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The search for USC’s defensive coordinator shifts into high gear this week. Interviews — as we speak on Monday — should be getting underway. Calls should have been made on Sunday to line up interviews today and tomorrow with candidates.
The transfer portal opens on December 4. Recruiting is in huge need of improvement after USC sank like a rock in the recruiting rankings from mid-July through mid-November. Of course USC needs to act quickly, but no one should be worried that the Trojans have not hired their man today (Monday, November 27). Let’s give you a brief look at the timeline for hiring a new defensive coordinator.
With coaches getting fired on Saturday and early Sunday, and with new movements such as Jonathan Smith going to Michigan State this past Saturday, the men on the open market need to make choices quickly, but they also need at least 24 hours to talk things over with their wives and kids. Quick action is needed, but everyone involved — schools and candidates alike — deserves a little bit of time to ultimately arrive at a decision. USC should also interview several candidates so that it can compare notes and gather information, unless its top target is immediately sold on coming to Los Angeles. If Jim Leonhard does get interviewed and he knocks it out of the park, the Trojans should offer him the store and end the search right there. If that dream scenario doesn’t happen, however, USC needs to talk to other candidates and build its backup plans, plural. Coaches might need time to think about their decision. Follow-up conversations might be needed.
The timeline is this: USC, if it can’t land its grand-slam hire right away, needs 48 hours to do a thorough search and make the right presentation to a field of candidates.
When does USC really, really need to hire its coordinator? Obviously…
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Author : Trojans Wire
Publish date : 2023-11-27 17:48:18
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