Pete Carroll wins forever, because that's his vow and that's his singular life focus. Pac-10? It's his playground. Kanye?
Love the Kanye. And white pants?
Nobody rocks 'em better.
His latest victory comes via Twitter, where he broke the news of
Kevin O'Neill taking the reins of the USC basketball program.
Carroll tweeted--hang on, hang on. I'm sorry to derail the train here, but do you suppose the reason some older people don't get on board with the newest technology is the ridiculous nomenclature? Telegraph, telephone, and television all have proper etymology, and strictly by the etymology of the word, you can tell what they're talking about. "Blog" and "Twitter/tweet" make no sense to an unfamiliar listener. They sound like made-up words. To someone who didn't grow up online, it's probably really hard to take the web seriously when it sounds like young people are reverting to alien or baby talk when they discuss it. To older ears, it sounds like we're saying, "What, you're not on Snerf? The future is in snerfing a glooborx! Get with it!"
But we digress.
A full half hour before ESPN mentioned anything about the hire, Pete Carroll welcomed O'Neill aboard, as evidenced by the screencap shown above. That means he "broke" the news, although we're pretty sure other media outlets didn't learn the O'Neill news
from him. Twitter's not that influential.
Anyway, people may remember O'Neill as the ludicrously un-basketball-looking coach of Northwestern from about 10 years ago, then the journeyman NBA assistant, then the interim head coach of Arizona after Lute Olson's really weird departure. Despite looking more like an accountant than an assistant...
...O'Neill is a basketball man through and through. It's fair to wonder if he's got any recruiting chops whatsoever, but above all else, he's a
safe, professional choice to take over a program desperately in need of some institutional control.
And above all else, if you believe in the "hair gel/shady" corollary, hey, hard to do much better than O'Neill, right?
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The really interesting Pac-10 football Twitter is Jim Harbaugh—the device serves as the perfect medium for his uber-enthusiasm, which leads to entertainment for all.
by Dubsy on Jun 20, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions
OMG.
by SharpTusk on Jun 21, 2009 9:49 AM EDT reply actions
Fight on O’Neill!!
by SailorGabe on Jun 21, 2009 5:10 PM EDT reply actions
Carroll knew this would be picked up by the media. All Diva’s want the spotlight and we all know who this is at USC.
by rire on Jun 21, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions
What’s more pathetic: 1) Pete Carroll using a twitter post as a welcome message like a 13 year-old girl instead of calling the guy like a man, 2) the fact that Carroll’s Twitter keeps getting headline press, 3) That the headline press it’s getting is on a BLOG 4) That Adam Jacobi is BLOGGING about Carroll’s twitter post while throwing in a quick disclaimer about how lame he feels 21st century internet lingo like "blog" is, using the format of a BLOG entry on the INTERNET as his outlet or 5) or ME that I’m posting a response to Jacobi’s blog entry about how lame blogging, and twitter, and Pete Carroll are?
by BuckeyeXB on Jun 22, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions
He was just a Twit when he was coaching my Pats. "We’re getting jacked and pumped."
by L'etat, c'est moi on Jun 23, 2009 2:56 AM EDT reply actions
Every school is responsible for protecting the welfare of their student athletes. This is part of
"institutional control". The regular exposure of ’sc players to
convicts and other "seedy" individuals is a big problem for the hoop/fb
staffs.
Poodle is such a flaming moron that he thinks this stuff is "cool".
You’d be hardpressed to convince me or members of the NCAA that placing
a self proclaimed "gangsta pimp", felon and a member of this country’s
most notorious and lethal gangs in front of 18-19 year olds is good
judgement. It’s sheer stupidity. "snoop’s" gang is responsible for
untold murder,misery and suffering. He is a scourge.
For those watching Snoop is currently banned from 2 countries.
Also, please take a look at Suge Knight’s record in Wiki. He’s the
piece of garbage also pictured. Then there’s OJ well you know…
Here’s how deep this probe is from a little noticed ESPN report the
other day (attached). The big news here is the addition of the IRS.
I’ve been calling for their involvement for some time. I’m glad to see
them aboard. When you receive $200-300K and don’t declare it … well
that’s probably not very bright.
On ‘sc, "The California Attorney General’s office, the U.S.
Attorney’s office, the IRS, the FBI and the National Basketball Players
Association are also looking into the allegations."
"Johnson and his attorneys met with five people: two
representatives from USC (one from its legal department); one member of
the Pac-10’s Enforcement Division; and two representatives from the
NCAA (one member from its Enforcement Division and one from its Agent,
Gambling and Amateurism Activities Division), according to Murphy."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3440548&campaign=rss&source=NCBHeadlines
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by ndnation on Jun 24, 2009 2:24 AM EDT reply actions
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