The USC Trojans are looking for a new athletic director. Their athletic department needs a new leader. Their athletic program, with its various sports, is in very good shape. Those statements might seem like contradictions, and perhaps to an extent they are, but they’re true.
USC has to make a change it didn’t want to make, but which it has to make. The school acted appropriately when it heard about Bohn’s inappropriate behavior. School leaders, by all appearances and according to recent reporting by the Los Angeles Times and The Athletic, did not sit on information or sweep it under the rug. That’s very good. Yet, the reality that an athletic director left under less-than-great circumstances is not a positive for USC.
One might therefore think that Bohn’s resignation and the unwelcome publicity attached to that development will hurt USC’s brand. That doesn’t seem to be the case. The Trojans have improving programs in football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball (even though the baseball team was unfairly snubbed for the NCAA Tournament). The USC AD job is an attractive one, so let’s continue to dive into this exploration of the position.
Ian Hest is the co-host and producer of the show.
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