"Homerun Hire!" | Chad Bowden Hired as USC's GM | Notre Dame Loses Another Key Piece
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How do you grade this hire?
A-
A+
A for sure. Fight on ✌️
((( A ))) Fight On!
A+++
USC might just have the best staff in all of CFB, literally, every hire is elite. With the schedule we have, anything less than a CFP appearance is unacceptable. Hope we make it yall
In order to keep the staff together. USC at worst needs to have the seasons South Carolina just had. 9-3 and finishing the season hot.
Slow down there, bud. I'd take Brian Hartline over Dennis Simmons. Nobody knows how Zach will do as the O-line coach.
😂
Huge USC fan (and alum)… This fanbase continuously makes ridiculous claims.
There are probably about 10 staffs that are top to bottom better than SC’s right now.
Texas, Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, Bama, Penn State easily clear in terms of staff and support infrastructure. Then you have programs like Tennessee, Michigan, Clemson, Ole Miss etc with arguably equal or better staffs.
This is a great hire. We still have a LONG way to go in terms of talent acquisition and development to say this staff is special.
Jen is a brilliant AD. I don't get how people don't understand what she's done to get this going in the right direction! This is also a great GM hire!
what has she done? Nothing that I can see.
@@brianjacob8728 It's ok, being blind isn't a crime
@@brianjacob8728this hire is all her…
@@brianjacob8728 Look into it. You'll see that she has brought stability and common sense to the entire sports department. She also understands how a football program is supposed to be run. She let LR do it his way for the first two years, and then she began to take things out of his hands. Do you really believe changing the defensive staff was his idea? No, she demanded it.
@@theanabolicviking if riley had to be forced to address his defense, that's proof right there he's not right for the job. she's just kicking the can down the road.
While continuing to be a Lincoln Riley skeptic I can recognize that all these off-season moves are proving that USC from the top down is not fucking around anymore and is fully committed to big boy CFB and trying to reclaim their spot as CFB royalty, this is reassuring because it has most definitely not always been the case
Agreed
My feelings on Jenn Cohen is that she's the driving force on getting the most recent hires. I think she gave Riley Marching orders to get these hires. Otherwise, I don't believe Riley would have done it! That's how much I have soured on Riley. If there's no turnaround next season, then Rileys ass needs to be kicked to the curb! As for hating on ND, I really can't for the simple reason that my daughter and son-in-law are ND fans.
Lincoln can't do crap without Jen. SHE IS THE BOSS and very smart. LINCOLN BROUGHT HIS OWN GUYS AND SUCKED. All Jen.
We shall see how serious they really are with how next year plays out. If Riley can't get to the playoffs again, nor win a B1G championship, he should be fired, but is the administration going to have the balls to pay it out or are they just going to fuck around and wait until that number is really cheap which will be a while.
Riley is out of excuses now. He’ll be able to just coach and do his job so there should be instant results
Thanks so much Gabe foe the coverage. Looks like a fantastic hire! Credit to Jen and Lincoln. The timing makes me think there were some sort of conversations happening with Pete Carrol that ended this morning.
Can’t help but think that if Carol Folt was not scheduled to retire as school president, all of these moves would not be happening. Just never felt like she cared about the FB program. Fight On!!
She did hire Jen…
Jen Cohen might be a top 3 AD. After moving to East TN I can say I wish we went after Tennessee’s AD bc it’s insane how good their sports have gotten at the same time, but cohen is cooking right now
Def a home run to me. Cohen and Riley are definitely doing what it takes to win.
Hard to imagine, but if we go back all of 13 months, Lynn hadn't even been hired yet (as well as the rest of our absurd staff). The program is in a much better position now than it was a relatively short time ago.
Jen is great. You are so right. Love the direction we're going....
I agree, Jen C is a huge big time piece to the road back to greatness
Shout out to Jenn Cohen for giving LR all the tools he needs in 2025…Fight On!
Love Jen!! We know she is working hard. ✌️Fight on
Gabe@Trojan Blade - Excellent hire! This one has to sting from a ND perspective. I hate to admit it but they really did do more than us with less. Perhaps now we can get the fence back up around So Cal with Chad’s expertise! Feels like Jen Cohen’s been hanging around with Andrew Freidman and signing her own coaching dream team!
Yeah, and they also played scrubs all season until USC and forward.
College football is so different from the Saturday morning football I watched back in the day. It is now a semi pro league. Love the hire. Bowden is also a young guy himself should be very relatable to the young guys.
This looks to be an excellent hire. Congratulations to everyone involved.
Once again, this is the off season so everything seems to be a move in the right direction. Now, if we were more confident in the quarterback position . . . . .
Thanks for the update.
Fight On!
So spot on Gabe. Thank you.
Kudos to AD Cohen✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼
I agree about Cohen.... She has supported the football program well. Some of those who complain about her are just angry and want someone to blame.
Gabe, Your channel rocks! ✌️
Babe, I wholeheartedly agree with you in your take on this outstanding hire and giving credit to Jan for her willingness to assemble the best supporting cast for coach Riley and the USC players and fans who support the Trojans.
Any day that you can make a home run hire that bolsters your biggest need AND hurt your rival 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great hire but Lynn is still Riley's biggest hire, by a mile.✌🏾✌🏾
Fantastic hire and hopefully with him and Savage sc can start getting some of the So-Cal recruits we've been losing in the past.
Let's hope this takes care of our problems✌️
Great update video Gabe! Enjoy your content! FIGHT ON!!
Didn't know Jen Cohen needed defending, however I'm not surprised that you have had to take that on as well as any competent break downs ( yeah down on the other SC channels) rah rah I can put up with but, the ref's are out to get us is old, tired and a loser's mentally... Too bad this sickness is invading the fan base.. sad, good job Gabe!! You are always 100% on point ☝️☝️
I agree!!! She is awesome . Frankly, I believe she’s the one that’s orchestrating all of this.
Glad to see you reached 10k. Keep up the great work!
This does not matter if Lincoln does not get results.
it absolutely does. You need a solid base for the program to build on
Thank God for Jen Cohen. I feel unbridled optimism for USC football. Fight on, Trojan family.
Homerun hire and very young and energetic ,maybe we can flip the 2 LB's from Cali we lost to them in consecutive yrs. He appears to be good friends with their parents from what I hear. 🤷🏾✌🏽
don't waste time on that. Those 2 went to ND because of Marcus Freeman and his LB pedigree. One of them is set to leave for NFL in 2 years as a 1st round pick so it'll take a boatload of money to get them back to southern California.
Jen Cohen should have hired Chris Petersen as GM. Petersen never was able to recruit 4 & 5 stsr recruits while at Boise St. but he consistently won with 3 star and below recruits vs top tier teams. Petersen is a great judge of talent and he's knows West Coast
Excited to see what SC team looks like going into next year
Jen poaches brilliant UCLA DC & Notre Dame GM - love that we are taking from our hated rivals. 😊
Jen. Is. The. BEST.
#WatchThisSpace
Winning heals everything. We are still a couple years away from playoffs and strong winning seasons.
Jen is doing well. I was one of those people who wanted Leinert to take over AD responsibilities out of loyalty. Yes, hopefully Coach Riley can get our Team to overachieve considering so many 4 & 5 Star players have left at the HEIGHT of their College careers. Looks like build is for 26, 27. USC fans are very smart, successful & loyal people. Generational. Glad she's bringing in some serious FIREPOWER. If local recruiting improves as a result, it will be a "seismic shift" for the Program.
A+ SC wasn’t prepared 3 years ago when LR was hired to be big time. We are now… The new complex, D staff and now the GM hire solidifies SC is finally playing ball. ✌🏼
Perfect 👌! Fight on !
Doing way more, with less $$ and resources. Sounds like he'll do upgrade our roster, roster management, and deal with contracts with the players agents just fine. But we'll see FIGHT ON! ✌️🗡
All these moves and money being spent just to overcome Riley’s flaws-what a mess.
Thank you for this
Excellent video
Great Hire!!
Jen Cohen is making moves
USC has all the pieces, but they can put the puzzle together
I agree with you on Notre Dame and how they have changed up I am happy for them just not when we play them! Hahaha
Jen is doing a fine job. Equivalent to Bohn without the extra curriculum. Perhaps people forget the prior AD's that have held that position at SC. Anything that we can do to slow down our rivals is a victory.
What happens to Emerich now? How competitive are we with NIL?
I agree Jen's doing a good job
This looks like another strong move
Fight On✌🏿
Does he have a recruiting specialty or able to play in all the positions to chase in the portal?
He's more of an organizer than a closer. He arranges for things to happen and keeps in constant communication with recruits. I guess you can say he's the ultimate secretary for a head football coach.
We need to win in 2025. No excuses. No more playing to the level of competition. We need a 10 win season.
If you can’t beat them, steal them!
really? maybe ND didn't want to get into a bidding war because of all the recruiting misses with the elite players. SC has never had an issue getting 5-star players while ND is still stuck on 1 (ONE!) on its entire roster.
Ok, so now we all agree that what I see in the comments is playoff or be fired for Riley next year. Almost everyone is saying this staff is elite across the board. The GM hire is huge and Jen is doing an amazing job. Ok so if they don't win the B1G championship and make the playoffs, then Riley isn't an elite coach, or maybe some guys on the staff aren't elite or a bit of both. If everything is now falling into place, next year has to be them making the playoffs. Riley is now going into a 6 year drought since achieving that goal. If he can't make the playoffs, then Jen has to fire him. If she is one of the top ADs in the country, then next year will be the year where either A. This team makes the playoffs, B. They don't make the playoffs, and Riley is fired or C. They don't make the playoffs, and Riley doesn't get fired, so it turns into Clay Helton deja vu again. I want them to make the playoffs, but Riley has not shown me anything that he can get that done. Again, 6 years for him since his last playoff appearance
Gabe, Could you do a detailed spring transfer portal NEEDS video? Just from USC’s perspective; not potential targets ✌️
I think you hit everything right on.
Agree with everything except needing another proven WR. The guys on roster are going to step up. Expect on of the freshmen/sophomore to step up
If ND wanted to keep him, they would have. He had topped out
I think our roster is better than you do. We can use an LB, I think we have stacked talent in our secondary. Offensive line should be errr more offensive, there are questions. They could be much better or they could again be a sore spot. We are unsettled at QB, but I think this years team can afford to be less QB centric even if that sounds counter intuitive in a LR team. We are very strong at running back and receiver /TEs. D-line should be much different. We really only need LBs and we have some young talent that should evolve. There's always going to be questions. I think LR has been turning this program around, know it just has to produce on the field. The new GM should really help LR. He does tend to wear all the hats, but you have to appreciate how he himself is changing. We all expect a better record. I wouldn't rule this team out of the play-offs, if all the experiments pay off.
So agree that Jen was steading the ship. Don’t understand the neg energy to her. ✌️
Really good new, Gabe!! You’re the first!!
Fight on ✌️
How does this hire effect your view on Lincoln’s future time at USC? Does a guy like this who can impact recruiting immensely give Lincoln another year or 2 cushion if this year doesn’t pan out?
I would rather hear how good Notre Dame is than how good UCLA is.
Gabe was just being factual and balanced. I’ve yet to meet a fellow USC alone who hates Notre Dame more than I do, but I recognize when something is good or even great
Alum not “alone”
@@TrevorMelbourne-ef1in I am not an alumnus myself, but I am the son of two alumni.
Bittersweet video to watched but overall hyped ✌️
We all should praise the gods we have Jen Cohen as AD given the previous horse 💩 ADs we had before her.
I don’t think we need another WR. That’s why we had guys leave. Edge, LB, another o line maybe
Next is Lincoln Riley giving up play calling
I think Jen is behind all the improvements
SC finally needs and gets a win over ND😂
Maybe they can actually beat them on the field next year
You do get that Bowden was selling Freeman not Riley
Much harder sell
I think every program should be looking for gm
He probably knows Andrew Friedman through his father and should pick his brain on related issues...
Wow this sucks I didn't want to lose him and especially to our rivals🍀🍀🍀🍀
Chads Dad, was a GM in MLB.
Title says Home Run!
It’s pronounced “Bo-den” with a long o. And he’s good, but don’t get comfortable. He’ll leave you for a dollar at some point in the near future as well. Learned from his dad Jim.
Why can’t no one truly break down why this is such a good hire seriously
U said alot of ifs so wen u get the info let us kno
This is not wat u been saying about the team but ima still put a thumbs up 👍🏿
Gabe, are you saying we had $20m to spend or we spent $20m in NIL? I hope not that later because we definitely didn't look like a $20m roster on the field.
Yeah idk if usc has more money then notre dame lol. Notre dame minus football is one the richest schools in America. Notre dame just dosent pay like usc. He said usc has the highest paid coaching staff. Nobody even knows usc OC or DC. Just the coach, and in other news. Chad was good but never great. Like I said. He never got a huge home run person out the transfers which is fine but him and Marcus. Knew what to look for. Marcus is a huge reason we’re so good with transfers. I think notre dame will be fine, might even be a little better with a more experienced GM.
Cool hire, but we definitely don't have more money than Notre Dame
I have to say I agree with just about everything
Disagree on needing another proven receiver. Tell me, how many proven receivers did ND have, ASU have, almost all 12 in the playoff? We have 2 and no need to spend a ton of money on others. Need guys happy to get 30 to 50 catches per season. We need a RUN game. Give me OLINE. Run the ball, control the clock, win the game.
Let’s gooooo finally we are a legit team
We're not going to compete until 2026 Facts!
Did they dump Dave Emerick? If they haven't, Bowden is screwed...
I was hoping for Pete
Couldn't just make a positive video half of it is taking shots at Riley smh
He talks too much
So there's no risk of a trojan horse here?
Let's go Trojans
I don't know Notre Dame, really!!!
Big ??? marks
I like Jen more then Riley lol
Lincoln Riley has never made any excuses. Stop!!! It's getting old
Interesting…not an NFL hire…Fight On either way…
The bear signing only looks bad in hindsight. You have videos praising bear but now you drag him?? That's crazy
Wait, I thought you recently told us that you were almost done with Lincoln Riley. That was just a few months ago. Right? Can we all just support this coach in this program? Just keep it simple.
I am almost done with Lincoln. Robb if you’re looking for a channel that tells you everything is okay always this isn’t the place for you. If you want analysis and actual opinion and discussion, then feel free to stick around.
@ yes, I do enjoy objectivity without drama. I also prefer a channel that unwaveringly supports the program . So, you’re right, your channel is not for me. But I wish you the best and congratulations on building a channel that a lot of people love.
Ah yes, me doubting the coach means I don’t support the program. Makes sense Robb