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USC Defensive Analysts

Sounds like KK really, really, wants to live in Southern California. Fuck the higher taxes. He is good friends with the Rams coach also coached with Riley in college ( Texas A & M or Texas Tech ?) so he has buddies in the area.

The recent hiring of KK brought on some groans and questions from USC fans, " Oh great, another offensive mind when what we need is defensive help". No one will argue defense is where we need the help. So did Riley make any moves there? Yes, he did. Were they sufficient and transforming moves? don't know yet. Only KK was a splash hire.

Riley brought in a couple of defensive guys this offseason to help on the defensive side of the ball. Greg Brown and Radley- Hiles.

I am not too familiar with Greg Brown but he does have a deep resume with a lot of stops at pretty successful football programs. Brown has been on 5 NFL staffs. DC in the Pac, Arizona in 2010, and Colorado 2011-2012.

DB coach at Alabama, Auburn, Purdue and Louisville.

USC Analyst staff :

Kliff Kingsbury – Senior Offensive Analyst

Greg Brown – Senior Defensive Analyst

Taylor Mays – Defensive Analyst

Bookie Radley-Hiles – Defensive Analyst

Ryan Dougherty – Senior Special Teams Analyst/Assistant Special Teams Coordinator

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7 Comments

OldHickoryTrojan

Apr 11, 2023

None of the defensive hires "wow" anyone but Riley. Lots or quality coaches out there that should have been considered over those guys but Riley knows those guys so I'm sure that played into it. If Grinch is not on the edge, hiring those guys sure shouldn't help secure his position. Overall outside of DL, Edge and LBer the remaining defensive coaches sure aren't going to help.

BigBallss

Apr 11, 2023

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Whats Browns connection to Riley? I didnt pay much attention when the hire was made. Like you said, not much of a "wow" factor.

San Clemente

Apr 11, 2023

Taylor mays? did he bring his barcalounger for the safeties to sit in 20-25 yards off the ball? I used to Joke the dude always had the best seat in the house. I had never seen a safety line up that deep before or since.

Hope Brown has a better year this year than last. Ranked 128 out of 131 isn't easy to do. sc

MLK Blvd

Apr 11, 2023

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That wasn't his fault. Coaches foolishly thought you could play conservative vs the zone read. Huge mistake. You have to attack it, but Mays was doing what he was coached to do.

San Clemente

Apr 12, 2023

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That's why I joked about it. As much as I made fun of Pete's backpedalling defense, it worked pretty well. I don't think Pete was ever blown out at SC. Stanford maybe the exception to the rule.

The explanation I heard was that Mays was so fast he could stand that deep and still cover more ground. He did have an impressive 40 time and did light guys up. Per the NFL hbo show , he preened way too much for the other guys on the team. sc

MLK Blvd

Apr 12, 2023

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Pete's tampa 2 was fine vs standard offenses or zone reads using pass first qbs. The Dennis Dixons and Vince Youngs killed him and he had no answer. OTOH, his over reliance on a zone scheme really hurt his CB recruiting. The only stellar CBs he had were Will Poole, who was a transfer, not a recruit, and Eric Wright, the ecstasy dealer. Having to play the Tings when he should have had a stable of CBs hoping to play in his D was a telling failure.