Floyd's Shameful Actions Leave USC in a Mess

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Tim Floyd had USC en route to new heights, establishing himself as one of college basketball’s premier coaches. He became one of the most successful recruiting wise, and built a foundation that instituted success in the near future for an inferior basketball program that was in dismay. Miserable times were overshadowed by the legitimate football program, constructed by college football’s most prestigious coach, Pete Carroll. Well, basketball won’t reign supreme over a superb football talent anytime soon.

Because of his deceitfulness and self-indulgence in recruiting a talented star, Floyd not only brought contingency and ambition, but engendered a mess among America’s greatest program, leaving troubles that will take time to fix, needing to rebuild trust and restore prestige. Floyd has sabotaged his image as a coach, wasting a chance to become one of the greatest coaches in USC, if not NCAA, history. What a way to throw away good benefits, by giving someone else benefits, with a desperate attitude and frenzied demands about winning. Anyone at USC realizes how high expectations are of coaches, which is why Floyd was experimenting, and was bold about trying the outrageous.

But he took things too far, violating NCAA rules with his shameful wrongdoings that have now corrupted a successful program. Things unraveled for USC, a hysterical athletic program that forced Floyd to resign as head coach on Tuesday, pending allegations that Floyd provided benefits to the sleaze Rodney Guillory; an event promoter who’s more of a crock and persuaded Floyd to give him at least $1,000 outside a Beverly Hills eatery. Never should Guillory have had as much of a privilege as appearing on campus, let alone have leverage over a coach who failed to take control of his program. Sort of like following the leader, which is exactly what Floyd followed, allowing Guillory’s deceptive ways to seize advantage and power.

Sadly, it unfolded in the hands of USC, badly stuck in turmoil that was caused by Floyd’s mistakes. At the moment, he’s serving his punishment jobless, as USC tries to remove toxic stains and humiliation from tradition. As tradition turns into shame from previous allegations, which have the Trojans's athletic program feeling as if they were the ones bearing a powerful blow from their tough and fierce linebacker corps a year ago, the program is now seeking treatment for painful headaches surrounding the Trojans and looking for a way to bring back the dignity that was lost this past week.

I would have suggested that Floyd had better sense to say no than follow in on Guillory’s manipulating tricks. USC and Floyd are accused of lawful scandals by Louis Johnson, a former associate and friend of Mayo who acknowledged Guillory earned an estimate of $25,000 from Bill Duffy’s agency and shared some of earnings with Mayo.

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