I hope Mr. Bohn and his search committee would look seriously at a current red-hot college football team and consider and speculate on the underlying factors and reasons for its great success. Right now, the Georgia football program is the best college football program in the country. In my judgement it’s even better than Alabama football program and all the indications are that it will end up as the college football champion this year and a major force to deal with in college football in the years to come. Look at Georgia’s roster and see how many top-notch players they have; look at the coaching staff and see how competent, well-coordinated group it is; look at the players’ intensity, motivation, coordination, and zest in every game they play. Their defense, offense and special teams all play with enthusiasm and a strong will-to-win. Their player depth chart is amazing. The running backs are several layers deep and they are all good. The football program obviously generates a significant income for the university in terms of TV contracts, ticket sales, alumni support, donations, and so on. This income can support the university’s other sport programs and help the academic side also. In addition, a highly successful program like this can generate community goodwill and national attention and add to the prestige and reputation of the university.
USC football is one of the nation’s Top Five traditional football powerhouses. Unfortunately, due to the glaring mismanagement in the past twelve years the football program has been reduced to a pitiful state that is regularly humiliated and dominated by even average football teams. For several years the fan base has voiced its strong dislike of the status of the program but to no avail. The status que continued despite all the complaints and suggestions for its improvements. For instance, for many years the fans were requesting that the program’s priority should be on recruiting top-notch OL and DL players. However, this suggestion was never followed. The program lacked leadership, player development, effective coaching, and emphasis on passing rather than a balanced approach to offense. No team has won a championship with the silly Air Raid offense. It’s a joke. Look at the times the program had players like Sam Cunningham, Anthony Davis, Ricky Bell, Marcus Allen, and Reggie Bush and look at our laughable running games these days: it’s embarrassing for a football program nationally known as Tailback U.