*Rumor *USC has apparently fired defensive staff

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Apparently linebacker coach Peter sirmon is the only one who will be retained.

USC beat writer says most of the offensive staff has been fired as well:

Source tells me much of #USC's staff has been let go. Hearing only Sirmons (LB), Tuiasosopo (QB/TE) and Martin (WR) have been retained.

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https://twitter.com/AdamJMaya/status/673647545717948416

So, let me see if I get this straight. The promote from within for an interim coach, make him the head coach, then he fires everybody he worked with? Harsh.

HawkGA":5z8thabm said:

So, let me see if I get this straight. The promote from within for an interim coach, make him the head coach, then he fires everybody he worked with? Harsh.

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Helton was a Kiffin hire retained by Sark.. so really Helton had no ties to most of these guys.

So happy he let Wilcox go.

I have a feeling this hire is going to be another great hire for the rest of the PAC 12. Supposedly his first hire is going to be his brother, to be the offensive coordinator. (Was the OC at Western Kentucky, but not their play caller. Is an air raid offense guy... personally I think USC is at their best when they're pounding the rock to set up the pass.) With any luck his dad can be the defensive coordinator.

JSeahawks":1yws4r8c said:

I have a feeling this hire is going to be another great hire for the rest of the PAC 12. Supposedly his first hire is going to be his brother, to be the offensive coordinator. (Was the OC at Western Kentucky, but not their play caller. Is an air raid offense guy... personally I think USC is at their best when they're pounding the rock to set up the pass.) With any luck his dad can be the defensive coordinator.

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I'm by no means excited about this hire.. but apparently the recruits love him and he disposed of Wilcox so he's at least a 2 out of 10 hire right now.

What is this about?

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Does this mean the visiting team's coaches box at Levi's Stadium is not sound proof?

JSeahawks":2r5t7io1 said:

I have a feeling this hire is going to be another great hire for the rest of the PAC 12. Supposedly his first hire is going to be his brother, to be the offensive coordinator. (Was the OC at Western Kentucky, but not their play caller. Is an air raid offense guy... personally I think USC is at their best when they're pounding the rock to set up the pass.) With any luck his dad can be the defensive coordinator.

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Yeah I can't really see USC as an Air Raid team. They always win big when running pro set. It still baffles me that they didn't try to hire Mark Dantonio.

When you look at the wikipedia pages of most successful head coaches, they rarely stay in one place very long during their early career assistant coach phase.

Seeing Wilcox hop from team to team makes me think that at least in his own mind, he's an ambitious coach with aspirations for bigger things. So the screams and F bombs make sense. A guy who hustles jobs to climb the ladder like Wilcox would be pretty pissed at the thought of having to take a step or two back. When he jumped ship to USC, he probably expected to get a HC job within two years.

Meanwhile sark is suiing the university for $30 million claiming they fired him because of his disability.

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2015/12/07/st ... -sues-usc/