Posted on 09/15/2019 4:17:44 AM PDT by C19fan
When USC athletic director Lynn Swann resigned this week, football coach Clay Helton lost a key ally. Swann didnt hire Helton, and he and Helton werent even particularly chummy behind the scenes. But they were linked by the golden handcuffs of the ridiculous contract extension that Swann gave Helton in February of 2018. Its a deal that will be remembered as the negotiating version of Swann sitting alone at an auction and holding up his pamphlet over and over to bid against himself for Heltons services. At a time when Helton had little leverage, USC massively misjudged the market and overpaid.
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These guys were all a bit before my time, but they were big names in LB and beyond.
I briefly met Ron Ayala. My best friend had a crush a girl and we stopped by her house. She was getting read for a date with Ron, who came by while we were still here.
The girl was in 10th grade and Ron was a big deal senior, if memory serves. He did not like us being there. LOL
I well remember what a juggernaut El Rancho was.
At that time, my mother was teaching English at El Rancho. My father taught music there in the mid-1950's and I substitute-taught there for a while in the '70's.
I won’t hold it against you.
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