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Pat Haden On Penn State Sanctions

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10 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

USC athletic director Pat Haden reacted to the sanctions handed down to the Penn State football program by the NCAA today.
"First and foremost, with today's news about the Penn State football sanctions and their impact, let's not forget about the victims. The circumstance that led to these sanctions was very unfortunate and tragic.
"We can't speak to how these sanctions are going to impact the Penn State program. At USC, we found that the most difficult part of our NCAA sanctions has been the reduction of scholarships.
"We are fortunate to have an outstanding group of coaches and a plan in place to deal with our sanctions. You have to be very judicious in recruiting, you have to be lucky with injuries and you have to guard your roster from players being recruited by other schools. It is an inexact science and you have to do the best you can. Our coaches have handled these challenges extremely well."
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10 months ago

In other words: " I have nothing to say."
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Yawn
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Probably the best NCAA response he's had to date...said nothing.
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If you were coach Kiffin and you got a call from Urban Liar, or any other head coach that has to deal with scholarship losses, would you be willing to go into detail on how you handled the sanctions? I only ask because I'm sure schools will look at how successful SC has been when it comes to recruiting under such stiff penalties.
Edit: accidentally spelled coach Kiffin's name wrong in my original post.

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Scott Schrader said...
USC athletic director Pat Haden reacted to the sanctions handed down to the Penn State football program by the NCAA today.
"First and foremost, with today's news about the Penn State football sanctions and their impact, let's not forget about the victims. The circumstance that led to these sanctions was very unfortunate and tragic.
"We can't speak to how these sanctions are going to impact the Penn State program. At USC, we found that the most difficult part of our NCAA sanctions has been the reduction of scholarships.
"We are fortunate to have an outstanding group of coaches and a plan in place to deal with our sanctions. You have to be very judicious in recruiting, you have to be lucky with injuries and you have to guard your roster from players being recruited by other schools. It is an inexact science and you have to do the best you can. Our coaches have handled these challenges extremely well."
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Personally, I don't think he really needed to comment. This doesn't say anything people don't already know...
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RonBurgundy78 said...
If you were coach Kiffen and you got a call from Urban Liar, or any other head coach that has to deal with scholarship losses, would you be willing to go into detail on how you handled the sanctions? I only ask because I'm sure schools will look at how successful SC has been when it comes to recruiting under such stiff penalties.

Yeah. I'd tell them everything they wanted to know. Screw the NCAA.
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Pat Haden is an NCAA stooge. Don't expect him to say anything that will reflect negatively on the sterling reputation of that fine institution. Ever.
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Joesocal said...
In other words: " I have nothing to say."

But he said it so well. Those Lawyers, I tell ya.
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He probably had this canned speech ready in case someone asked him, and apparently someone did. I wouldn't have expected anything different.
Carry on......
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Joesocal said...
In other words: " I have nothing to say."

And STILL no comment on behalf of USC. Haden has really disappointed me in that regard. Somebody give him some milk because it's obvious he has peanut butter lips when it counts!!!!
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Pat Haden is an NCAA stooge. Don't expect him to say anything that will reflect negatively on the sterling reputation of that fine institution. Ever.

That so called "stooge" is also a Trojan of exemplary character and heart, that goes beyond anything you have contributed to the program. Obviously you don't agree with how he handled the NCAA situation, which is your right, but an ounce of respect is warranted sir.
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That so called "stooge" is also a Trojan of exemplary character and heart, that goes beyond anything you have contributed to the program. Obviously you don't agree with how he handled the NCAA situation, which is your right, but an ounce of respect is warranted sir.

He has contributed an enormous amount to our program and has been a man of exemplary character, true... then he took the AD job, took a big shit on our program, and began taking the NCAA's side against us at every turn.
I'm sorry to say, but at this point Mr. Haden is what he is.
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