn’t name call nor deny opinion, so I feel this is fair. Lemme know)

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 5, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Should be. . .

. . . “ever dare to coach, so he considers himself a ‘genius’.”

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 5, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have stayed out of this because I can see both sides of the coin.

Desmo I know you are a passionate fan but you shouldn’t get so riled up, I to have been a USC basketball fan since 1970. In this time growing up in socal have been threw a lot of ups and downs, but I am still here. It is hard for me to watch Tims offense (since it is part of his defense) so for me to watch game I usually have other things going on.
Well we are in the mist of a recruiting class of the Lewis—Gathers—kimble—days so Tim better produce or even his good name is up for Grabs. Right now I am watching Mo MO Jones is this might be the best player ever to put on a USC uni. , if we get this guy lookout.

Paul D. Kelley

by so.cal.native1952 on Apr 4, 2009 9:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm glad you wrote that SoCal

I know I am overbearing and retarded, for this I am apologetic. Especially since I blindly labeled Mo Jones as a “punk” earlier. I didn’t mean it, I was getting heated with all the UA/Tim Floyd romancing and denouncing.

I’ll take a further look at Mo Mo, not that my input accounts for a hill of beans in the grand scheme of things.

I formally apologize to Zou, you, and the other guy I called “sanctimonious”. (no guarantees if Zou gets up on his high horse again though)

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 4, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bix no problem I think the world of you dude

Hey if you watch espn rise tourney they (oak Hill) are in final, I think it airs sunday but I don’t know if this is replay.

Paul D. Kelley

by so.cal.native1952 on Apr 4, 2009 10:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Here's the kicker!

I don’t own a television. Can’t have an “evil-box” in my house. Are you kidding me? I’d watch synchronized swimming at 3 AM if I had a television. (my girlfriend does though. there’s this channel- it’s like 4.4 digital or something? it’s called Universal Sports Network and it has a lot of snow-sport stuff. Love the f_ck outta it. Last night, I put it on Telemundo at 11:30 (went over to her pad specifically to watch this)- get this- she’s from Australia/doesn’t speak Spanish; I do, was born in Chile, just to watch some 12-round WBC-Latino welterweight championship fight!

I am RETARDED WITH A TELEVISION SET IN FRONT OF ME!

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 4, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And another thing I feel this is like a family and from time to time even families argue

Wow Todd M has done it again this poor dude just can’t get out of harms way.

Paul D. Kelley

by so.cal.native1952 on Apr 4, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I read about Marinovich too!

I used to have his jersey. (I really wanted Rodney Peete’s though. It was a toss-up. An old school Stabler, or new-style Peete. . . . .my sisters got me Marinovich??)

Bummer days Marinovich. Dude’s gotta seriously lay-off the sauce, or whatever it is he’s smokin’, spoonin’, injecting, or digesting. Such a bad-bad-Trojan.

by BixBeiderbecke on Apr 4, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs