Looks Like The Zona Job Wasn't That Bad After All

LOS ANGELES -- Tim Floyd suddenly resigned as basketball coach at Southern California on Tuesday following allegations that he gave $1,000 in cash to a man who helped steer former star player O.J. Mayo to the Trojans.

Floyd submitted a one-paragraph letter to USC athletic director Mike Garrett saying he was quitting after four seasons because he no longer had full enthusiasm for his job.

Whatever, I don't care about Floyd or him getting fired, but I am surprised is that it only took USC to get O.J. mayo for a G. I was expected no less than a blue chips 30 grand in a duffle bag. Regardless, it was and is pretty obvious that USC plays college sports right by paying them money that they truly deserve.

Tim Floyd May Be In Just A Little Trouble

LOS ANGELES -- A former associate of NBA star O.J. Mayo says that Southern California basketball coach Tim Floyd paid a man who helped get Mayo to play for the Trojans, Yahoo! Sports reported on Tuesday.

Louis Johnson, the former associate of Mayo's, told the Web site that Rodney Guillory told him that Floyd had given Guillory "a grand." Johnson said he was able to view $100 bills inside an envelope Guillory had.

This of course is a MAJOR violation and will probably put USC under suspension and his job. It is one thing for a booster to give money, a car, a job to a player, but for a head coach to give money away to a player is probably the biggest no no you can possibly do. Figuring the NCAA is already breathing down the USC football programs necks, it is sure to be onto the basketball team now. Looks like that Arizona job didn't look to bad after all.

Tim Floyd Pulls Chicken Shit Move

Arizona is still looking for a replacement for Hall of Famer Lute Olson after Southern California coach Tim Floyd turned down the job.

Floyd announced his decision in a meeting with reporters in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon. Floyd said he not only visited Arizona but also spoke to Memphis about its opening.

"I felt that I needed to look at those two programs," Floyd told reporters on Thursday. "I am at a point where I want to do something really special and I feel like I needed to go look at an elite program. ESPN

Well Tim Floyd had a chance to become a serious college basketball coach, and turned down Arizona because of one reason. Pressure. That is why Floyd had a 93-235 overall NBA record, and wants to be overshadowed by football at USC. So whatever, Arizona is still looking for a coach and hopefully they can pull Sean Miller from Xavier.


BMack's Take:

Well it seems that all the baggage that comes along with the Arizona program ended up being too much. Floyd looked into the job, and probably looked into how serious this NCAA investigation is and said that it wasn't worth leaving the solid program he has at USC. DP and I have been going back and forth about this. We both agree Arizona is an elite program, but we differ on what an investigation means. DP thinks it means nothing, and isn't even relevant to picking a job. I on the other hand see it like I see picking any job. If you were going to join a new company, and that company was under investigation by the government, then that might be something you would want to look in to. The same goes for a basketball coach. Floyd probably sized up the program's status, what recruits he may lose, what scholarships he might lose, and saw that this might not be the right job for him. Fan do not care if you lose scholarships at a school like Arizona they expect to win every year. So, if (from no fault of his own) the program can't get him the players that he needs then it would be a bad idea to leave a solid program to go to one that has too high expectations if the school does end up being in trouble.

Tim Floyd To Coach Arizona

Tim Floyd has decided to leave USC and head to Arizona. Floyd, 55, has spent the last four seasons at USC with an 85-50 record. He led the Trojans to three NCAA tournament appearances -- including the Sweet 16 in 2007. BMack and I argued back and forth about the Arizona job, as BMack called it a coach killer because it was under investigation. But that is really irrelevant and stupid, because Arizona is basically the Kentucky of the west coast. Floyd should not only push his coaching rank up higher if he succeeds in Zona, but should get way better recruits.