re: Why couldn't we have followed USCw's path

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Are you saying Clay Helton was a homerun hire?

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looks like he's saying they knew not to take a chance on O because they had a competent AD

Sark was a much better hire at the time than keeping O

Helton thus far has been a decent hire while he may not be a homerun

ETA: but how often does a true "homerun hire" happen without hindsight? Meyer, Saban, who else AT THE TIME OF THE HIRE has been considered a TRUE homerun hire?

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Are you saying Clay Helton was a homerun hire?

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They didn't hire Clay Helton over O. They hired Sarkisian. They just didn't know that he was a falling down drunk.

Now would a little more due diligence have revealed that? Maybe so. Maybe they knew and figured it was manageable.

But one thing is clear: whether they knew Sark was a lush or not, they felt better taking a chance on him than they did on an interim who went 6-2. Think about that and ask yourself why.