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Jan. 16th, 2009 12:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
intertribaloh my LOL.
Mark Sanchez, the dick-quarterback of USC, is forgoing his last year of college eligibility to go to the NFL. ESPN was running a little review of other USC quarterbacks coached by Pete Carroll and how they've done in the NFL - the consensus is not so great - and Pete Carroll was apparently "pleading" with Sanchez to stay at USC as long as he possibly could until late last night.
Pete Carroll was not happy. He went on a huge rant at the press conference about how this was the wrong decision - even going so far as to criticize his holy quarterback's play! Sanchez, meanwhile, came to the press conference all decked out in the best suit of his life, the I'm-a-Pimp-Daddy-Now suit, and as he was coming up to the podium to speak and Carroll was coming down from it, Carroll just "tabbed" him and said "good luck" very brusquely before quickly walking on and "not bothering to sit down" with Sanchez. ESPN was all up in the body language on that one. 
Not getting an A in teamwork class, dudes.
Sanchez did not give a shit that Carroll was not happy. "It has been my dream since I was just a little kid to play in the NFL and thanks to this great academic institution and football program, I have the opportunity to realize that dream," he said. Thanks for the stepping stone, USC! Now I'm off to chase my real dream! He's such a dick. I can just tell. And I love it when my gut reactions about quarterbacks turn out to be right. Not for going against his head coach's advice per se (although I think if he's not listening to the advice of people who know the NFL he's being an idiot), but of the way he made his declaration... it looked like a real "fuck you losers" to USC's football program. Carroll, for his part, let his emotions spill way too much in talking to the media about his disappointment in a player.
As Coach Gaines would say... my goodness gracious. What this whole sad episode says to me is that USC is a rather dysfunctional "family", if we insist on calling it a family - where coaches don't support players' decisions, players blatantly use the team for personal gain, and everybody puts on a big horndog show for the media. As flawed as Nebraskan fans are with our cocaine-like dependence on the football team, at least when we were a walking soap opera of proverbial bitchslaps we considered that our "dark ages", not our "glory days".
Here's a hint, Carroll, if you want to keep your players around for all their years of eligibility: don't plead. Talk to them like they're adults, even if they're still mental children. Weigh the pros and cons. Tell them you're behind them whatever they decide, that it's their decision. Look, Bo knows. He's had two excellent defensive ends come back for their senior seasons instead of going to the NFL. Take a cue from him, dude. And if they do decide to leave? Would it hurt you to give them a damn hug before you part ways? You were their coach, man. For four years, man. What kind of example does that set for your other players? For your recruits? That as soon as they disagree with you, they're out in the cold?
And Sanchez? Listen to what experts tell you, your head coach included. Don't show up at the press conference looking and acting like a walking phallus. Have some fucking humility and don't just thank the team for giving you a platform for you to rocket to success. Don't fucking bring up prayer in your b.s. explanation. I say that and I don't even believe in God. And as for the NFL thing? It'll still be there next year. If it really is your childhood dream then you should think carefully about how you position yourself for success there. I think you just want to make the big bucks as soon as possible and get the women and the caviar, and perhaps you never gave much of a shit about USC anyway. But if you're an unsalvageable dick, then go to the NFL and make college football a better place.
Thanks for the memories, USC, even though they weren't so fuckin' great at all.
Mark Sanchez, the dick-quarterback of USC, is forgoing his last year of college eligibility to go to the NFL. ESPN was running a little review of other USC quarterbacks coached by Pete Carroll and how they've done in the NFL - the consensus is not so great - and Pete Carroll was apparently "pleading" with Sanchez to stay at USC as long as he possibly could until late last night.
Pete Carroll was not happy. He went on a huge rant at the press conference about how this was the wrong decision - even going so far as to criticize his holy quarterback's play! Sanchez, meanwhile, came to the press conference all decked out in the best suit of his life, the I'm-a-Pimp-Daddy-Now suit, and as he was coming up to the podium to speak and Carroll was coming down from it, Carroll just "tabbed" him and said "good luck" very brusquely before quickly walking on and "not bothering to sit down" with Sanchez. ESPN was all up in the body language on that one.
Not getting an A in teamwork class, dudes.
As Coach Gaines would say... my goodness gracious. What this whole sad episode says to me is that USC is a rather dysfunctional "family", if we insist on calling it a family - where coaches don't support players' decisions, players blatantly use the team for personal gain, and everybody puts on a big horndog show for the media. As flawed as Nebraskan fans are with our cocaine-like dependence on the football team, at least when we were a walking soap opera of proverbial bitchslaps we considered that our "dark ages", not our "glory days".
Here's a hint, Carroll, if you want to keep your players around for all their years of eligibility: don't plead. Talk to them like they're adults, even if they're still mental children. Weigh the pros and cons. Tell them you're behind them whatever they decide, that it's their decision. Look, Bo knows. He's had two excellent defensive ends come back for their senior seasons instead of going to the NFL. Take a cue from him, dude. And if they do decide to leave? Would it hurt you to give them a damn hug before you part ways? You were their coach, man. For four years, man. What kind of example does that set for your other players? For your recruits? That as soon as they disagree with you, they're out in the cold?
And Sanchez? Listen to what experts tell you, your head coach included. Don't show up at the press conference looking and acting like a walking phallus. Have some fucking humility and don't just thank the team for giving you a platform for you to rocket to success. Don't fucking bring up prayer in your b.s. explanation. I say that and I don't even believe in God. And as for the NFL thing? It'll still be there next year. If it really is your childhood dream then you should think carefully about how you position yourself for success there. I think you just want to make the big bucks as soon as possible and get the women and the caviar, and perhaps you never gave much of a shit about USC anyway. But if you're an unsalvageable dick, then go to the NFL and make college football a better place.
Thanks for the memories, USC, even though they weren't so fuckin' great at all.
