I don’t listen to it, but SFGate.com was nice enough to point out that former Southern Cal head coach Pete Carroll was interviewed on the Dan Patrick Show today. (HT: Conquest Chronicles, who has their own reaction to this.) First, I’ll quote SFGate.com, and then I’ll comment:
Patrick, to his credit, did not duck from asking Carroll several pointed questions about the NCAA’s investigation into alleged NCAA rules violations at Carroll’s last employer, The University of Southern California. Carroll said he would be “surprised” if the NCAA punished USC.
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On The Dan Patrick Show, Pete Carroll said there was much he did not know surrounding what went on at USC that led to the allegations. Carroll was head football coach at USC where he won two national championships, and several Pac-10 Championships. Carroll said “it’s hard to control” every aspect of an athletic program.
Sure sounds a lot like Pete’s trying to claim that he was, essentially, naive. As to what happened at SC while he was at the helm, he had little idea of what was going on, and as to what’s coming for SC, he’s saying he has no idea what will happen.
Ah, plausible deniability, you start to sound so much like lack of institutional control the more you are claimed.
I will say this: If SC is guilty of major violations, and if they are hammered by the NCAA, I’ll be quite disappointed. It’ll be a shame to see our rival become a hobbled shell rather than the benchmark it’s been in college football for so long. Still, if they’re guilty, and the hammer is not laid down upon their heads with the full brunt of righteous indignation, I’ll be more disappointed still.
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