Looks like Carroll is here to stay at USC for a long time. USC is a very wealthy private University and I also think Chow might be here to stay as well. Chow was given a Beach House and a car of his choice 2 years ago from the USC alumni and will prob. make close to $750,000 as an offensive coordinator. Rumor is Chow "may' leave to be OC for the NFL if he is offered over $1 million salary. This is not good news for College Football. Looks like Carroll will be bringing in his 3rd straight #1 recruiting class and continue to get more than 5x 5-star recruits than anybody else. Truly amazing. USC has 5-star recruits "trying" to make the 2-deep chart.
When Miami and FSU dominated CFB they were "not" bringing the recruiting classes/talent like USC has been doing for the last 3 years. Plus they never had the coaching staff USC has either.
Looks like what I said 3 years ago about USC here on MJ's turned out to be true while most laughed.
Carroll's being paid like a pro
By Doug Krikorian
Staff columnist
Those who think USC's Pete Carroll eventually will succumb to the financial allures of the NFL and I've been one of those who think he will might be terribly mistaken because Carroll might even have to take a pay cut once a serious offer from the pros is forthcoming.
It's been learned from a reliable USC source that Carroll's current salary, with bonuses kicking in after the Trojans' national championship 13-0 season that included record-setting home attendance, has reached the $3 million plateau.
There is no coach in college football who's received the immense raises Carroll has since the USC athletic director, Mike Garrett, hired him amid widespread skepticism in 2001.
Carroll's starting income at USC was around $1 million, and it had escalated to $2 million for the past season after his remarkable revival of the Trojans' football program, guiding the team to an 11-2 record and Orange Bowl win over Iowa in 2002 and a 12-1 record and Rose Bowl win over Michigan and share of the national title with LSU in 2003.
With the Trojans destined for more success they have another extraordinary recruiting class lined up and many key players, including Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush and LenDale White, returning for next season Carroll's wages figure to expand even further in the upcoming years.
Carroll insists he prefers the collegiate scene to the NFL, where he had only modest success as a head coach and wound up being detached by both the New York Jets and New England Patriots.
And why wouldn't he?
He is the field commander of the most dominant college team in America, has become one of the most revered figures on the Southern California sporting landscape and no longer has to concern himself with such parity-designed NFL nuisances as salary caps and drafts.
And, at the brisk rate his salary has been rising, the NFL might not even be able to afford Carroll once one of its struggling teams decides to make a serious pitch for him?
When Miami and FSU dominated CFB they were "not" bringing the recruiting classes/talent like USC has been doing for the last 3 years. Plus they never had the coaching staff USC has either.
Looks like what I said 3 years ago about USC here on MJ's turned out to be true while most laughed.
Carroll's being paid like a pro
By Doug Krikorian
Staff columnist
Those who think USC's Pete Carroll eventually will succumb to the financial allures of the NFL and I've been one of those who think he will might be terribly mistaken because Carroll might even have to take a pay cut once a serious offer from the pros is forthcoming.
It's been learned from a reliable USC source that Carroll's current salary, with bonuses kicking in after the Trojans' national championship 13-0 season that included record-setting home attendance, has reached the $3 million plateau.
There is no coach in college football who's received the immense raises Carroll has since the USC athletic director, Mike Garrett, hired him amid widespread skepticism in 2001.
Carroll's starting income at USC was around $1 million, and it had escalated to $2 million for the past season after his remarkable revival of the Trojans' football program, guiding the team to an 11-2 record and Orange Bowl win over Iowa in 2002 and a 12-1 record and Rose Bowl win over Michigan and share of the national title with LSU in 2003.
With the Trojans destined for more success they have another extraordinary recruiting class lined up and many key players, including Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush and LenDale White, returning for next season Carroll's wages figure to expand even further in the upcoming years.
Carroll insists he prefers the collegiate scene to the NFL, where he had only modest success as a head coach and wound up being detached by both the New York Jets and New England Patriots.
And why wouldn't he?
He is the field commander of the most dominant college team in America, has become one of the most revered figures on the Southern California sporting landscape and no longer has to concern himself with such parity-designed NFL nuisances as salary caps and drafts.
And, at the brisk rate his salary has been rising, the NFL might not even be able to afford Carroll once one of its struggling teams decides to make a serious pitch for him?
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