OT - Steve Sarkisian "Sent Home" From USC Football Practice - Haden Imposed LOA

[huskymedic]

Where's @ruskin...

BryanDFischer1:53pm via Tweetbot for Mac
Haden said USC used search firm to screen Sark plus background checks done. Talked with friends about Sark. “None raised a concern.”

BryanDFischer1:54pm via Tweetbot for Mac
Haden: “The decision did not work out and I own that.”

darrenrovell1:59pm via TweetDeck
Pat Haden references search firm of Korn/Ferry doing the checks on Sarkisian. Why AD's hire search firms -- provides distance.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Haden's handling of Sark is, by itself, a fireable offense. There's absolutely no way he knew nothing of Sark's drinking habits, not just after the preseason event, but then also after the ASU game. Either he's guilty of being 100% out of touch, or he's guilty of trotting out a coach he knows to be in need of serious professional help.

In retrospect Hayden should have had Sarkisian be involved in a recovery program after the August event. Reading the riot act to an alcoholic or giving them a second chance doesn't work. Alcoholics prey off people in that environment. Hayden was correct in establishing a zero alcohol policy for Sarkisian to cover his butt when Sark made an assess of himself in the future. You don't need a medical diagnosis of alcohol dependency to be admitted in to a recovery program.

From a human factors or HR perspective you would hope that a program as big as USC and with the resources of USC would have seen risk factors from his divorce increasing and been proactive with making sure his life was stable. Not legally obligated, maybe morally obligated. But from a business and success on the field stand point, definitely obligated.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

In retrospect Hayden should have had Sarkisian be involved in a recovery program after the August event. Reading the riot act to an alcoholic or giving them a second chance doesn't work. Alcoholics prey off people in that environment. Hayden was correct in establishing a zero alcohol policy for Sarkisian to cover his butt when Sark made an assess of himself in the future. You don't need a medical diagnosis of alcohol dependency to be admitted in to a recovery program.

From a human factors or HR perspective you would hope that a program as big as USC and with the resources of USC would have seen risk factors from his divorce increasing and been proactive with making sure his life was stable. Not legally obligated, maybe morally obligated. But from a business and success on the field stand point, definitely obligated.

Agreed, and because Haden is the one who was making all of these decisions, and let it get this far, he must be held accountable for these repeated judgment errors.