USC's answer to basketball coach might be up the street
Open the Floyd gates ....
Tim Floyd's sudden resignation as USC's basketball coach will set in motion the rumor mill (now, John Wooden is not interested in the job). It also leaves Athletic Director Mike Garrett with a bit of a problem --almost every competent (and even incompetent) college coach already has a job, and a half-empty Galen Center that sits in the shadow of all that UCLA has done on the basketball court isn't going to pry Mike Krzyzewski away from Duke.
What to do, what to do ...
Well, the answer might be taking a walk up Figueroa Avenue.
Lakers assistants Jim Cleamons and Brian Shaw could have interest, and it would seem a face-saving move by Garrett, especially if the Lakers win the NBA title. Any success achieved with the rubble that was once the Trojan basketball program would look good on a resume.
-- Chris Foster
I think Bob Knight is the man for the job. I think he would be a perfect fit at SC and would beat the bruins ass!!
Posted by: Michael Greenway | June 09, 2009 at 10:08 PM
brian shaw would do better with waiting,, usc is a dead trap with the ncaa around the corner and UCLA on the rise, stick to a winner and wait for jackson to retire....
Posted by: hugo | June 09, 2009 at 10:27 PM
bob knight could not beat the bruins with a folded chair
Posted by: hugo | June 09, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Might as well hire Theus.
Posted by: Tom Selleck | June 10, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Playing in the shadow of x-town UCLA at a f-ball school has to make this a difficult job. What USC needs is a coach with "street cred" to recruit wisely and bring the program back to respectability. How about someone like Avery Johnson?
Posted by: jackfitz | June 10, 2009 at 07:07 AM
Theus is a very good coach has experience getting program going and would probably hang around, now that he got in his NBA fix.
Posted by: pk-in-the-mesa | June 10, 2009 at 07:10 AM
Billy Gillispie is going to be their next coach - write it down!
Posted by: Matt | June 10, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Craig Robinson!
Posted by: KRM | June 10, 2009 at 01:19 PM
PJ Carlesimo. I don't think he will get another NBA head job after Oklahoma City, so if he wants to be a head coach, college is the best bet.
Posted by: tj | June 10, 2009 at 03:55 PM
Why not Kareem? Good basketball mind. Good role model. Might need an X's and O's guy, but he'd be a huge draw for recruits, especially big guys.
Posted by: Michael Del Muro | June 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM