If any USC soccer followers watched the school soccer season opener between Nebraska and Northwestern on Saturday, they noticed some very acquainted indicators.
They noticed Nebraska play tender and get dominated up entrance by an opponent they shouldn’t lose to.
They noticed an offense which couldn’t pound out two powerful yards in a third-and-short scenario.
They noticed a protection which buckled when pressured, and which ceded floor when punched within the mouth.
They noticed a coach who fields questions from the media and is aware of what the followers wish to see each offseason, and who then arrives at Week 1 of the season and fails to do something about any of these points.
When the identical issues and the identical unfavorable traits outline a soccer program 12 months after 12 months, what central message does that carry?
Accountability is lacking.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
The reluctance and lack of ability to take possession of particular issues and repair them with a “no matter it takes” mentality? That is the world USC lived in by the 2021 season, going again not simply to the Clay Helton years, however to Steve Sarkisian and a a lot much less mature model of Lane Kiffin. (The present model of Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss is a legitimately good coach, however a decade in the past, he was nonetheless studying methods to be one.)
We empathize with our mates at Cornhuskers Wire. Right here’s their protection of Saturday’s loss by Scott Frost and Nebraska.