Chad Bowden to USC

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I repeat myself, I hope Bowden's disrespect is repaid by running up the score on those fuckers, forever, or until they quit the rivalry because they know they'll never win..
 
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notredomer23 said:
Can you reiterate that?
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IrishLax said:
Here is what I heard from the USC side of things, one my friends from HS was president of their San Fran alumni club and is in general quite plugged in to stuff. I don't know how much of this is true or may have changed over the past two days but this is what he texted me:

-Bowden's only reservation in taking the job was Lincoln Riley. Apparently he has a very low opinion of his competence as a coach / culture guy and this is a belief shared by a lot of people at USC (and also coaches at ND and throughout the Big Ten). Basically everyone who knows anything about Riley or has seen him first hand thinks he sucks but USC is not going to cut bait on that big contract until they absolutely have to.

-Accordingly, it was important to Bowen that he not report to Riley and his position be independent of whoever the HC is. I don't know if that's how the org chart is ultimately structured but apparently even if Riley gets canned next year that wouldn't affect Bowden. He had no other reservations in taking the USC job and is confident that he can get the team turned around is ~1-2 years regardless of the coach.

-The big money spent on Bowden is because they want to task him 100% with both funding and roster construction ... like a true professional sports GM ... and that's somewhat unique. It's also a far cry from the level of control he had at ND. And one ND guy I know said that he has a family connection to the USC AD and it tracks that he'd be given this kind of sweetheart deal if the AD wants to hedge against Riley failing.

-According to him, Bowden has a ton of friction with ND and was sick of feeling hamstrung by lackluster NIL, annoying admissions/transfer restrictions, etc. USC has promised him they will get anyone into school he wants at any time and he will have "unlimited" NIL. The AD wants to compete directly with Oregon in terms of aggressive pay-for-play because there is bad blood with that school and donors at USC are sick of Oregon taking some many California players simply because they pay more. My note -- if you look at the guys over the past two years that they had "locked up" and then lost out because of not being able to commit the $$ of other schools, it is quite understandable why he might feel that way.

Overall, I think this is a big loss for ND, but I also think the more alarming thing is that ND is clearly not all in on pay-for-play like Ohio State, Oregon, Miami, Michigan, etc. It seems like they are positioning to pay full freight with the upcoming "revenue sharing" and are not going to push the envelope with NIL to HS players from 3rd party sources to go above and beyond the revenue sharing. I would be very concerned if I was an ND fan about us not being "with the times"... with that being said, there was a 0.0% chance we would pay Bowden what USC is and I also think while he may be the next Vinny Cerato there is equal chance that this whole thing combusts. Everything that I have heard about Bowden from ND people is that he was very well liked, a great recruiter, brought a ton of energy but was not very professional at times.
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Couldn't win the PAC 12, couldn't win the Big 10, USC has resorted to winning the "Press Conference"
 
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irish o'phile said:
I thought he and Freeman were buddies or “best friends” or whatever?
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Not just that, Bowden pretty much owes his career to Freeman (and maybe to some extent Fickell). He has basically never worked for anyone else in football. Good luck to him.
 
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He’s an absolute jackass.

I saw him at a Granger restaurant a week before the IU game. I would’ve had no idea he is such a loser.
 
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arrowryan said:
Nope, Yesterday’s.

Tried showing up on a Saturday a week before Christmas without a reservation, like the little self entitled bitch he is.
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That makes sense. The lady who runs Yesterdays doesn't put up with that shit. He probably orders his prime rib well done and cut up for him.
 
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He’s obviously saying this because Riley is actually a terrible recruiter and culture builder and he’s giving cover for the fact that he (Bowen) is going to be 100% in charge of player acquisition and roster building.
 
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IrishLax said:
He’s obviously saying this because Riley is actually a terrible recruiter and culture builder and he’s giving cover for the fact that he (Bowen) is going to be 100% in charge of player acquisition and roster building.
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It doesn't make logical sense. I believe while Freeman has been at ND and Riley has been at SC, ND has finished better than SC in recruiting all but 1 year. He brought Chad in for a reason...
 
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IrishLax said:
He’s obviously saying this because Riley is actually a terrible recruiter and culture builder and he’s giving cover for the fact that he (Bowen) is going to be 100% in charge of player acquisition and roster building.
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Right

And what’s he going to say…’I had a great head coach at ND that could recruit and relate to players’

‘But this Lincoln guy stinks at recruiting .’
 
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Cackalacky2.0 said:
After Reilly finishes poorly again next year Chad will be all…. “Take the 401 to Marina DelRey, get on the 10 and let it dump you in Stillwater where you belahng!”
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"Chaaaaaaaaad"
 
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